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Mansfield Farm West Orchard Shaftesbury SP7 0LJ

P/OUT/2023/06248Outline Planning PermissionApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 16 April 2024

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Erection of agricultural workers' dwelling (outline application to determine access and layout only)

Submitted
24 January 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Beacon Ward
  1. Received24 Jan
  2. Validated24 Jan
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided16 Apr

Decided in 83 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is an outline application at Mansfield Farm West Orchard Shaftesbury SP7 0LJ. Dorset has handled 1,884 applications of this type. This one was decided in 83 days, 6 weeks longer than Dorset's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 121 applications across Beacon Ward. We hold 1,993 applications in total for the SP7 postcode area.

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

Postcode
SP7 0LJ
Application type
Outline Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
West Orchard

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 January 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent address
5 Hound Street Sherborne Dorset DT9 3AB

Additional information

Documents
26

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.

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    9 Sep

    Excavation and construction of an earth-lined slurry lagoon

    ApprovedApplicationP/PAEW2/2026/04358

Source: Dorset

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