Walston Poultry Farm Ltd Gaunts Common Dorset BH21 4JR
Proposal
Change of use from agricultural to 8 no. self-storage (B8 storage only) units.
- Received
- 18 May 2022
- Decided
- 7 September 2022 · Refused
- Decision level
- Planning committee
- Council
- Dorset Council
- Ward
- Stour and Allen Vale Ward
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- ReceivedSubmitted18 May
- ValidatedValidated18 May
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided7 Sep
Decided in 112 days (council typically 42)
This is a full planning application for a change of use at Walston Poultry Farm Ltd Gaunts Common Dorset BH21 4JR. Dorset has handled 11,834 applications of this type and approves 89% of them, typically deciding them in 56 days. This one was decided in 112 days, 8 weeks longer than Dorset's median. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 67 applications across Stour and Allen Vale Ward. We hold 2,239 applications in total for the BH21 postcode area.
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Associated applications
- 202422 Jan
Planning permission reference P/FUL/2022/03143
ApprovedCertificate of Lawful Use ExistingRelatedP/CLE/2024/00327 - 202218 May
Change of use from agricultural to 8 no. self-storage (B8 storage only) units.
This applicationRefusedFullP/FUL/2022/03143
Planning constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Green belt: Dorset
- SSSI: Holt and West Moors Heaths SSSINext to the site
- Ancient woodland: Holt WoodNext to the site
- National nature reserve: Holt HeathNext to the site
- 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 (19)
flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, 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, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.
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