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Allowed8 June 20263359248

6 Albert Road, Dorchester, DT1 1SF

Planning appeal 3359248 at 6 Albert Road, Dorchester, DT1 1SF (Dorset) was allowed on 8 June 2026 by Inspector Hand S, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether planning permission 1/E/87/137 granted in 1987 remains extant notwithstanding the commencement of a later planning permission in 2023.

Conversion of building into 3 flats and erection of extension containing 6 new flats (planning permission 1/E/87/137)

Authority
Dorset
Appeal type
minor · Lawful Development Certificate
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Other minor developments
Inspector
Hand S
Postcode
DT1 1SF

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether planning permission 1/E/87/137 granted in 1987 remains extant notwithstanding the commencement of a later planning permission in 2023

What decided it

The 1987 planning permission remains extant because there is no physical impediment to its implementation, and the commencement of the 2023 permission did not constitute a radical change in the nature or use of the building sufficient to extinguish the prior development rights.

What the Inspector cited

Judgments
Pilkington v SSE & Lancashire CC [1973] 1 WLR 1527; Prestige Homes (Southern) Ltd v SSE & Shepway DC [1992]; Hillside Parks Ltd v Snowdonia National Park Authority [2022] UKSC 30; Choice Place Properties Ltd v SSHCLG & LB of Barnett Case No: CO/1756/2020; Jennings Motors Ltd v SSE & New Forest DC [1982] JPL 181

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