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Land at North Fossil Farm, Dorchester Road, East Knighton, Dorchester, DT2 8DB

EA2/2020/0001EIA Scoping OpinionApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 23 October 2020

Council decision: Response GivenDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

EIA Scoping Opinion - Installation of a ground mounted photovoltaic (PV) solar farm development.

Submitted
26 May 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
West Purbeck Ward
  1. Received26 May
  2. Validated26 May
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided23 Oct

Decided in 150 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is an outline application for a solar installation at Land at North Fossil Farm, Dorchester Road, East Knighton, Dorchester, DT2 8DB. Dorset has handled 1,884 applications of this type. This one was decided in 150 days, 15 weeks longer than Dorset's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 111 applications across West Purbeck Ward. 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 Scoping Opinion
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Chaldon Herring
District
Purbeck

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 May 2020

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Suites 1 & 2 The Old Brewery Newtown Bradford on Avon Wiltshire BA15 1NF

Additional information

Documents
14

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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