Higher Farm House, Majors Common, Buckland Newton, Dorchester, DT2 7BZ

1/E/06/000640Full Planning ApplicationApproved

Full

Approved on 30 June 2006

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Construct horse exercising arena

Submitted: 8 May 2006
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Dorset Council
Ward: Piddle Valley Ward

ReceivedSubmitted8 May
ValidatedValidated8 May
Consult.Consultation9 Jun
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided30 Jun

Decided in 53 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a full planning application at HIGHER FARM HOUSE, MAJORS COMMON, BUCKLAND NEWTON, DORCHESTER, DT2 7BZ. Dorset has handled 11,876 applications of this type. This one was decided in 53 days, 11 days longer than Dorset's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 2,424 applications in total for the DT2 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: DT2 7BZ
Application type: Full Planning Application
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Buckland Newton
District: West Dorset

Planning application dates

Date validated: 8 May 2006
Consultation expiry: 9 June 2006
Consultation end: 9 June 2006

Additional information

Documents: 15

Site constraints

Checking the site

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Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

National Landscape (AONB): 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 (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, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, 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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Source: Dorset

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