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Higher Pound Farm Pound Lane Monkton Wyld Bridport DT6 6DD

P/FUL/2026/00802Full Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 5 May 2026

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Change of use of land from agricultural to Site 1no. shepherds hut with toilet facilities, raised decking and associated drainage.

Submitted
17 March 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Marshwood Vale Ward
  1. Received17 Mar
  2. Validated17 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided5 May

Decided in 49 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Higher Pound Farm Pound Lane Monkton Wyld Bridport DT6 6DD. Dorset has handled 11,876 applications of this type. This one was decided in 49 days, 7 days longer than Dorset's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 79 applications across Marshwood Vale 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 6DD
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Wootton Fitzpaine

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
8 Mabry Way Seaton Devon

Additional information

Documents
34

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

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, conservation 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, 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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