Skip to content

Damers First School Liscombe Street Poundbury Dorchester DT1 3DF

P/PASO/2025/01529Prior Approval - Roof Mounted Solar PV on a Non Domestic BuildingPermitted
Outline / PiP

Proposal

Installation of solar panels on the roof of the school

Submitted
17 March 2025
Decided
21 May 2025 · Prior Approval Not Required
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Dorchester Poundbury Ward
Advertisement
  1. Received17 Mar
  2. Validated17 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided21 May

Decided in 65 days (council typically 42)

6 weeks typical decision time in Dorset83% of outline applications approvedSee what's approved near your address

This is an outline application for a solar installation at Damers First School Liscombe Street Poundbury Dorchester DT1 3DF. Dorset has handled 1,884 applications of this type and approves 83% of them, typically deciding them in 46 days. This one was decided in 65 days, 3 weeks longer than Dorset's median. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 9 applications across Dorchester Poundbury Ward. We hold 1,733 applications in total for the DT1 postcode area.

Application Details

Reference
P/PASO/2025/01529
Address
Damers First School Liscombe Street Poundbury Dorchester DT1 3DF
Postcode
DT1 3DF
Local Authority
Dorset
Application Type
Prior Approval - Roof Mounted Solar PV on a Non Domestic Building
Scale / Size
Small
Decision Status
Permitted
Current Status
Planning Not Required
Ward
Dorchester Poundbury Ward
Parish
Dorchester

Applicant & Agent

Agent Address
Solar Options for Schools Falcon House 3 King Street Castle Hedingham Essex CO9 3ER

Planning Application Dates

Date Decided
21 May 2025
Date Validated
17 March 2025
Date Submitted
17 March 2025

Planning Decision

Decision
Prior Approval Not Required
Decided By
Delegated

Publicity

Appeal

Additional Information

Documents
13
Coordinates
50.714718, -2.461500
Enriching application data
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Dorset

Track this application

Get email alerts when there is a planning decision or status change.

Get email alerts near DT1

New planning applications delivered to your inbox daily.

Planning constraints

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: Poole Harbour SPA/RamsarApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation
  • 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 (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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, national parks, National Landscapes, 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-10-09. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

What's been approved on your street?

See what the council approved and refused near this address for the project you have in mind, and the rules that apply here.

Get The Signal Report