Planning application
Perryfield Mine Pennsylvania Road Portland
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Extraction of dimension stone by underground mining at land known as "Perryfields" Portland (with variation of conditions 3, 4, 8, and 18 of planning permission WP/15/00366/DCC to adopt revised plans and increase the limit on the total open mine void area).
As published by the council, reference P/VOC/2025/00741
Application record
- Reference
- P/VOC/2025/00741
- Type
- Variation of Condition
- Status
- Under Officer Consideration
- Received
- 26 Feb 2025
- Validated
- 26 Feb 2025
- Ward
- Portland Ward
- Parish
- Portland
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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26 Feb 2025
Received by Dorset
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31 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 23 April 2025, 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
12 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 amendment applications in a median of 41 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
About amendment applications
An amendment application makes limited changes to a permission that already exists; anything beyond modest adjustment needs a fresh application. More in our guide to planning application types.
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