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The White Hart, High Street, Yetminster, Sherborne, DT9 6LF

P/FUL/2022/08049Full Planning ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 4 April 2023

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Install solar panels on converted barn.

Submitted
8 February 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Yetminster Ward
  1. Received8 Feb
  2. Validated8 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided4 Apr

Decided in 55 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a solar installation at The White Hart, High Street, Yetminster, Sherborne, DT9 6LF. Dorset has handled 11,876 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days, 13 days longer than Dorset's typical decision time. The site is in the Yetminster conservation area, with 11 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 75 applications across Yetminster Ward. We hold 3,010 applications in total for the DT9 postcode area.

92% of full 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 6LF
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Yetminster

Planning application dates

Date validated
8 February 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Highfield Leweston Road Longburton Sherborne Dorset DT9 6EL

Additional information

Documents
13

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Yetminster Conservation Area 1+1 more
  • Listed building: Grade II: The White Hart InnOn this site · +2 more
  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: Parrett CatchmentApplies 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 (20)

flood storage 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, 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.

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Planning history at this site

9 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2023
    25 Sep

    Erect 2 wall mounted flag poles to the South Elevation.

    ApprovedListed building consentP/LBC/2023/05174
  2. 2023
    7 Mar

    Install solar panels on converted barn.

    ApprovedListed building consentP/LBC/2023/01440
  3. 2022
    14 Apr

    Erect smoking shelter to the rear (demolish existing)

    ApprovedListed building consentP/LBC/2022/02102
  4. 2022
    14 Apr

    Erect smoking shelter to the rear (demolish existing)

    ApprovedFull Planning ApplicationP/FUL/2022/02101
  5. 2021
    24 Nov

    Convert three attached dwellings into a one bedroom flat, en-suite room, office, store, WC and utility room…

    ApprovedFull Planning ApplicationP/FUL/2021/04975
  6. 2021
    11 Nov

    Convert three attached dwellings into a one bedroom flat, en-suite room, office, store, WC and utility room…

    ApprovedListed building consentP/LBC/2021/04716

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