Planning application
6 King Street Weymouth DT4 7BH
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Change of use from restaurant to education purposes to create an employability skills based training site for young people with Special Education Needs and Disabilities (SEND) which includes ancillary community café, shop, professional kitchen, workshops, teaching spaces, gymnasium and plant nursery
As published by the council, reference P/FUL/2026/02638
Application record
- Reference
- P/FUL/2026/02638
- Type
- Full Planning Application
- Status
- Application Approved
- Decision
- Granted
- Received
- 19 May 2026
- Validated
- 19 May 2026
- Decided
- 15 Jul 2026
- Ward
- Melcombe Regis Ward
- Parish
- Weymouth
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- DT4 7BH
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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19 May 2026
Received by Dorset
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15 Jul 2026
Decision issued: Granted
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31 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
28 documents on file for this application
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