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Willow Tree Farm, Chetnole Road, Leigh, Sherborne, DT9 6HJ

1/D/11/001307Prior App - Building for Agricultural/Forestry UseApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 1 September 2011

Council decision: Prior Approval Not RequiredDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Erect agricultural barn

Submitted
8 August 2011
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Cam Vale Ward
  1. Received8 Aug
  2. Validated8 Aug
  3. Consult.5 Sep
  4. Target
  5. Decided1 Sep

Decided in 24 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is an outline application at WILLOW TREE FARM, CHETNOLE ROAD, LEIGH, SHERBORNE, DT9 6HJ. Dorset has handled 1,884 applications of this type. This one was decided in 24 days, 3 weeks quicker than Dorset's typical decision time. The site is in the Leigh conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There have been 6 other applications at this address. We hold 3,010 applications in total for the DT9 postcode area.

84% of outline 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 6HJ
Application type
Prior App - Building for Agricultural/Forestry Use
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Leigh
District
West Dorset

Planning application dates

Date validated
8 August 2011
Consultation expiry
5 September 2011
Consultation end
5 September 2011

Additional information

Documents
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Leigh Conservation Area 1Part of the site
  • Listed building: Grade II: Willow Tree FarmOn this site
  • 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. 2024
    6 Sep

    Change of use and conversion of agricultural building to dwellinghouse (Use Class C3)

    RefusedOutlineP/PAAC/2024/05094
  2. 2023
    4 May

    Change of use & conversion of agricultural building to dwellinghouse (Use Class C3)

    WithdrawnOutlineP/PAAC/2023/02616
  3. 2017
    2 Oct

    Notification of Prior approval to erect agricultural building

    ApprovedOutlineWD/D/17/002406
  4. 2013
    26 Sep

    Purpose built storage under cover of farm equipment eg roller, mini-tractor etc.

    ApprovedOutline1/D/13/001325
  5. 2013
    27 Aug

    Use of land for equestrian purposes and the construction of a manege, carry out alterations and erection of…

    ApprovedFull Planning Application1/D/13/001073
  6. 2013
    27 Aug

    Carry out alterations and erection of ground floor and first floor extensions to rear of dwelling and…

    ApprovedListed building consent1/D/13/001074

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