====================================================================== COMMUNITY CONNECT, DT4 7AA ====================================================================== Melcombe Regis ward · Dorset Council · Weymouth · South Dorset constituency Everything shaping this neighbourhood, gathered from public sources into seven strands. Generated 2026-09-18 00:37 UTC from https://communityconnect.life/place/DT47AA ---------------------------------------------------------------------- I. NATURE & ENVIRONMENT ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Air quality: Fair (22 European AQI). PM2.5 5.8, PM10 17.5, NO2 1.8, ozone 63 µg/m³. Modelled hourly, not a roadside measurement. Flood warnings: none in force within 20km (says nothing about long-term risk). Green space within 1km: 3 named (plus 10 unnamed patches). - Unnamed beach, 230m - Unnamed garden, 290m - Unnamed beach, 370m - Pavillion end, Dog park, 390m - Alexandra Gardens, Park, 450m - Unnamed park, 550m - Unnamed woodland, 680m - Unnamed park, 710m - Unnamed woodland, 790m - Unnamed woodland, 830m - Unnamed woodland, 840m - Unnamed park, 870m - Unnamed beach, 910m - Radipole Gardens, Park, 960m - Unnamed woodland, 960m - Unnamed allotments, 970m - Unnamed woodland, 980m - Barclay Road Allotments, Allotments, 1.0km, Weymouth Town Council ---------------------------------------------------------------------- II. PLACE & DEVELOPMENT ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Planning applications within 1km, last 90 days: 21 total, 16 still undecided. By type: Major schemes 2 Commercial or change of use 1 Other 18 * Undecided · Heritage · 2026-09-07 Removal of modern Shopfront and replacement with traditional window (with variation of Condition 2 of Listed Building Consent P/LBC/2026/02202 to amend approved plans) 26 Trinity Road Weymouth DT4 8TJ, 640m away. Ref P/VOL/2026/04927 https://planning.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk/plandisp.aspx?recno=431317 * Undecided · Advertising · 2026-08-26 Installation of signage to front of restaurant premises, affixed to first floor bay window La Bonita 10 Custom House Quay Weymouth DT4 8BG, 540m away. Ref P/ADV/2026/04463 https://planning.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk/plandisp.aspx?recno=430788 * Undecided · Heritage · 2026-08-14 Install timber casement window, retractable canopy over external seating area, air-conditioning unit and kitchen extraction system. Internal & external alterations La Bonita 10 Custom House Quay Weymouth DT4 8BG, 540m away. Ref P/LBC/2026/04180 https://planning.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk/plandisp.aspx?recno=430449 * Undecided · Full · 2026-08-14 Install timber casement window, retractable canopy over external seating area, air-conditioning unit and kitchen extraction system and external alterations La Bonita 10 Custom House Quay Weymouth DT4 8BG, 540m away. Ref P/FUL/2026/04181 https://planning.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk/plandisp.aspx?recno=430450 * Undecided · Heritage · 2026-08-13 Replacement of existing fascia and projecting signage to latest brand style, in like for like scale and positioning. 80 St Mary Street Weymouth DT4 8PJ, 320m away. Ref P/LBC/2026/04441 https://planning.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk/plandisp.aspx?recno=430765 * Undecided · Advertising · 2026-08-13 1no internally illuminated fascia sign and 1no internally illuminated projecting sign to the High Street elevation of the store. 80 St Mary Street Weymouth DT4 8PJ, 320m away. Ref P/ADV/2026/04442 https://planning.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk/plandisp.aspx?recno=430766 * Undecided · Advertising · 2026-08-12 Installation of one externally mounted illuminated fascia sign fixed to the existing timber fascia. 4 St Edmund Street Weymouth DT4 8AR, 520m away. Ref P/ADV/2026/04143 https://planning.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk/plandisp.aspx?recno=430409 * [MAJOR] Undecided · Conditions · 2026-07-31 Alterations, extensions & conversion of existing building to provide a museum; 3no. commercial units & 49no. residential units (use class C3) including associated works (with variation of conditions 1, 2, 11, 17, 18, 22, 23, 24, 28 & 31 of planning permission P/VOC/2025/07420 - to amend the approved plans & the wording of the conditions) Brewers Quay Hope Square Weymouth DT4 8TR, 770m away. Ref P/VOC/2026/04173 https://planning.