Old Cottage Packers Hill Holwell DT9 5LN
Approved on 23 January 2026
Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Installation of an air-source heat pump with new hot water cylinder and radiators.
- Submitted
- 8 January 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Dorset Council
- Ward
- Sherborne Rural Ward
- ReceivedSubmitted8 Jan
- ValidatedValidated8 Jan
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided23 Jan
Decided in 15 days (council typically 42)
About this application
This is an outline application at Old Cottage Packers Hill Holwell DT9 5LN. Dorset has handled 1,884 applications of this type. This one was decided in 15 days, 4 weeks quicker than Dorset's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded 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.
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
- DT9 5LN
- Application type
- Certificate of Lawful Use Proposed
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Holwell
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 8 January 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Old Cottage Packers Hill Holwell Sherborne Dorset DT9 5LN
Additional information
- Documents
- 8
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
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, 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, 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.
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