Folly Fields Farm, Thornford Road, Yetminster, Sherborne, DT9 6HG
Approved on 16 May 2014
Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
The use of land as a site for a temporary rural worker's dwelling; the use of the existing 6 bay agricultural building for the accommodation of livestock and other animals; and the construction of an east lean to for the same agricultural and non agricultural uses
- Submitted
- 20 January 2014
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Dorset Council
- Ward
- Yetminster Ward
- ReceivedSubmitted20 Jan
- ValidatedValidated20 Jan
- Consult.Consultation12 Mar
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided16 May
Decided in 116 days (council typically 42)
About this application
This is a full planning application at FOLLY FIELDS FARM, THORNFORD ROAD, YETMINSTER, SHERBORNE, DT9 6HG. Dorset has handled 11,876 applications of this type. This one was decided in 116 days, 11 weeks longer than Dorset's typical decision time. There have been 5 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 75 applications across Yetminster Ward. 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 6HG
- Application type
- Full Planning Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Yetminster
- District
- West Dorset
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 20 January 2014
- Consultation expiry
- 12 March 2014
- Consultation end
- 12 March 2014
Additional information
- Documents
- 12
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- 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 (22)
flood storage areas, conservation 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.
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Planning history at this site
6 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202611 May
Erection of 2no. dwellings (permission in principle)
WithdrawnPermission In PrincipleP/PIP/2026/02542 - 202014 Sep
Change of use of agricultural buildings to 3 no. dwellinghouses (class C3) and associated operational…
ApprovedOutlineWD/D/20/002231 - 202012 May
Relocate existing access
ApprovedFull Planning ApplicationWD/D/20/000871 - 201919 Dec
Change of use of agricultural buildings to 3 no. dwellinghouses (class C3) and associated operational…
WithdrawnOutlineWD/D/19/003123 - 20179 Nov
Construction of an equestrian menage, stable block and hay barn for private leisure/training use together…
ApprovedFull Planning ApplicationWD/D/17/002713 - 201621 Sep
Erect a permanent rural worker's dwelling, an Agricultural Building and Lean-to, together with a feed Silo…
ApprovedFull Planning ApplicationWD/D/16/001825
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