Your neighbourhood
Finding your neighbourhood… then we’ll gather the planning register, the map, air quality, flooding and police data.
Your neighbourhood
Finding your neighbourhood… then we’ll gather the planning register, the map, air quality, flooding and police data.
Community Connect · by CommUNIty
Neighbourhood report
Chickerell ward · Chickerell · Dorset Council · South Dorset constituency
11
Green spaces mapped within 1km
4
Community venues and places of worship
10
Public defibrillators recorded
1
Planning applications still undecided
2
Schools, colleges and libraries
131
Crimes recorded, June 2026
Nothing added yetNo community events or groups listed here yet
Open data shows where the village hall is. It can't say the coffee morning is every Thursday at ten. That part only comes from people who live here.
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PublicNearest defibrillator: M K M
90m away · Varied Access · Unit F Link Park
https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=50.6146&mlon=-2.49525#map=19/50.6146/-2.49525
The green space, heathland, woodland and water on your doorstep. How clean the air is, where it floods, and where you can help.
Fair , 22 on the European AQI.
| PM2.5 | 5.3 µg/m³ |
| PM10 | 17.5 µg/m³ |
| Nitrogen dioxide | 1.7 µg/m³ |
| Ozone | 64 µg/m³ |
Modelled hourly for this location, not a roadside measurement.
No flood warnings in force within 20km.
Warnings are live alerts. They say nothing about long-term risk. Check that at https://www.gov.uk/check-long-term-flood-risk
| Place | What it is | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Chickerell Downs | Park | 500m |
| Chickerell Town Council, Chickerell Town Council | Allotments | 770m |
9 unnamed on the map. Real places, but OpenStreetMap has no name for them, so they are counted and not listed.
What is being proposed, built and dug up around you. Most of it is decided in public, on a deadline, but only if somebody notices in time.
2 within 1km, 1 still undecided.
| Type of application | Number |
|---|---|
| Major schemes, Large schemes. The council's own classification. | 0 |
| Commercial or change of use, Shops, offices, industry, or a building changing what it is used for. | 1 |
| Other, Certificates, conditions, amendments, advertising and minor works. | 1 |
| Application | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Erection of an extension to the existing industrial unit and canopy to infill the remaining frontage. Reformatting and formalising the existing outdoor hardstanding to the frontage of the site11 Avon Close Granby Industrial Estate Chickerell Weymouth DT4 9UX · ref P/FUL/2026/02912 | Undecided | 500m |
| Erection of illuminated advertising board432 Chickerell Road Chickerell DT3 4DQ · ref P/ADV/2026/03508 | Rejected | 360m |
Source: PlanIt, which mirrors council registers. The council’s own register is the authoritative one, https://www.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk/planning.
No large scheme within 1km was granted permission in the last five years.
131 incidents recorded near this postcode in June 2026.
About 37% higher than a year ago, 299 across April to June 2026 against 218 in April to June 2025, the same three months a year earlier.
The halls, groups and events that hold a neighbourhood together, and the practical ways to contribute to it rather than only complain about it.
| Place | What it is | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Charlestown Victory Hall | Community centre | 140m |
| Weymouth Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, latter day saints | Place of worship | 260m |
| Chickerell Methodist Church | Place of worship | 880m |
| Willowbed Hall, Chickerell Town Council | Community centre | 910m |
Lloyd Hatton (Labour), South Dorset
Write to them at https://www.writetothem.com/
Where the nearest defibrillator is before you need it, who to call, and the sport and wellbeing services that keep people well in the first place.
| Where | Access | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| M K M. Unit F Link Park, DT3 4FL | Public · Varied Access | 90m |
| Charlestown Victory Hall. Putton Lane, DT3 4AD | Public · 24/7 Access | 140m |
| Dave Cumber. Unit D1 Link Park, DT3 4FL | Public · 24/7 Access | 190m |
| The Queen Charlotte Care Home. 432 Chickerell Road, DT3 4DQ | Public · 24/7 Access | 380m |
| Asmpt. 11 Albany Road, DT4 9TH | Public · Varied Access | 500m |
| Vauxhall. Lanehouse Service Station, DT4 9UX | Public · Varied Access | 550m |
| Public defibrillator. Unit 10 The Old Slaughter House, DT3 4GG | Public · 24/7 Access | 630m |
| Public defibrillator. Waverley House, DT4 9XD | Public · Varied Access | 630m |
| The Gardeners Retreat. Lynch Lane Garden Centre, DT4 9DN | Public · 24/7 Access | 960m |
| Public defibrillator. Chickerell Primary School, DT3 4AT | Public · Varied Access |
CommUNIty is about uniting by learning. Where learning already happens near you, plus the talks, workshops and skills sessions open to everyone.
| Place | What it is | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Budmouth Academy Weymouth, Aspirations Academies Trust | School | 530m |
| Chickerell Primary Academy, The First Federation Trust | School | 960m |
Harmony places real weight on respecting place, tradition and what came before. What is protected near you, and what makes this neighbourhood distinctive.
Nothing recorded within 1km.
Every figure above is public data, gathered on the date on the front page. Nothing here is a substitute for the authoritative register this is a starting point for a conversation, not evidence.
| Source | Used for | Caveat |
|---|---|---|
| OpenStreetMap (Overpass) | Green space, venues, defibrillators, schools, heritage | Volunteer-maintained. Absence means unmapped as often as it means absent. |
| PlanIt | Planning applications | Mirrors council registers; the council’s own is authoritative. |
| data.police.uk | Recorded crime | Anonymised map points, ~2 months behind. |
| Open-Meteo | Air quality | Modelled, not a roadside monitor. |
| Environment Agency | Flood warnings | Live warnings only, not long-term risk. |
| UK Parliament Members API | Constituency and MP | Not recorded |
| Postcodes.io / ONS | Ward, parish, council, coordinates | Not recorded |
OpenStreetMap data is © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database Licence. Public sector information is used under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Snapped to anonymised map points and roughly two months behind. One month near one postcode is too small a sample to read as a trend.
| 970m |
| Solsta. Units 18-19 Oxford Court, DT4 9GH | Restricted · Varied Access | 130m |
| Screwfix. Unit A1 Link Park, DT3 4FL | Restricted · Varied Access | 190m |
In an emergency call 999. The operator tells you where the nearest working defibrillator is and gives you its access code. Devices marked Restricted sit inside a building and may not be reachable. Source: British Heart Foundation. From The Circuit, the national register, published 2026-08-03. A monthly snapshot, not a live feed. Community Connect is not endorsed by or affiliated with the British Heart Foundation.
| Place | What it is | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Heritage Dental Health | Dentist | 890m |
| Weymouth F.C. | Sports pitch | 940m |
| Westhaven Hospital | Hospital | 990m |