Sparrow Bush Farm Gorcombe Farm Road To Park Hill - Lane Thornicombe Blandford Forum Dorset DT11 9AQ
Proposal
Change of use and conversion of agricultural building and land within its curtilage to 4 No. dwellings (Class C3)
- Received
- 18 June 2020
- Decided
- 20 July 2020 · Prior Approval Granted
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Dorset Council
- Ward
- Winterborne North Ward
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- ReceivedSubmitted18 Jun
- ValidatedValidated18 Jun
- Consult.Consultation19 Jul
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided20 Jul
Decided in 32 days (council typically 42)
This is an outline application for a change of use at Sparrow Bush Farm Gorcombe Farm Road To Park Hill - Lane Thornicombe Blandford Forum Dorset DT11 9AQ. Dorset has handled 1,876 applications of this type and approves 83% of them, typically deciding them in 46 days. This one was decided in 32 days, 2 weeks quicker than Dorset's median. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 30 applications across Winterborne North Ward. We hold 2,407 applications in total for the DT11 postcode area.
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