5 Lower Street Witchampton BH21 5AH
Approved on 26 August 2026
Council decision: Granted
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Proposal
Erect single storey rear extension with roof lantern, erect first floor side extension, external alterations, erect railings to front of property and form parking spaces.
- Submitted
- 19 January 2026
- Council
- Dorset Council
- Ward
- Cranborne Chase Ward
- ReceivedSubmitted19 Jan
- ValidatedValidated19 Jan
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided26 Aug
Decided in 219 days (council typically 42)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a single storey rear extension at 5 Lower Street Witchampton BH21 5AH. Dorset has handled 11,876 applications of this type. This one was decided in 219 days, 25 weeks longer than Dorset's typical decision time. The site is in the Witchampton conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 58 applications across Cranborne Chase Ward. We hold 2,303 applications in total for the BH21 postcode area.
92% of full applications at Dorset Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 6 weeks (median).
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Application details
- Postcode
- BH21 5AH
- Application type
- Householder Planning Permission
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Witchampton
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 19 January 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- 59 Tower Street Winchester SO23 8TA
Additional information
- Documents
- 25
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Witchampton Conservation Area
- Listed building: Grade II: Stephen Burt Monument, in the Churchyard 12m South of the Church of St Mary, St Cuthberga…On or next to this site · +5 more
- National Landscape (AONB): Cranborne Chase & West Wiltshire Downs
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Not published by this council, so not checked: tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.
Also checked, none recorded (20)
flood storage areas, Article 4 directions, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.
A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.
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