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Grove Cottage New Road Bourton SP8 5BX

P/FUL/2026/03917Full Planning ApplicationWithdrawn
Full

Withdrawn on 26 August 2026

Proposal

Change of use of agricultural land to residential garden

Submitted
27 July 2026
Ward
Gillingham Ward
  1. Received27 Jul
  2. Validated27 Jul
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided26 Aug

Decided in 30 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Grove Cottage New Road Bourton SP8 5BX. Dorset has handled 11,876 applications of this type. It was withdrawn 30 days after it was submitted, before a decision was made. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 100 applications across Gillingham Ward. We hold 545 applications in total for the SP8 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
SP8 5BX
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Bourton

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 July 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
5 Hound Street Sherborne DT9 3AB

Additional information

Documents
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • 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 (23)

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, 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.

Source: Dorset

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