Lulworth Castle Estate Car Park Main Road West Lulworth BH20 5RJ Data via plota.co.uk

P/FUL/2026/02351 - Full Planning Application Approved

Proposal

Erection of temporary site compound. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received

29 Apr 2026

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Approved

24 Jun 2026

Approved on 24 Jun 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 12 Jul 2026

Documents 23

PDF Objector’s name hidden Show 3kb · 6 May 2026 View ↗

Site constraints 13

Dorset National Landscape

Great weight to conserving the landscape; major development restricted.

Previously an area of outstanding natural beauty, which is still the designation in law. Since 2023 authorities must seek to further its purpose, not merely have regard to it.

West Lulworth Conservation Area conservation area

Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.

The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.

Heritage coast: Purbeck

A defined stretch of undeveloped coastline.

Development inconsistent with keeping the coast undeveloped is resisted.

Agricultural land, grade 3a

Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) agrees.

Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.

Special area of conservation 127 m away: Isle of Portland to Studland Cliffs

Work nearby can need a habitats assessment.

Harm to a protected site is only accepted where there is no alternative and an overriding public interest.

Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1

Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.

Scheduled monument 123 m away: Bindon Hill camp

Its setting is a consideration for work nearby.

Nationally important archaeology protected by the Secretary of State. Work that affects the monument or its setting is rarely permitted.

Historic England ↗

SSSI 127 m away: South Dorset Coast SSSI

Natural England may need consulting, depending on what is proposed.

Sites of special scientific interest are the best wildlife and geological sites in the country. Development likely to harm one is rarely permitted.

4 listed buildings within 150 m

Nearest: Rose Cottage, Grade II, 54 m away · 4 Grade II

The site itself is not listed. Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.

Show all 4 with distances

54 mRose CottageGrade II
67 mBricklesey CottageGrade II
132 mThe Doll's HouseGrade II
143 mCove CottageGrade II

Historic England ↗

Also on the record

Rufus Castle to Lulworth Cove 24 m away; Radon affected area, class 3; Nature improvement area: Wild Purbeck; World heritage site 150 m away: Dorset and East Devon Coast.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt

Checked on 6 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Council: Dorset
Application type: Full Planning Application
Postcode: BH20 5RJ
Received: 29 Apr 2026
Validated: 29 Apr 2026
Ward: West Purbeck Ward
Parish: West Lulworth
Case officer: Show
Decision: Granted
Decision date: 24 Jun 2026
Decision level: Delegated

How this decision compares

Decided in 56 days from validation, about the council's usual 56 days. Approved, as 92% of commercial and major works here are.

This one56d

Council56d

UK57d

56%decided within 8 weeks

92%approved

139decided in the last year

Plota live figures for commercial and major works decided by Dorset in the last twelve months, from validation. Dorset decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Comments by: 9 Jun 2026

Historical activity at this location

6 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2025 Withdrawn

Car Park Main Road West Lulworth

Temporary erection of a construction site compound in the existing coach car park. There…

P/CLP/2025/07594 22 Jan 2026

2023 Refused

Rose Cottage Main Road West Lulworth Dorset BH20 5RJ

Replacement wooden bespoke windows for like for like incorporating slimline double glazin…

P/LBC/2023/00237 12 Jun 2023

2022 Approved

Breach House Main Road West Lulworth Wareham BH20 5RJ

Use of the property as a dwellinghouse and holiday let

P/CLE/2022/06797 13 Feb 2023

2022 Approved

Lulworth Lodge 1 Main Road West Lulworth BH20 5RJ

Side and rear extension with garden terrace access

P/HOU/2022/02604 8 Jul 2022

2017 Approved

Rose Cottage, Main Road, West Lulworth, Wareham, BH20 5RJ

Remove existing thatch of central roof section, re-timber and re-thatch in water reed. Re…

6/2017/0567 4 Jan 2018

2016 Approved

35 Bricklesey Cottage Main Road, West Lulworth BH20 5RJ

Replacement of external stone covering wall

6/2016/0545 24 Nov 2016

Dorset

Planning Authority Score

7.5/10

Good

#44 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Householder decisions

Dorset is faster than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #51 out of 296. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (95%) than the national average (90%).

Faster than most councils

for householder decisions

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Dorset decision statistics

Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026

92%

Overall approval rate

Above avg (87%) #80 of 296

95%

Householder approved

Above avg (90%) #74 of 296

78%

Decided in 8 weeks

Above avg (63%) #51 of 296

35%

Extended time limit

Below avg (41%) #102 of 296

81%

Minor dwellings approved

344 decided (1-9 homes)

85%

Major dwellings approved

40 decided (10+ homes)

76%

Change of use approved

85 decided

2,781

Total decisions

233 refused in the year to March 2026

Lulworth Castle Estate Car Park Main Road West Lulworth BH20 5RJ Data via plota.co.uk

Proposal

Application progress

Documents 23

Decision & officer reports 2

Statements & assessments 8

Plans & drawings 7

Application forms 1

Consultation & comments 3

Other documents 2

Site constraints 13

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