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk/plandisp.aspx?recno=430441 * [MAJOR] Undecided · Conditions · 2026-07-31 Alterations, extensions & conversion of existing building to provide a museum; 3no. class E units & 49no. residential units (use class C3) including associated works (with Variation of Conditions 1 & 8 of Listed Building Consent P/LBC/2023/04877 to amend approved plans & the wording of condition 8) Brewers Quay Hope Square Weymouth DT4 8TR, 770m away. Ref P/VOL/2026/04164 https://planning.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk/plandisp.aspx?recno=430431 * Rejected · Amendment · 2026-07-23 Non-material amendment to Approved P/A P/FUL/2023/01400 (Remodel and refurbishment of the RNLI lifeboat station with proposed extension in place of existing off-shot to provide a compliant internal staircase, new external penetrations in line with building services refurb; Existing entrance doors replaced with like for like units; alterations to front and rear doors & and rear window) Works to now include replacement of roof coverings over main building with new SSQ Riverstone Slate with small penetrations made through the roof for extract ventilation from WCs and equipment drying areas. Existing roof lights over the rear half of the main pitched roof to be enlarged to allow for Natural Ventilation strategy. No height increase to main pitched roof area. Rnli Weymouth Station Nothe Parade Weymouth DT4 8TX, 630m away. Ref P/NMA/2026/03986 https://planning.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk/plandisp.aspx?recno=430234 * Permitted · Heritage · 2026-07-23 Demolition of boundary wall and existing garage and erection of replacement garage with first-floor storage 14A Great George Street Weymouth DT4 7AR, 50m away. Ref P/LBC/2026/03906 https://planning.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk/plandisp.aspx?recno=430133 * Permitted · Amendment · 2026-07-22 Certificate of Lawfulness Existing to use the property as a House in Multiple Occupation (HMO): individual furnished rooms let separately to unrelated occupiers under separate tenancy agreements, with each occupier sharing use of communal kitchens, bathrooms, and living facilities. The property has been mandatorily licensed as an HMO by the local housing authority since at least 2013 23 Abbotsbury Road Weymouth DT4 0AD, 570m away. Ref P/CLE/2026/03974 https://planning.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk/plandisp.aspx?recno=430219 * Permitted · Heritage · 2026-07-21 External alterations to a listed building for bank closure 84-85 St Mary Street Weymouth DT4 8PJ, 290m away. Ref P/LBC/2026/03868 https://planning.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk/plandisp.aspx?recno=430089 * Undecided · Heritage · 2026-07-16 Replace Kitchen and replace rear store floors. Create new opening from proposed family room to rear kitchen. Install lift. Create existing rear store to form Snug re-roof including pair of new Velux centre pivot roof windows 3 Cove Street Weymouth DT4 8TS, 700m away. Ref P/LBC/2026/03878 https://planning.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk/plandisp.aspx?recno=430103 * Undecided · Heritage · 2026-07-06 Proposed canopies and associated works to signage/frontage 54-55 The Esplanade Weymouth DT4 8DG, 220m away. Ref P/LBC/2026/03671 https://planning.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk/plandisp.aspx?recno=429863 … and 6 more. Source: PlanIt. The council's own register is authoritative. Recorded crime, July 2026: 360 incidents near this postcode. - Anti-social behaviour: 133 - Violence & sexual offences: 131 - Shoplifting: 23 - Public order: 21 - Criminal damage & arson: 15 - Other theft: 12 - Vehicle crime: 6 - Bicycle theft: 3 Snapped to anonymised map points, two months behind, too small a sample for a trend. Roadworks: https://one.network/ (no open national feed) Major schemes with permission (granted in the last 5 years) * APPROVED 2026-06-17 Alterations, extensions & conversion of existing building to provide a museum; 3no. commercial units & 49no. residential units (use class C3) including associated works (with variation of condition 2 of planning permission P/FUL/2023/04876 - to allow for the use of the three commercial units to be Use Class E or Sui Generis) Brewers Quay Hope Square Weymouth DT4 8TR, 770m away. Ref P/VOC/2025/07420 https://planning.