Orchard House, Shillers Lane, Sandford Orcas, Sherborne, DT9 4RY
Approved on 4 May 2011
Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Porch extension
- Submitted
- 15 March 2011
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Dorset Council
- Ward
- Queen Thorne Ward
- ReceivedSubmitted15 Mar
- ValidatedValidated15 Mar
- Consult.Consultation23 Apr
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided4 May
Decided in 50 days (council typically 42)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a porch at ORCHARD HOUSE, SHILLERS LANE, SANDFORD ORCAS, SHERBORNE, DT9 4RY. Dorset has handled 11,876 applications of this type. This one was decided in 50 days, 8 days longer than Dorset's typical decision time. The site is in the Sandford Orcas conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded 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 4RY
- Application type
- Full Planning Application
- Parish
- Sandford Orcas
- District
- West Dorset
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 15 March 2011
- Consultation expiry
- 23 April 2011
- Consultation end
- 23 April 2011
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Conservation area: Sandford Orcas Conservation Area
- 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 (21)
flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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.
Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences
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© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.
© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.
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Source: Dorset
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