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Sunnyside Sandford Orcas Road Sandford Orcas DT9 4RU

P/HOU/2025/07271Householder Planning PermissionApproved
Householder

Approved on 22 April 2026

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Conversion of a barn into a small annex.

Submitted
16 December 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Sherborne Rural Ward
  1. Received16 Dec
  2. Validated16 Dec
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided22 Apr

Decided in 127 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Sunnyside Sandford Orcas Road Sandford Orcas DT9 4RU. Dorset has handled 11,876 applications of this type. This one was decided in 127 days, 12 weeks longer than Dorset's typical decision time. The site is in the Sandford Orcas conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 81 applications across Sherborne Rural Ward. We hold 3,010 applications in total for the DT9 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
DT9 4RU
Application type
Householder Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Sandford Orcas

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 December 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
22 Butlers & Colonial Wharf London SE1 2PX

Additional information

Documents
37

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: Sandford Orcas Conservation Area
  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: Parrett CatchmentApplies 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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