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The Old Forge Chapel Hill Compton Abbas Dorset SP7 0NQ

P/FUL/2023/02270Full Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 4 September 2023

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Change of use of The Smithy and associated land and workshop to a separate dwelling and carry out external alterations

Submitted
19 May 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Beacon Ward
  1. Received19 May
  2. Validated19 May
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided4 Sep

Decided in 108 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at The Old Forge Chapel Hill Compton Abbas Dorset SP7 0NQ. Dorset has handled 11,876 applications of this type. This one was decided in 108 days, 9 weeks longer than Dorset's typical decision time. The site is in the Compton Abbas conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 121 applications across Beacon Ward. We hold 1,993 applications in total for the SP7 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
SP7 0NQ
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Compton Abbas

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 May 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Centuries 35 East Street BLANDFORD FORUM DT11 7DU

Additional information

Documents
30

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: Compton Abbas Conservation Area 1
  • National Landscape (AONB): Cranborne Chase & West Wiltshire Downs
  • 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 (21)

flood storage 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, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, 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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