Old Lower Lighthouse Portland Bill Road Portland DT5 2JT Data via plota.co.uk

P/LBC/2026/02949 - Listed Building Consent Approved

Proposal

Replace GRP flat roof, timber windows and internal alterations Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received

23 Jun 2026

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Approved

2 Sept 2026

Approved on 2 Sept 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 4 Sept 2026

Documents 11

Site constraints 10

Grade II listed: Old Lower Lighthouse, with boundary walls and coastguard house

List entry 1280466 · The pin is inside its outline

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.

Historic England ↗

SSSI: Isle of Portland SSSI

Natural England must be consulted on work that may affect it.

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

Scheduled monument 23 m away: Mesolithic sites near Culver Well

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 ↗

Agricultural land, grade 3b

Not 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 214 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: Sssi

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

Radon affected area, class 6

An estimated 30% or more of homes reach the radon action level. Indicative for the 1 km square, which takes the highest class found in it; a radon test gives the answer for a building.

From the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency indicative atlas. Under building regulations, as the BRE guide BR 211 (2023) sets out, new buildings and extensions need basic radon protection from class 3 in England and Wales and from class 2 in Scotland, and full protection from class 5. The class at the site itself, from the detailed BGS map, decides which.

UKHSA radon ↗

Also on the record

Heritage at risk 23 m away: Mesolithic sites near Culver Well; World heritage site 219 m away: Dorset and East Devon Coast; Priority habitat 23 m away: No main habitat but additional habitats present.

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: Listed Building Consent
Postcode: DT5 2JT
Received: 23 Jun 2026
Validated: 23 Jun 2026
Ward: Portland Ward
Parish: Portland
Case officer: Show
Decision: Granted
Decision date: 2 Sept 2026
Decision level: Delegated
Applicant: Show
Agent: Steven Jones

How this decision compares

Decided in 71 days from validation, 17 days slower than Dorset's median of 54 for extensions. Approved, as 93% of extensions here are.

This one71d

Council54d

UK55d

72%decided within 8 weeks

93%approved

1,259decided in the last year

Plota live figures for extensions decided by Dorset in the last twelve months, from validation. Dorset decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Comments by: 24 Jul 2026

Historical activity at this location

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

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2022 Approved

Pulpit Inn Portland Bill Road Portland Dorset DT5 2JT

Replacement of existing building with new public house including a restaurant, bar, and s…

P/FUL/2022/07274 5 Oct 2023

Dorset

Planning Authority Score

7.5/10

Good

#44 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Other 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

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance

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

Old Lower Lighthouse Portland Bill Road Portland DT5 2JT Data via plota.co.uk

Proposal

Application progress

Documents 11

Decision & officer reports 2

Statements & assessments 2

Plans & drawings 3

Application forms 1

Consultation & comments 2

Other documents 1