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Land to the South East of Tadnoll Mill Farm, Winfrith Newburgh DT2 8DT

6/2017/0576Full Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 18 December 2017

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Underground, high voltage grid connection cable connecting 3 no. solar parks to distribution network operator substations (amendment to cable route approved as part of planning permission 6/2016/0615).

Submitted
24 October 2017
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Lulworth and Winfrith Ward
  1. Received24 Oct
  2. Validated24 Oct
  3. Consult.22 Nov
  4. Target
  5. Decided18 Dec

Decided in 55 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a solar installation at Land to the South East of Tadnoll Mill Farm, Winfrith Newburgh DT2 8DT. 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. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 2,420 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 8DT
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Chaldon Herring
District
Purbeck

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 October 2017
Consultation expiry
22 November 2017
Consultation end
22 November 2017

Additional information

Documents
9

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: Poole Harbour SPA/RamsarApplies 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2017
    24 Oct

    Underground, high voltage grid connection cable connecting 3 no. solar parks to distribution network operator…

    This applicationApprovedFull6/2017/0576
  2. 2016
    3 Nov

    Installation of 3 x Distribution Network, Operation Buildings and 33KV underground grid connection cable.

    ApprovedFull Planning ApplicationPart of6/2016/0615

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