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Planning appeals in West Dorset District Council

Name: Planning appeal decisions in West Dorset District Council
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One authority from the free search of every English planning appeal since 2016, searchable by words or by meaning.

Appeals the Planning Inspectorate has decided in West Dorset District Council since 2016, refreshed nightly. A decision the Inspectorate published without naming the authority in a form we can match is listed under its own address instead. Type a topic into the free search to read how Inspectors have reasoned here.

The Planning Inspectorate has decided 143 planning appeals in West Dorset District Council since 2016, of which 27% were allowed. The median time from receipt of an appeal to its decision is 30 weeks. Figures as at 30 October 2026, from the Inspectorate's published decisions.

151

appeals on record since 2016

27%

of decided appeals allowed

30 wks

median receipt to decision

decisions in the last 12 months

By appeal type

Householder14 decided

57% allowed

Minor79 decided

32% allowed

Major7 decided

29% allowed

Commercial1 decided

0% allowed

Enforcement37 decided

3% allowed

Other13 decided

15% allowed

By procedure

Written representations131 decided

27% allowed

Hearings18 decided

17% allowed

Inquiries2 decided

0% allowed

Every decision, by year

2020 · 13 · 50% allowed 2019 · 50 · 13% allowed 2018 · 24 · 38% allowed 2017 · 32 · 35% allowed 2016 · 32 · 22% allowed

Latest decisions in West Dorset District Council

Dismissed22 December 2020· minor
Appeal null
Allowed2 December 2020· other
Appeal null
Allowed2 December 2020· minor
Appeal null
Dismissed2 December 2020· other
Appeal null
Dismissed2 December 2020· minor
Appeal null
Dismissed2 December 2020· other
Appeal null
Dismissed2 December 2020· minor
Appeal null
Allowed10 November 2020· householder
Appeal null
Unknown2 October 2020· enforcement
Appeal null
Planning permission granted2 October 2020· enforcement
Appeal null
Unknown7 September 2020· enforcement
Appeal null
Quashed On Legal Grounds7 September 2020· enforcement
Appeal null
Allowed27 February 2020· minor
Appeal null
Notice upheld23 December 2019· enforcement
Appeal null
Notice upheld23 December 2019· enforcement
Appeal null

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Every appeal decided around the site, from a kilometre out to ten, nearest first, the letter a tap away wherever one was published. Precedent as a constraint layer.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures are computed from decisions the Planning Inspectorate has published for this authority area and refresh with the record; decisions without a published letter or a recorded authority may be missing. This page is research, not advice. Verify against the Inspectorate’s own record before relying on a decision. What is in the record.