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Former Little Chef, Main Street, Winterbourne Abbas, Dorchester, DT2 9LU

WD/D/18/000253Change Of UseApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 25 July 2018

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use of the ground floor of the building and adjacent land from A3 to sell and display motor vehicles (Sui Generis)

Submitted
20 February 2018
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Winterbourne St Martin Ward
  1. Received20 Feb
  2. Validated20 Feb
  3. Consult.24 Jul
  4. Target
  5. Decided25 Jul

Decided in 155 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at FORMER LITTLE CHEF, MAIN STREET, WINTERBOURNE ABBAS, DORCHESTER, DT2 9LU. Dorset has handled 1,397 applications of this type. This one was decided in 155 days, 16 weeks longer than Dorset's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 2,420 applications in total for the DT2 postcode area.

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

Postcode
DT2 9LU
Application type
Change Of Use
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Winterbourne Abbas
District
West Dorset

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 February 2018
Consultation expiry
24 July 2018
Consultation end
24 July 2018

Additional information

Documents
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: Poole Harbour SPA/RamsarApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation
  • National Landscape (AONB): Dorset

Not published by this council, so not checked: tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

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, 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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