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Westcott House Horsecastles Sherborne DT9 3HF

P/NMA/2022/06163Non Material AmendmentApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 26 October 2022

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Non-material amendment - changes to the drainage plan; to Planning Permission No. WD/D/19/001919 (Part demolition of Westcott House removal of extensions to the north and south, removal of external fire escape staircases. Refurbishment of Westcott House including, alterations to main pedestrian entrance to reinstate front entrance door, replacement windows, internal refurbishment and replacement roof. Erect a new boarding house north of Westcott House. Part demolition of walls, a timber shed and other structures on the site. Replacement access gates with security measures. Eight parking spaces, one with electric car charging point. Installation of services including relocation of attenuation tank, substation and enclosures for air source heat pumps. Replacement court fencing 3.6m high and lighting to multi use games areas. Hard and soft landscaping including the removal of four trees and replacement planting).

Submitted
6 October 2022
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Sherborne West Ward
  1. Received6 Oct
  2. Validated6 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided26 Oct

Decided in 20 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Westcott House Horsecastles Sherborne DT9 3HF. Dorset has handled 1,397 applications of this type. This one was decided in 20 days, 3 weeks quicker than Dorset's typical decision time. The site is in the Sherborne conservation area. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 45 applications across Sherborne West Ward. We hold 3,010 applications in total for the DT9 postcode area.

76% of amendment 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 3HF
Application type
Non Material Amendment
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Sherborne

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 October 2022

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Sheridan House 40-43 Jewry Street Winchester SO23 8RY

Additional information

Documents
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Sherborne Conservation Area 6+1 more
  • Article 4 direction: Sherbourne Area 2Part of the site
  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: Parrett CatchmentApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation
  • 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 (20)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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

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© 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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