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Townsend Farmhouse Townsend Poyntington DT9 4LF

P/CLE/2026/00476Certificate of Lawful Use ExistingApproved
Lawful development certificate

Approved on 18 March 2026

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
Boundary © HM Land Registry, © Ordnance Survey · details

This information is subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 and is reproduced with the permission of HM Land Registry. The polygons (including the associated geometry, namely x, y co-ordinates) are subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey AC0000851063. Conditions of use.

Proposal

Certificate of lawfulness to continue to use the property without Planning permission 1/N/89/0280F dated 21/09/89, condition 2 that states the occupation of the dwelling shall be limited to a person solely or mainly employed, or last employed, prior to retirement, in the locality in agriculture as defined in Section 290 (1) of the town and Country Planning Act 1971, or In forestry (including any dependents of such person residing with him) or a widow or widower of such a person. The dwelling has now been lived in for a period in excess of 10 years in breach of the occupancy condition 2.

Submitted
26 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Sherborne Rural Ward
  1. Received26 Jan
  2. Validated26 Jan
  3. Consult.18 Feb
  4. Target
  5. Decided18 Mar

Decided in 51 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Townsend Farmhouse Townsend Poyntington DT9 4LF. Dorset has handled 1,397 applications of this type. This one was decided in 51 days, 9 days longer than Dorset's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 81 applications across Sherborne Rural Ward. We hold 3,007 applications in total for the DT9 postcode area.

76% of amendment 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
DT9 4LF
Application type
Certificate of Lawful Use Existing
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Poyntington

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 January 2026
Consultation expiry
18 February 2026
Consultation end
18 February 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Agriculture House Market Place Sturminster Newton DT101AR

Additional information

Documents
14

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Poyntington Conservation AreaNext to the site
  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: Parrett CatchmentApplies 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 (21)

flood storage 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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