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Land at North Fossil Farm, Colehill Drove, Winfrith Newburgh, Dorchester, DT2 8DB

EA1/2014/0006EIA Screening OpinionWithdrawn
Outline / PiP

Withdrawn on 2 June 2014

Delegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Screening Opinion - Proposed Solar Farm

Submitted
22 May 2014
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Winfrith Ward
  1. Received22 May
  2. Validated22 May
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided2 Jun

Decided in 11 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is an outline application for a solar installation at Land at North Fossil Farm, Colehill Drove, Winfrith Newburgh, Dorchester, DT2 8DB. Dorset has handled 1,884 applications of this type. It was withdrawn 11 days after it was submitted, before a decision was made. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 2,414 applications in total for the DT2 postcode area.

84% of outline 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
EIA Screening Opinion
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Winfrith Newburgh
District
Purbeck

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 May 2014

Additional information

Documents
2

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

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.

Source: Dorset

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