Planning application
34 Officers Field Portland DT5 1FH
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Change of use of former communal boiler room to habitable room and alterations to first floor balcony
As published by the council, reference P/FUL/2026/02166
Application record
- Reference
- P/FUL/2026/02166
- Type
- Full Planning Application
- Status
- Application Approved
- Decision
- Granted
- Received
- 20 Apr 2026
- Validated
- 20 Apr 2026
- Decided
- 2 Jun 2026
- Ward
- Portland Ward
- Parish
- Portland
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- DT5 1FH
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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20 Apr 2026
Received by Dorset
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2 Jun 2026
Decision issued: Granted
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11 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
14 documents on file for this application
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The process from here
Permission has been granted, usually subject to conditions listed on the decision notice, some of which must be discharged before work starts. The decision notice on the council portal sets out exactly what was approved.
Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses. Neighbours cannot appeal a grant; challenging one means judicial review of how the decision was made, within tight time limits.
About full applications applications
How this application type works
A full application seeks permission for a complete, detailed proposal in one go: siting, design, access and landscaping are all fixed at this stage. It is the standard route for new buildings, conversions and changes of use. The statutory target is eight weeks for smaller schemes and thirteen weeks for major development, though complex cases often take longer by agreement.
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