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Old Post Office, Main Road, Alton Pancras, Dorchester, DT2 7RW

WD/D/19/001896Listed Building ConsentApproved

Approved on 10 October 2019

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

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Proposal

Demolition of existing loggia, erection of new loggia Demolition of existing green house and erection of new garden room

Submitted
25 July 2019
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Chalk Valleys Ward
  1. Received25 Jul
  2. Validated25 Jul
  3. Consult.5 Oct
  4. Target
  5. Decided10 Oct

Decided in 77 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a heritage application for demolition at OLD POST OFFICE, MAIN ROAD, ALTON PANCRAS, DORCHESTER, DT2 7RW. Dorset has handled 3,055 applications of this type. This one was decided in 77 days, 5 weeks longer than Dorset's typical decision time. The site is in the Alton Pancras conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 95 applications across Chalk Valleys Ward. We hold 2,420 applications in total for the DT2 postcode area.

94% of heritage 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 7RW
Application type
Listed Building Consent
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Alton Pancras
District
West Dorset

Planning application dates

Date validated
25 July 2019
Consultation expiry
5 October 2019
Consultation end
5 October 2019

Additional information

Documents
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Alton Pancras Conservation Area
  • Listed building: Grade II: The Old Post OfficeOn this site · +1 more
  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: Poole Harbour SPA/RamsarApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation
  • National Landscape (AONB): 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 (19)

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, 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
    25 Jul

    Demolition of existing loggia, erection of new loggia Demolition of existing green house, erection of new…

    ApprovedHouseholderFiled alongsideWD/D/19/001895
  2. 2019
    25 Jul

    Demolition of existing loggia, erection of new loggia Demolition of existing green house and erection of new…

    This applicationApprovedHeritageWD/D/19/001896

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