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Lower Farm, The Green, Nether Compton, Sherborne, DT9 4QA

1/D/08/000358Full Planning ApplicationRefused
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Refused on 9 June 2008

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Carry out engineering operations to construct lake and change of use of land to extend residential curtilage

Submitted
11 March 2008
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Queen Thorne Ward
  1. Received11 Mar
  2. Validated11 Mar
  3. Consult.19 Apr
  4. Target
  5. Decided9 Jun

Decided in 90 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at LOWER FARM, THE GREEN, NETHER COMPTON, SHERBORNE, DT9 4QA. Dorset has handled 11,876 applications of this type. This one was decided in 90 days, 7 weeks longer than Dorset's typical decision time. The site is in the Nether Compton conservation area, with 5 listed buildings nearby. There have been 4 other applications at this address. We hold 3,007 applications in total for the DT9 postcode area.

92% of full applications at Dorset Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 6 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
DT9 4QA
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Nether Compton
District
West Dorset

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 March 2008
Consultation expiry
19 April 2008
Consultation end
19 April 2008

Appeal

Appeal type
Written Representations
Appeal date
11 July 2008
Appeal result
Appeal Allowed
Appeal decision date
12 May 2009

Additional information

Documents
35

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Nether Compton Conservation Area
  • Listed building: Grade II: Lower FarmhouseOn this site · +2 more
  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: Parrett CatchmentApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, Article 4 directions, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

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Planning history at this site

8 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2022
    12 Aug

    Installation of ground level solar panels

    ApprovedHouseholderP/HOU/2022/05027
  2. 2021
    22 Dec

    Install solar panels

    ApprovedListed building consentP/LBC/2021/05681
  3. 2021
    22 Dec

    Swimming pool, garden building and solar panels

    ApprovedHouseholderP/HOU/2021/05682
  4. 2012
    11 Sep

    Proposed single storey storage drive through car port attached to a single storey modern utility room.

    ApprovedListed building consent1/D/12/001294
  5. 2012
    11 Sep

    Proposed single storey storage drive through car port attached to a single storey modern utility room.

    ApprovedFull Planning Application1/D/12/001293
  6. 2011
    4 Jan

    External & internal alterations

    ApprovedListed building consent1/D/10/002021

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