Land North of North Fossil Farm, Dorchester Road, East Knighton, Dorchester, DT2 8DB
Approved on 12 January 2022
Council decision: GrantedPlanning committee
Proposal
Installation of 40MW ground mounted photovoltaic (PV) solar development including a substation & new fencing with associated landscape mitigation & ecological/ecosystem service enhancements
- Submitted
- 24 February 2021
- Decision level
- Planning committee
- Council
- Dorset Council
- Ward
- West Purbeck Ward
- ReceivedSubmitted24 Feb
- ValidatedValidated24 Feb
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided12 Jan
Decided in 322 days (council typically 42)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a solar installation at Land North of North Fossil Farm, Dorchester Road, East Knighton, Dorchester, DT2 8DB. Dorset has handled 11,876 applications of this type. This one was decided in 322 days, 40 weeks longer than Dorset's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 111 applications across West Purbeck Ward. 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 8DB
- Application type
- Full Planning Application
- Scale / size
- Large
- Parish
- Chaldon Herring
- District
- Purbeck
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 24 February 2021
- Committee meeting
- 15 December 2021
Additional information
- Documents
- 183
Site constraints
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.
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Source: Dorset
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