Lyons Gate Caravan Park, Lyons Gate, Dorchester, DT2 7AZ
Approved on 6 August 2020
Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Use of land for recreation, including woodland walks and children's play, car parking for staff, visitor's overflow car parking, general storage and service yard, ancillary to Lyons Gate Caravan Park and Fishery.
- Submitted
- 8 June 2020
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Dorset Council
- Ward
- Chalk Valleys Ward
- ReceivedSubmitted8 Jun
- ValidatedValidated8 Jun
- Consult.Consultation27 Jul
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided6 Aug
Decided in 59 days (council typically 42)
About this application
This is an application to amend a permission at LYONS GATE CARAVAN PARK, LYONS GATE, DORCHESTER, DT2 7AZ. Dorset has handled 1,397 applications of this type. This one was decided in 59 days, 2 weeks longer than Dorset's typical decision time. 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.
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 7AZ
- Application type
- Certificate of Lawful Use Existing
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Minterne Magna
- District
- West Dorset
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 8 June 2020
- Consultation expiry
- 27 July 2020
- Consultation end
- 27 July 2020
Additional information
- Documents
- 5
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- National Landscape (AONB): Dorset
- Ancient woodland: Grange/Bridge/Black WoodsPart of the site
- 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, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, 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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Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Source: Dorset
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