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Land at Cokers Frome & surrounding area Cokers Frome Dorchester

P/ESP/2025/07599EIA Scoping OpinionApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 23 February 2026

Council decision: Response Given

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Request for EIA Scoping Opinion under Regulation 15(2) of the Town & Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017 for outline planning permisson comprising :- The demolition of existing buildings and structures; the erection of buildings comprising up to 3600 dwellings, residential institutions; up to 5 hectares of employment zone comprising flexible employment uses; provision of mixed-use local and neighbourhood centres comprising up to 4 hectares of flexible retail, leisure, employment and community and health uses; learning and non-residential institutions including land for education uses (up to 12 hectares) including provision for early years, primary, secondary and SEN provision; Associated infrastructure including and east-west link road and streets, drainage, active travel and footpaths, public transport provision, formal and informal open spaces, landscaping and public realm; cemetery or burial ground, cycle and vehicular parking and servicing; utilities and other associated works incidental to the proposed developent (EIA development)

Submitted
22 December 2025
Ward
Charminster St. Mary's Ward
  1. Received22 Dec
  2. Validated22 Dec
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided23 Feb

Decided in 63 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is an outline application for demolition at Land at Cokers Frome & surrounding area Cokers Frome Dorchester. Dorset has handled 1,884 applications of this type. This one was decided in 63 days, 3 weeks longer than Dorset's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 59 applications across Charminster St. Mary's 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
Large
Number of dwellings
3600
Parish
Charminster

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 December 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Bidwell House Trumpington Road Cambridge CB2 9LD

Additional information

Documents
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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.

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