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk/plandisp.aspx?recno=419567 * APPROVED 2025-11-05 Non material amendment - Change description of development from "3 no. class E units" to "3 no. commercial units" to planning permission P/FUL/2023/04876 (Alterations, extensions & conversion of existing building to provide a museum; 3no. class E units & 49no. residential units (use class C3) including associated works) Brewers Quay Hope Square Weymouth DT4 8TR, 770m away. Ref P/NMA/2025/06058 https://planning.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk/plandisp.aspx?recno=418034 * APPROVED 2025-09-09 Demolition of the former shopping centre and the erection of a hotel with service areas, reception, restaurant and integral shopping outlet (outline application to determine access, appearance, layout and and scale) (Amended plans) Colwell Shopping Centre School Street Weymouth Dorset DT4 8NJ, 200m away. Ref P/OUT/2022/06846 https://planning.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk/plandisp.aspx?recno=391934 * APPROVED 2025-09-05 Replacement and strengthening of harbour walls F and G through installation of new sheet pile walls in front of the existing walls, for Doportion of the new wall where it is located above the mean low water mark, tie bar extension and ground works, works to the footpaths, creation of open space along with ancillary works Weymouth Harbour Weymouth DT4 8AJ, 570m away. Ref P/FUL/2024/05538 https://planning.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk/plandisp.aspx?recno=408876 * APPROVED 2024-07-19 Alterations, extensions & conversion of existing building to provide a museum; 3no. class E units & 49no. residential units (use class C3) including associated works Brewers Quay Hope Square Weymouth Dorset DT4 8TR, 770m away. Ref P/LBC/2023/04877 https://planning.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk/plandisp.aspx?recno=399271 * APPROVED 2024-07-12 Alterations, extensions & conversion of existing building to provide a museum; 3no. class E units & 49no. residential units (use class C3) including associated works Brewers Quay Hope Square Weymouth Dorset DT4 8TR, 770m away. Ref P/FUL/2023/04876 https://planning.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk/plandisp.aspx?recno=399270 * APPROVED 2024-01-16 Removal of the existing timber sliding sash windows to all elevations and replacement with new double glazed timber sliding sash windows 17 Carlton Road North Weymouth Dorset DT4 7PY, 900m away. Ref P/FUL/2022/06948 https://planning.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk/plandisp.aspx?recno=392062 * APPROVED 2023-07-25 Demolition of the existing (former council) building, alterations to the existing car park and provision for additional car parking spaces. Former Council Offices, North Quay, Weymouth, DT4 8TA, 670m away. Ref P/FUL/2023/01846 https://planning.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk/plandisp.aspx?recno=395649 Permission is not building work. No open dataset records whether a scheme has started, so these are listed as consented and dated, nothing more. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- III. COMMUNITY & CONNECTION ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Community venues within 1km: - Salvation Army, Place of worship, 120m, The Salvation Army - Weymouth Masonic Lodge, Community centre, 160m - citizens advice, Outreach service, 190m, citizens advice - Weymouth Town Council, Town hall, 190m - St Mary's, Place of worship, 460m, anglican - Weymouth and Dorchester Islamic Centre, Place of worship, 490m, sunni - Weymouth Baptist Church, Place of worship, 530m, baptist - The Prayer House, Place of worship, 620m, New Church Movement - Holy Trinity Church, Place of worship, 630m, anglican - Westham Methodist Church, Place of worship, 670m, methodist - Tides Project Centre, Community centre, 670m - Hope URC Church, Place of worship, 690m - Weymouth Old Town Hall, Town hall, 730m - Pilgrim House - Rotary Club, Community centre, 740m - St. Paul's, Place of worship, 770m, anglican - Chapel, Place of worship, 800m - St John's Church, Place of worship, 820m, anglican - Unnamed community centre, 890m - Ebenezer Evangelical Church, Place of worship, 950m, evangelical - Trimar Hospice, Community service, 980m, Weldmar Hospice Trust Resident noticeboard: nothing added for this area yet. Have your say: - Consultations: https://consultation.