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Land on the East Side of The Drove and the North Side of Dorchester Road (A352) Winfrith Newburgh Dorchester DT2 8LA

P/FUL/2025/04705Full Planning ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 21 October 2026

Council decision: Granted27 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use of land from agriculture to a development of 4 plots for travelling showpeople comprising 4no. caravans for residential occupation and 4no. storage buildings with associated access and landscaping. As amended by plans rec'd 1/5/26 to omit planted bund in Flood Zone 3

Submitted
29 August 2025
Ward
West Purbeck Ward
  1. Received29 Aug
  2. Validated29 Aug
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided21 Oct

Decided in 418 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Land on the East Side of The Drove and the North Side of Dorchester Road (A352) Winfrith Newburgh Dorchester DT2 8LA. Dorset has handled 11,876 applications of this type. This one was decided in 418 days, 54 weeks longer 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. We hold 2,420 applications in total for the DT2 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
DT2 8LA
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Large
Parish
Winfrith Newburgh

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 August 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Brimble Lea Unit 3 Kingsmead Business Park Shaftesbury Road Gillingham SP8 5FB

Additional information

Documents
125

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Conservation area: Winfrith Newburgh Conservation AreaNext to the site
  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: Poole Harbour SPA/RamsarApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation

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, 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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