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Former Vehicle Maintenance Building Sec Depot & Southern Electric Depot Westwey Road Weymouth

Awaiting decision Dorset P/FUL/2026/00983 Full Planning Application

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

  1. 31 Mar 2026

    Received by Dorset

  2. 31 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  3. 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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What 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.

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