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Land at Victoria Square East of Lerret Road, Chiswell Portland, DT5 1AL

Awaiting decision Dorset P/FUL/2026/04002 Full Planning Application

Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.

Proposal

Installation of one 11kV switch room building at the existing Portland SSEN owned substation site and bring the land back into operational use. Planning permission is also sought for the perimeter fencing recently erected around the area proposed to be reinstated and incorporated into the existing operational extent of the Portland Electricity Substation

As published by the council, reference P/FUL/2026/04002

Application record

Reference
P/FUL/2026/04002
Type
Full Planning Application
Status
Under Officer Consideration
Received
20 Aug 2026
Validated
20 Aug 2026
Ward
Portland Ward
Parish
Portland
Decision by
Delegated
Postcode
DT5 1AL

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 20 Aug 2026

    Received by Dorset

  2. 22 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  3. 3 Oct 2026

    Status changed to Under Officer Consideration

    Previously Out To Consultation.

  4. Decision

    Awaiting decision

    Decision expected by 15 October 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 39 days over the applications it decided in the last year.

Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

19 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 71 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

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