Higher Sminhay Farm Mutton Street Marshwood DT6 5PZ
Approved on 17 March 2026
Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Lawful Development Certificate (existing) for the construction and occupation of a building as an independent C3 dwelling, along with the use of land for associated residential purposes
- Submitted
- 4 February 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Dorset Council
- Ward
- Marshwood Vale Ward
- ReceivedSubmitted4 Feb
- ValidatedValidated4 Feb
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided17 Mar
Decided in 41 days (council typically 42)
About this application
This is an application to amend a permission at Higher Sminhay Farm Mutton Street Marshwood DT6 5PZ. Dorset has handled 1,397 applications of this type. This one was decided in 41 days. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 81 applications across Marshwood Vale Ward. We hold 1,726 applications in total for the DT6 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
- DT6 5PZ
- Application type
- Certificate of Lawful Use Existing
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Marshwood
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 4 February 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Office 1 The Grove The Underfleet Seaton EX12 2FU
Additional information
- Documents
- 36
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- National Landscape (AONB): Dorset
- 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, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, 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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