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1 Stockford Cottages, East Stoke, Wareham, BH20 6AN

PDA/2019/0001Prior Approval - Agricultural to DwellingApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 20 December 2019

Council decision: Prior Approval Not RequiredDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use from agricultural building to dwelling house in accordance with the provisions set out within the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 at Schedule 2, Part 3, Class Q

Submitted
6 November 2019
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
South East Purbeck Ward
  1. Received6 Nov
  2. Validated6 Nov
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided20 Dec

Decided in 44 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at 1 Stockford Cottages, East Stoke, Wareham, BH20 6AN. Dorset has handled 1,884 applications of this type. This one was decided in 44 days. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 99 applications across South East Purbeck Ward. We hold 1,048 applications in total for the BH20 postcode area.

84% of outline 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
BH20 6AN
Application type
Prior Approval - Agricultural to Dwelling
Scale / size
Small
Parish
East Stoke
District
Purbeck

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 November 2019

Additional information

Documents
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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

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© 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 2026-11-03. 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.

Source: Dorset

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