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31 High West Street, Dorchester, DT1 1UP

WD/D/19/000444Full Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 16 July 2019

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Internal alterations to form a two storey self contained town house which includes the change of use of the end rooms of the offices to residential accommodation. Internal alterations to the existing residential unit to the first and second floors. Replace existing first floor timber door with a timber half glazed stable door to the east elevation

Submitted
5 February 2019
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Dorchester North Ward
  1. Received5 Feb
  2. Validated5 Feb
  3. Consult.9 Apr
  4. Target
  5. Decided16 Jul

Decided in 161 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 31 HIGH WEST STREET, DORCHESTER, DT1 1UP. Dorset has handled 11,876 applications of this type. This one was decided in 161 days, 17 weeks longer than Dorset's typical decision time. The site is in the Dorchester conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 1,737 applications in total for the DT1 postcode area.

92% of full 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 1UP
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Dorchester
District
West Dorset

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 February 2019
Consultation expiry
9 April 2019
Consultation end
9 April 2019

Additional information

Documents
13

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Dorchester Conservation Area 1
  • Listed building: Grade II: 31, High West StreetOn this site · +4 more
  • 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.

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Associated applications

  1. 2019
    5 Feb

    Internal alterations to form a two storey self contained town house which includes the change of use of the…

    This applicationApprovedFullWD/D/19/000444
  2. 2019
    5 Feb

    Internal alterations to form a two storey self contained town house which includes the change of use of the…

    ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongsideWD/D/19/000445

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