Purcombe Farm Whitchurch Canonicorum Dorset DT6 6RL
Approved on 14 August 2026
Council decision: Granted9 conditions
Proposal
Erection of wooden sauna cabin. Retain existing use of pond for bathing with island and jetty, car parking and compost toilet
- Submitted
- 16 December 2025
- Council
- Dorset Council
- Ward
- Bridport Ward
- ReceivedSubmitted16 Dec
- ValidatedValidated16 Dec
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided14 Aug
Decided in 241 days (council typically 42)
About this application
This is a full planning application at Purcombe Farm Whitchurch Canonicorum Dorset DT6 6RL. Dorset has handled 11,876 applications of this type. This one was decided in 241 days, 28 weeks longer than Dorset's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 140 applications across Bridport Ward. We hold 1,726 applications in total for the DT6 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
- DT6 6RL
- Application type
- Full Planning Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Whitchurch Canonicorum
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 16 December 2025
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Office No. 1, 1st Floor 58 Broad Street Lyme Regis Dorset DT7 3QF
Additional information
- Documents
- 28
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- National Landscape (AONB): Dorset
- 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, 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.
Source: Dorset
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