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6 Lower Blakemere Road, Poundbury, Dorchester, DT1 3RZ

WD/D/19/003059Full Planning ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 2 March 2020

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use from A1 (commercial) to D1(opthalmologist)

Submitted
10 December 2019
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Dorchester Poundbury Ward
  1. Received10 Dec
  2. Validated10 Dec
  3. Consult.24 Feb
  4. Target
  5. Decided2 Mar

Decided in 83 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 6 LOWER BLAKEMERE ROAD, POUNDBURY, DORCHESTER, DT1 3RZ. Dorset has handled 11,876 applications of this type. This one was decided in 83 days, 6 weeks longer than Dorset's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 8 applications across Dorchester Poundbury Ward. 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 3RZ
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Dorchester
District
West Dorset

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 December 2019
Consultation expiry
24 February 2020
Consultation end
24 February 2020

Additional information

Documents
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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 (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.

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Source: Dorset

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