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk/ - Council meetings: https://moderngov.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk/uuCoverPage.aspx?bcr=1 - Councillors: https://moderngov.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk/mgMemberIndex.aspx - Write to your representatives: https://www.writetothem.com/ - MP: Lloyd Hatton (Labour), https://members.parliament.uk/member/5217/contact ---------------------------------------------------------------------- IV. HEALTH & WELLBEING ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Defibrillators within 1km: 28, nearest public one 150m away. * The Royal Hotel, Weymouth, 150m, Public, Varied Access 90-91 The Esplanade, DT4 7AX Source: British Heart Foundation. * Weymouth Freemasons, 160m, Public, 24/7 Access Masonic Hall, DT4 8NH Source: British Heart Foundation. * Nationwide Weymouth, 200m, Public, 24/7 Access 9 St Mary Street, DT4 8PX Source: British Heart Foundation. * The Dolphin, 230m, Public, 24/7 Access 67 Park Street, DT4 7DE Source: British Heart Foundation. * Dolphin Hotel, 240m, Public, 24/7 Access Flat, DT4 7DE Source: British Heart Foundation. * The Tides Inn, 270m, Public, 24/7 Access The Tides Inn, DT4 7BH Source: British Heart Foundation. * Weymouth Angling Society, 310m, Public, 24/7 Access Weymouth Angling Society, DT4 8NF Source: British Heart Foundation. * Public defibrillator, 310m On outside wall of Railway Tavern on Queen Street, opposite train station · Available 24/7 From OpenStreetMap, not on the national register. * Weymouth, 340m, Public, 24/7 Access King Street, DT4 7BN Source: British Heart Foundation. * Tesco, 400m, Public, Varied Access 63a St Thomas Street, DT4 8EQ Source: British Heart Foundation. Defibrillator data from The Circuit, the national register, supplied by the British Heart Foundation and published 2026-08-03. Source: British Heart Foundation. A monthly snapshot, not a live feed. Community Connect is not endorsed by or affiliated with the British Heart Foundation. Always call 999 first. The Circuit (national database, more complete): https://www.defibfinder.uk/ Register one with The Circuit: https://www.bhf.org.uk/how-you-can-help/how-to-save-a-life/defibrillators/national-defibrillator-network-the-circuit Health services within 1km: - George Thorne House, Care home, 110m, Anchor - Lloyds Pharmacy, Pharmacy, 150m - The Bridges Dental Practice, Dentist, 150m - The Bridges Medical Practice, GP surgery, 180m - Superdrug, Pharmacy, 240m - The Clock Dental Practice, Dentist, 280m - Royal Cresent Surgery, GP surgery, 480m - Weymouth Pharmacy, Pharmacy, 570m, Mo-Fr 09:00-13:00,14:00-18:00; Sa 09:00-13:00 - Wessex Pharmacies, Pharmacy, 750m - Greenhill Dental Practice, Dentist, 750m - Asda, Pharmacy, 800m, Asda Stores Ltd Sport and leisure within 1km: - Weymouth Squash & Fitness Centre, Sports centre, 640m - Unnamed sports centre, 810m ---------------------------------------------------------------------- V. LEARNING & SKILLS ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Libraries, schools, colleges and universities within 1km: - Weymouth Library, Library, 170m, Dorset Council ---------------------------------------------------------------------- VI. HERITAGE & IDENTITY ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Monuments, historic buildings, archaeology and museums within 1km: - King's Statue, Monument, 60m - Unnamed memorial, 150m - Unnamed memorial, 380m - D-Day Memorial Plaque 6 June 1944, Memorial, 530m - Unnamed memorial, 560m - Tudor House, Museum, 720m - Victoria's Statue, Monument, 750m - Weymouth Museum, Museum, 770m - Nothe Fort, Museum, 910m - Unnamed memorial, 1.0km National Heritage List: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- VII. FUTURE GENERATIONS ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Every figure below is measured from the strands above. Every forward-looking line is a question, not a forecast. Development pressure: 5 applications Proposing to build or change something, within 2km in the last 90 days. 2 classed as major, 16 of all types still undecided. 