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
Portland ward · Portland · Dorset Council · South Dorset constituency
72
Green spaces mapped within 1km
4
Community venues and places of worship
6
Public defibrillators recorded
4
Planning applications still undecided
2
Schools, colleges and libraries
53
Crimes recorded, August 2026
Open to commentTree works
T1 Elm - Remove — Maypole Meadows Church Ope Road Portland DT5 1JA · 700m away · lodged 10 days ago. The council hasn't published a closing date. Its record will have one.
https://planning.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk/plandisp.aspx?recno=432479
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Anytime · Poole, Hospital's Dome, Longfleet Road, Poole or Beach Building, Royal Bournemouth Hospital, Casle Lane E, Bournemouth · 38.2km
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PublicNearest defibrillator: Tesco Portland
230m away · Varied Access · Park Rd
https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=50.542719&mlon=-2.436286#map=19/50.542719/-2.436286
The green space, heathland, woodland and water on your doorstep. How clean the air is, where it floods, and where you can help.
Fair , 28 on the European AQI.
| PM2.5 | 9 µg/m³ |
| PM10 | 14.2 µg/m³ |
| Nitrogen dioxide | 5.2 µg/m³ |
| Ozone | 50 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Broadcroft Quarry Butterfly Reserve | Nature reserve | 630m |
| Church Ope Cove | Beach | 970m |
70 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.
6 within 1km, 4 still undecided.
| Type of application | Number |
|---|---|
| Major schemes, Large schemes. The council's own classification. | 0 |
| Householder, Extensions, loft conversions, garages and other work to one home. | 2 |
| Tree works, Pruning, felling and hedge work. Nothing is built. | 1 |
| Other, Certificates, conditions, amendments, advertising and minor works. | 3 |
| Application | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| T1 Elm - RemoveMaypole Meadows Church Ope Road Portland DT5 1JA · ref P/TRC/2026/05934 | Undecided | 700m |
| Erect front single storey extension; refurbishment of rear extension109 Weston Street Portland DT5 2DG · ref P/HOU/2026/05610 | Undecided | 840m |
| Erect car port37 Kingbarrow Drive Portland DT5 2FH · ref P/HOU/2026/05128 | Undecided | 330m |
| Variation of conditions 2 and 4 to approved planning permission WP/18/00883/FUL (Erect 4 dwellings (amendments to dwellings (Block E1) previously approved under planning approval reference 08/00513/FULMAJ to replace dormer windows with french windows and juliette balconies and insert roof lights) to amend plans and parking arrangementsFormer Perryfield Works Complex Pennsylvania Road Portland DT5 1FJ · ref P/VOC/2026/05530 | Undecided | 750m |
| Non Material Amendment to alter position of parking, minor changes to layout and amendments to elevation to Planning Permission P/FUL/2024/06469 (Full planning application for the erection of a general industrial building (Class B2) parking, manoeuvring areas, drainage and landscaping) |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Easton Methodist Church, methodist | Place of worship | 110m |
| All Saints, anglican | Place of worship | 150m |
| St George's, anglican | Place of worship | 570m |
| Church of Our Lady and Saint Andrew, catholic | Place of worship | 910m |
Lloyd Hatton (Labour), South Dorset
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Submitted by neighbours and checked by a moderator before publication. Not an official listing.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Tesco Portland. Park Rd, DT5 2AD | Public · Varied Access | 230m |
| Public defibrillator. Broadcroft Gardens, DT5 1JD | Public · 24/7 Access | 400m |
| Public defibrillator. St John Ambulance Hq, DT5 1BP | Public · 24/7 Access | 460m |
| Public defibrillator. Portland United Football Club, DT5 1DP | Public · 24/7 Access | 730m |
| The Penn Estate / Colonial Leisure Ltd. Pennsylvania Road, DT5 1HU | Public · 24/7 Access | 830m |
| Public defibrillator. Weston Community Hall, DT5 2BZ | Public · 24/7 Access | 970m |
| Public defibrillator. St Georges Primary School, DT5 2BD | Restricted · Varied Access | 210m |
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 2026-10-01. 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 |
|---|
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Portland Library, Mo,Sa 09:30-12:30; Tu 14:00-17:00; Th 09:30-12:30,13:30-17:00; Fr 14:00-18:30; We,Su off | Library | 120m |
| St George's Primary School | School | 250m |
Harmony places real weight on respecting place, tradition and what came before. What is protected near you, and what makes this neighbourhood distinctive.
| Place | What it is | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Portland Museum | Museum | 690m |
| Rufus Castle | Castle | 830m |
| St Andrew's Church | Ruins | 830m |
| John Penn's Bath | Ruins | 870m |
2 unnamed on the map. Real places, but OpenStreetMap has no name for them, so they are counted and not listed.
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.
| Rejected |
| 800m |
| Installation of defibrillator to external wallSt Georges Centre Reforne Portland DT5 2AN · ref P/LBC/2026/04079 | Permitted | 380m |
Source: PlanIt, which mirrors council registers. The council’s own register is the authoritative one, https://www.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk/planning.
Large developments granted permission in the last five years. These stay listed after they leave the 90-day view. A scheme is at its most visible on the ground when it is quietest on the register. Permission is not building work: no open dataset records whether a scheme has started.
| Scheme | Permission | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Approval of all reserved matters for outline approval WP/14/00330/OUT - Demolition of existing redundant industrial buildings and erect 71 no. residential dwellings including affordable housing - (Variation of condition 1 of planning approval WP/17/00017/RES- Plans list). REDUNDANT BUILDINGS, BROADCROFT QUARRY, BUMPERS LANE, PORTLAND, DT5 1HY · ref WP/19/00184/VOC | Approved · 2022-12-13 | 560m |
53 incidents recorded near this postcode in August 2026.
Broadly unchanged from a year ago, 134 across June to August 2026 against 134 in June to August 2025, the same three months a year earlier.
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.
| Boots, Mo-Fr 08:30-18:30; Sa 09:00-17:00; Su off | Pharmacy | 50m |
| Royal Manor Health Centre, NHS | Clinic | 100m |
| Young Men's Christian Association, Mo-Th 09:00-21:00; Fr 09:00-19:00; Sa 10:00-16:30; Su 10:30-16:30 | Sports centre | 340m |
| Portland Red Triangle CC | Sports pitch | 510m |
| Portland FC | Sports pitch | 790m |
5 unnamed on the map. Real places, but OpenStreetMap has no name for them, so they are counted and not listed.