Caroline Cottage Prospect Road Lytchett Matravers BH16 6ED Data via plota.co.uk

P/LBC/2026/03929 - Listed Building Consent Under Officer Consideration

Proposal

Install 14x solar panels to southern aspect of slate roof and install 2x stacked batteries. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
24 Aug 2026
Decision
Target date was 19 Oct 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicted a decision around 29 Oct 2026; it is now day 66.

The consultation period closed on 26 Sept 2026.

Site constraints 5

Grade II listed: Caroline Cottage
List entry 1120550 · 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 ↗
Nutrient neutrality catchment: Poole Harbour SPA/Ramsar
New homes and overnight accommodation must show nutrient neutrality before approval.
Natural England advice: extra wastewater in these catchments harms protected habitats, so schemes must offset their nutrient load, usually through credits.
Also on the record
Nature improvement area: Wild Purbeck; Inside the Lytchett Matravers built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 3, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England 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.

Sales history 1

Last sold for £482,500 in April 2021. Detached house, freehold.

7 April 2021£482,500

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

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Important details

Council
Dorset
Application type
Listed Building Consent
Postcode
BH16 6ED
Received
24 Aug 2026
Validated
24 Aug 2026
Ward
Lytchett Matravers and Upton Ward
Parish
Lytchett Matravers
Case officer
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Decision outlook

Day 66, past the statutory target. 92% of listed building works in Dorset are decided within thirteen weeks, which runs to 23 Nov 2026; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 28 Oct 2026.

Day 6610 days past the 56-day target
63%decided within 8 weeks
95%approved
352decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Comments by
26 Sept 2026
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

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.