Down House Farm, Down House Lane, Higher Eype, Bridport, DT6 6AH
Approved on 3 May 2012
Council decision: GrantedPlanning committee
Proposal
Continue use of front garden area & part of ground floor Farmhouse for a mixed use of residential & for the serving of food & drink
- Submitted
- 17 October 2011
- Decision level
- Planning committee
- Council
- Dorset Council
- Ward
- Chideock and Symondsbury Ward
- ReceivedSubmitted17 Oct
- ValidatedValidated17 Oct
- Consult.Consultation12 Nov
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided3 May
Decided in 199 days (council typically 42)
About this application
This is an application to amend a permission at DOWN HOUSE FARM, DOWN HOUSE LANE, HIGHER EYPE, BRIDPORT, DT6 6AH. Dorset has handled 1,397 applications of this type. This one was decided in 199 days, 22 weeks longer than Dorset's typical decision time. There have been 9 other applications at this address. We hold 1,726 applications in total for the DT6 postcode area.
76% of amendment 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
- DT6 6AH
- Application type
- Change Of Use
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Symondsbury
- District
- West Dorset
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 17 October 2011
- Consultation expiry
- 12 November 2011
- Consultation end
- 12 November 2011
- Committee meeting
- 12 January 2012
Additional information
- Documents
- 12
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Article 4 direction: Bridport to LymeRegis 1+1 more
- National Landscape (AONB): Dorset
- Heritage coast: West Dorset
- 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, conservation areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves 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
9 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 201918 Sep
Notification of the installation of fixed-line broadband apparatus 1 X 8 m Pole
ApprovedHistoric ApplicationsWD/D/19/002365 - 20127 Nov
Retain use of land for the seasonal purpose of camping and camper vans.
RefusedChange Of Use1/D/12/001545 - 201214 May
Certificate of lawfulness for existing use of land for stationing of motor homes and tents for tourism…
RefusedCertificate of Lawful Use Existing1/D/12/000761 - 201115 Jul
Certificate of lawfulness for existing operation of camping on the farm fields
RefusedCertificate of Lawful Use Existing1/D/11/001164 - 201117 Mar
Continued use of existing front garden area & part of ground floor of farmhouse for a mixed use of…
ApprovedChange Of Use1/D/11/000367 - 201011 Oct
Continued use of existing front garden area & part of ground floor of farmhouse for a mixed use of…
WithdrawnChange Of Use1/D/10/001514 - 200619 Jan
Relief of Condition 4 of P.P. 1/W/2005/0348
ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)1/W/06/000076 - 20052 Dec
Erect midden and construct turning area and access track.
ApprovedFull Planning Application1/W/05/002270 - 200510 Mar
Use of existing front garden area for the serving of food and drink.
ApprovedFull Planning Application1/W/05/000348
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