THE latest planning applications in the Purbeck area include four homes and a flat on a plot at East Street, Corfe Castle and the continued use of a garden playhouse in Hill Road, Swanage.

The full details of each application, and others in the area, can be found on the Dorset Council website using the references provided.

P/HOU/2024/05500 : Woolbridge Manor House Woolbridge Wool BH20 6HQ. Conversion of Chapel Barn to ancillary gym/office.

P/HOU/2024/05030 : 12 Ballard Estate Swanage BH19 1QZ. Refurbishment of existing property – renew cladding, revise window arrangement, provide new roof lights, reduce footprint. Replace garage door, existing roof materials to match main dwelling, clad garage walls.

P/HOU/2024/05458 : 8 Hill Road Swanage BH19 1RH. Retain playhouse in rear garden.

P/LBC/2024/04924 : 25 East Street Corfe Castle BH20 5EE. Alterations including the removal of three outbuildings, forming a new opening in roadside boundary wall and removal of a detached stone outbuilding. To facilitate the erection of four dwellings and one flat with associated access and garaging (6/1987/0504).

P/FUL/2024/05054 : Greenacres Quarr Hill Wool Wareham BH20 6BY. Rebuild single-storey dwelling house utilising existing foundations and footprint.

P/CLE/2024/05535 : Tall Trees Ulwell Road Ulwell BH19 3DG. A summerhouse has been erected on site, not built in accordance with the approved 2012 plans and is now lawful by the passage of time. A glazed link passage adjoins the building, this also does not benefit from planning permission but is now lawful by the passage of time.

P/HOU/2024/05340 : Oak Cottage Shitterton Road Bere Regis BH20 7HU. Construct first floor over existing garage and store to provide bedroom and ensuite shower room Convert garage and store to provide sitting room Convert open store at rear to provide additional habitable accommodation (wc and utility room) Construct single storey extension on the north west side to provide a sun room Construct garden wall adjacent to the north east gable end.

P/HOU/2024/05640 : Kelmacott Puddletown Road Wareham BH20 6AE. Erect detached garage with office in roof space.

P/HOU/2024/05655 : Cats Eye Cottage Norden Roundabout To Gallows Hill Norden BH20 5DT. Remove porch and replace window. Replace redundant door with new window. Refurbish and increase height of chimneys, re-tile existing slate roof, fenestration alterations and install new French drains and new foul drains to existing sewage treatment plant. Internal Alterations – remove existing ground floor and replace. New gas Boiler, internal walls and ceiling zones of single storey rear extension to be over clad. New wood burner installed. Replace staircase and alter the existing ceiling. Replace existing ground floor bathroom with kitchen including new French doors. WC and shower room to be added to ground floor extension. Convert smallest bedroom into a bathroom.