0 further applications concern trees and are not counted here. Green space: 4 spaces Named parks, commons, woodland, heath and allotments within 2km. Nearest is Pavillion end at 390m. Places to gather: 20 Community centres, halls, social facilities and places of worship within 2km. The rooms a neighbourhood actually meets in. Learning on the doorstep: 0 schools, 1 library 1 education sites within 2km in total, including colleges and universities. Nearest defibrillator: 60m 28 nearby on the national register. In a cardiac arrest, minutes decide the outcome. Heritage features: 10 Monuments, historic buildings, memorials and museums recorded within 2km. Air quality today: Fair (22) European Air Quality Index, modelled for this location. PM2.5 5.8 µg/m³, NO₂ 1.8 µg/m³. Development -> Transport 5 applications within 2km propose building or changing something, and 2 are classed as major. A further 0 concern trees and are counted separately. They change the canopy, not the traffic. Q: How might that development affect travel demand on the existing network, and is anyone assessing it cumulatively, or one application at a time? Development -> Nature Pavillion end is 390m away, one of 4 named green spaces within 2km. 5 development applications sit inside the same radius. Q: How are the cumulative effects on that green space and its habitats being considered, and which of these places is actually protected, rather than simply undeveloped for now? Children -> Air quality 1 school and learning site within 2km. Air here is fair today at 22 on the European index, with nitrogen dioxide. The pollutant most closely tied to vehicles. At 1.8 µg/m³. Q: How might future traffic and development change the air on the roads those children use twice a day, every day? Air quality -> Health Today's reading is fair (22), with nitrogen dioxide, the pollutant most tied to traffic, at 1.8 µg/m³. Air quality is a long-run exposure, not a daily event: what matters for health is the average someone breathes over years, not one good or bad day. Q: Over years rather than days, what would sustained exposure at this level mean for residents with asthma, COPD or heart conditions, and for children whose lungs are still developing? Green space -> Wellbeing 4 named green spaces and 2 places to be active within 2km, against 20 indoor places to gather. Q: How accessible are these spaces to people of different ages and abilities, and are there barriers that prevent some residents from enjoying them? Places to gather -> Connection 20 halls, centres and places of worship within 2km, nearest Salvation Army at 120m. Q: If one of these closed, where would the groups that use it go, and would they survive the move? Today's decisions -> Future generations 0 schools, 1 library and 10 heritage features within 2km, alongside 16 planning applications still undecided. Q: The children in those schools will inherit whatever is settled this year. What would they thank us for in 2046, and what would they wish we had asked about? ====================================================================== SOURCES AND LIMITS ====================================================================== postcodes.io/ONS (location); PlanIt (planning applications, collected on a delay); OpenStreetMap contributors under ODbL (map features. Only as complete as local volunteers have mapped); data.police.uk (crime, ~2 months behind, anonymised points); Environment Agency (live flood warnings only); Open-Meteo/Copernicus CAMS (modelled air quality); UK Parliament Members API (MP). An empty list means nothing was recorded, not that nothing exists. Anything marked NOT AVAILABLE means the source could not be reached. A different thing again. Nothing here replaces the original publisher. The seven strands: Nature & Environment; Place & Development; Community & Connection; Health & Wellbeing; Learning & Skills; Heritage & Identity; Future Generations.