Down House Farm Down House Lane Higher Eype DT6 6AH
Refused on 2 April 2026
Delegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Certificate of lawfulness to continue the siting of a hut and a log cabin in the paddock at Down House Farm
- Submitted
- 19 February 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Dorset Council
- Ward
- Bridport Ward
- ReceivedSubmitted19 Feb
- ValidatedValidated19 Feb
- Consult.Consultation17 Mar
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided2 Apr
Decided in 42 days (council typically 42)
About this application
This is an application to amend a permission at Down House Farm Down House Lane Higher Eype DT6 6AH. Dorset has handled 1,397 applications of this type. This one was decided in 42 days. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 140 applications across Bridport 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 6AH
- Application type
- Certificate of Lawful Use Existing
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Symondsbury
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 19 February 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 17 March 2026
- Consultation end
- 17 March 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- 5 West Street Wimborne BH21 1JN
Additional information
- Documents
- 9
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Article 4 direction: Bridport to LymeRegis 1+1 more
- National Landscape (AONB): Dorset
- Heritage coast: West 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 (20)
flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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 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.
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Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202613 Oct
Siting of two Shepherd's huts on site of previous development for the same purpose. Existing services to be…
PendingFull Planning ApplicationP/FUL/2026/04673 - 20252 May
Certificate of lawfulness to continue use of a shepherds hut and a log cabin sited in the paddock, let out…
RefusedCertificate of Lawful Use ExistingP/CLE/2025/02444
Source: Dorset
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