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Former Estate Yard, Park Lane, Melbury Sampford

1/N/03/001474Full Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 3 September 2003

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Make alterations to convert former estate yard and workshop to deer larder

Submitted
10 July 2003
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
  1. Received10 Jul
  2. Validated10 Jul
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided3 Sep

Decided in 55 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a full planning application at FORMER ESTATE YARD, PARK LANE, MELBURY SAMPFORD. Dorset has handled 11,876 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days, 13 days longer than Dorset's typical decision time. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address.

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

Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
District
West Dorset

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 July 2003

Additional information

Documents
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Registered park and garden: Melbury Park
  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: Parrett CatchmentApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation
  • 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 (20)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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