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Land North of Dorchester Road Dorchester Road Wool

P/ESP/2025/06253EIA Scoping OpinionApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 25 November 2025

Council decision: Response Given

Proposal

EIA Scoping Request under Reg 15 of the EIA Regulations, requesting Dorset Council as the relevant planning authority confirm in writing their opinion as to the scope, and the level of detail, of the information that should be provided in the Environmental Statement (ES).

Submitted
21 October 2025
Ward
West Purbeck Ward
  1. Received21 Oct
  2. Validated21 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided25 Nov

Decided in 35 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is an outline application at Land North of Dorchester Road Dorchester Road Wool. Dorset has handled 1,884 applications of this type. This one was decided in 35 days, 7 days quicker than Dorset's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 111 applications across West Purbeck Ward.

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

Application type
EIA Scoping Opinion
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Wool

Planning application dates

Date validated
21 October 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Wessex House Priors Walk East Borough Wimborne BH21 1PB

Additional information

Documents
4

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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