Block Management in Corfe Mullen
Radon advice splits Corfe Mullen in half, and the address decides which half applies.
Block, estate and leasehold management in Corfe Mullen is available from us for residents' management companies, RTM companies and freeholders. By area, 48.5 per cent of the town is radon class 3, where measurement is advised, and the rest is the lowest band. Flats make up 9.15 per cent of households, mostly purpose-built, and the flood record is highway flooding, with Broadmoor Road flooding three times in the winter of 2013 and 2014.
What We Would Put First for a Block in Corfe Mullen
Confirm Which Radon Square the Block Occupies
Five of the ten squares over Corfe Mullen are class 3, in the western and northern parts, and five are lowest band. We would establish which applies to the block and, where measurement is advised, arrange it in ground-floor communal areas.
ComplianceInspect Drainage Near Broadmoor Road
The county strategy names Corfe Mullen among the Dorset communities with the most highway flooding reports in 2013 and 2014, with Broadmoor Road flooding three times and nine property reports. We would include external drainage and gullies in the block's inspection schedule.
InspectionsCheck the Brogg Street Boundary Before Works
The Brogg Street and Sleight Lane conservation area, designated on 31 October 2007, covers 2.20 per cent of the town, and no appraisal is linked from the national register. We would check whether a block falls inside it before specifying external works.
ConsentsManaging a Block in Corfe Mullen at a Glance
- Local authority
- Dorset Council
- Authority type
- Unitary
- Building control
- Dorset Council Building Control
- County
- Dorset
- Fire and rescue service
- Dorset and Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service
- Water and sewerage
- Bournemouth Water or Wessex Water for supply depending on the address, with Wessex Water for sewerage
- From our Plymouth office
- About 97 miles in a straight line
- Setting
- Inland
What It Costs to Move a Block in Corfe Mullen to Us
Management is a fixed annual fee, quoted for the building and agreed before we start. We take no commission and no third-party incentives, so the fee is the whole of what we earn from the building. Taking a block on carries a one-off start-up fee, set by size:
| Block size | Fee |
|---|---|
| Start-up fee, up to 10 units | £420.00 |
| Start-up fee, up to 25 units | £540.00 |
| Start-up fee, 50 units and above | £660.00 |
Taken from our published Additional Services price list, PBM Form #01-27 rev.6, effective 23 June 2025. All fees quoted are inclusive of VAT. See the full price list and how a handover works.
Radon Measurement Advised in the West and North Only
A genuine split. Of the ten one-kilometre squares over the built-up area, five are in the lowest band and five are class 3. By area the town divides almost exactly in half, 51.5 per cent lowest band against 48.5 per cent class 3. In the class 3 squares, some parts of the square are in bands of elevated radon potential. The maximum radon potential there is 3 to 5 per cent of homes at or above the action level, and the advice is that radon measurement is advised. In the lowest band the advice is that it is not needed. The elevated squares are the western and northern parts of the settlement, so the national advice for one half of this town is the opposite of the advice for the other half. The address decides which applies, and so whether measurement goes on a block's compliance plan.
Mostly Purpose-Built Flats, and the Ward Figure Holds
The ward held 4,296 households at the 2021 Census with 393 in flats, 9.15 per cent. Of these, 356 were in purpose-built blocks, 19 in a converted or shared house, 8 in another converted building and 10 over commercial premises. The ward fit is good, with 32 of its 33 output areas falling inside the built-up area. Narrowing to the town itself changes almost nothing: 4,171 households and 385 flats, 9.23 per cent. So the published ward figure can be quoted here without correction. 24.3 per cent of residents are aged 65 or over, against a Dorset average of 29.6 per cent. Most flats are in purpose-built blocks, where communal maintenance and major works planning drive the budget.
Highway Flooding, Not River Warnings, Is the Recorded Risk
One Environment Agency area covers part of Corfe Mullen, the Lower Stour tributaries alert, and it reaches just 0.18 per cent of the built-up area in two fragments at the eastern edge. A warning area whose published description names Mill Street in Corfe Mullen stops 1,900 metres short of the built-up area, because Mill Street lies outside the statistical boundary of the town. There is no gauged watercourse inside the town, the nearest being the River Allen and the River Stour a couple of kilometres away. No defence scheme exists, no section 19 investigation has been carried out here, and the town does not appear in the county's table of Environment Agency defence assets. What is recorded is highway flooding. The county strategy lists Corfe Mullen among the Dorset communities with the most highway flooding reports in the winter of 2013 and 2014. It names Broadmoor Road as having flooded three times in that window, with nine property flooding reports in total, of which one was internal. For a block, external drainage and gullies matter more than river risk and belong on the inspection schedule.
Six Grade II Buildings and One Small Conservation Area
One conservation area overlaps the town, the Brogg Street and Sleight Lane area, designated on 31 October 2007. It covers 12.5 hectares in total, of which about 56 per cent falls inside the built-up area, amounting to 2.20 per cent of the town. Nine other conservation areas lie within about three kilometres, at Burts Hill, Lytchett Minster, Wimborne Minster, St Johns Rowlands Hill, Pamphill and four in the neighbouring authority, and none of them overlaps. No appraisal is linked from the national register for the Brogg Street area, so for a block inside it the guidance should be confirmed with Dorset Council before external works are specified.
Six listed buildings stand inside the built-up area and all six are Grade II: Appletree Cottage, the cottage, stables and coach house south of Glendon, Glendon itself, Hart's Cottage, High House and Little Thatch. There is no Grade I and no Grade II* building in the town, and no registered park or garden. Two scheduled monuments sit within it, two sections of Roman road on Barrow Hill and Corfe Hills, and a bowl barrow north of Naked Cross. Groundworks within a scheduled monument's boundary need scheduled monument consent, which is separate from planning permission.
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Corfe Mullen Questions
Is Corfe Mullen in a Flood Warning Area?
Only marginally. The Lower Stour tributaries alert reaches 0.18 per cent of the built-up area at the eastern edge. A warning area that names Mill Street in Corfe Mullen stops 1,900 metres short of the built-up area, because Mill Street lies outside the town's statistical boundary. There is no gauged watercourse in the town and no defence scheme.
Are There Listed Buildings or Monuments Near Our Block?
Six listed buildings stand in the town, all Grade II: Appletree Cottage, Glendon, the cottage, stables and coach house south of Glendon, Hart's Cottage, High House and Little Thatch. Scheduled monuments include two sections of Roman road on Barrow Hill and Corfe Hills and a bowl barrow north of Naked Cross. There is no Grade I or Grade II* building.
How Many Flats Are There in Corfe Mullen?
At the 2021 Census the ward held 4,296 households with 393 in flats, 9.15 per cent. Of those, 356 were in purpose-built blocks, 19 in a converted or shared house, 8 in another converted building and 10 over commercial premises. The ward closely matches the town, so the figure stands without correction.
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