Planning application
Former Vehicle Maintenance Building Sec Depot & Southern Electric Depot Westwey Road Weymouth
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Change of use of land and buildings from vehicle maintenance and electricity depots to Highways depot with siting of shipping containers for storage purposes and electric vehicle charging points
As published by the council, reference P/FUL/2026/00983
Application record
- Reference
- P/FUL/2026/00983
- Type
- Full Planning Application
- Status
- Under Officer Consideration
- Received
- 31 Mar 2026
- Validated
- 31 Mar 2026
- Ward
- Westham Ward
- Parish
- Weymouth
- Decision by
- Committee
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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31 Mar 2026
Received by Dorset
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31 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 26 May 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
Dorset took a median of 38 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
41 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat happens while it is decided
This application is with Dorset for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Dorset decided full applications in a median of 63 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
About full applications
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