3 South Terrace, South Street, Dorchester, DT1 1DE

WD/D/18/001303Change Of UseApproved

Discharge / amendments

Approved on 13 August 2018

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Change of use from A1 (Retail Shop) to A3 (Cafe)

Submitted: 21 June 2018
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Dorset Council
Ward: Dorchester North Ward

ReceivedSubmitted21 Jun
ValidatedValidated21 Jun
Consult.Consultation13 Aug
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided13 Aug

Decided in 53 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 3 SOUTH TERRACE, SOUTH STREET, DORCHESTER, DT1 1DE. Dorset has handled 1,397 applications of this type. This one was decided in 53 days, 11 days longer than Dorset's typical decision time. The site is in the Dorchester conservation area, with 16 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,737 applications in total for the DT1 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: DT1 1DE
Application type: Change Of Use
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Dorchester
District: West Dorset

Planning application dates

Date validated: 21 June 2018
Consultation expiry: 13 August 2018
Consultation end: 13 August 2018

Additional information

Documents: 3

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

Conservation area: Dorchester Conservation Area 1
Listed building: Grade II: South TerraceOn or next to this site
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 (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, 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.

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Source: Dorset

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