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Land west of Church Hill, and Land off Butts Close and Schoolhouse Lane, Marnhull

P/OUT/2023/02644Outline Planning PermissionRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 16 July 2024

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Hybrid planning application consisting of: Full planning permission for a mixed-use development to erect a food store with cafe, plus office space and 2 No. flats above. Erect building for mixed commercial, business and service uses (Class E), (e.g. estate agents, hairdresser, funeral care, dentist, vet). Form vehicular and pedestrian accesses and parking. Form parking area for St. Gregory’s Church and St Gregory’s Primary School. Carry out landscaping works and associated engineering operations. (Demolish redundant agricultural buildings). Land west of Church Hill. Outline planning permission (to determine access) to erect up to 120 dwellings. Land off Butts Close and Schoolhouse Lane.

Submitted
2 November 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Stalbridge and Marnhull Ward
  1. Received2 Nov
  2. Validated2 Nov
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided16 Jul

Decided in 257 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is an outline application at Land west of Church Hill, and Land off Butts Close and Schoolhouse Lane, Marnhull. Dorset has handled 1,884 applications of this type. This one was decided in 257 days, 31 weeks longer than Dorset's typical decision time. The site is in the Marnhull conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 50 applications across Stalbridge and Marnhull Ward.

84% of outline 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

Application type
Outline Planning Permission
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
120
Parish
Marnhull

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 November 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Unit 5 Designer House Sandford Lane Wareham BH20 4DY

Additional information

Documents
286

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Marnhull Conservation Area 1Part of the site
  • 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, 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.

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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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