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Bay Tree Cottage, Bay Tree House, Main Street, Chideock

WD/D/16/002129Change Of UseApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 20 January 2017

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Relief of condition 2 of planning application 1/W/03/002373 (holiday occupancy) to allow use as permanent dwelling and formation of pedestrian access off Main Street.

Submitted
1 November 2016
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Chideock and Symondsbury Ward
  1. Received1 Nov
  2. Validated1 Nov
  3. Consult.27 Dec
  4. Target
  5. Decided20 Jan

Decided in 80 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at BAY TREE COTTAGE, BAY TREE HOUSE, MAIN STREET, CHIDEOCK. Dorset has handled 1,397 applications of this type. This one was decided in 80 days, 5 weeks longer than Dorset's typical decision time. The site is in the Chideock and Seatown conservation area, with 15 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address.

76% of amendment 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

Application type
Change Of Use
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Chideock
District
West Dorset

Planning application dates

Date validated
1 November 2016
Consultation expiry
27 December 2016
Consultation end
27 December 2016

Additional information

Documents
10

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Chideock, Chideock North and Seatown Conservation Area 1 (Chideock)
  • Listed building: Grade II: Clock House HotelOn or next to this site
  • Article 4 direction: Bridport to LymeRegis 1+1 more
  • National Landscape (AONB): Dorset
  • Heritage coast: West Dorset
  • 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 (18)

flood storage areas, 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 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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Associated applications

  1. 2016
    1 Nov

    Relief of condition 2 of planning application 1/W/03/002373

    This applicationApprovedAmendmentWD/D/16/002129
  2. 2003
    17 Dec

    Make alterations to convert existing shop into 1No holiday unit

    ApprovedChange Of UsePart of1/W/03/002373

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