Thanes Farm Thanes Lane Motcombe SP7 9LE

P/PAAC/2024/07318Prior Approval - Agricultural to DwellingApproved

Outline / PiP

Approved on 24 April 2025

Council decision: Prior Approval GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Change of use & conversion of agricultural building to 1 no. dwellinghouse (Use Class C3)

Submitted: 16 December 2024
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Dorset Council
Ward: Gillingham Ward

ReceivedSubmitted16 Dec
ValidatedValidated16 Dec
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided24 Apr

Decided in 129 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at Thanes Farm Thanes Lane Motcombe SP7 9LE. Dorset has handled 1,884 applications of this type. This one was decided in 129 days, 12 weeks longer than Dorset's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 100 applications across Gillingham 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 9LE
Application type: Prior Approval - Agricultural to Dwelling
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Motcombe

Planning application dates

Date validated: 16 December 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent address: Donhead Mill Scotts Hill Donhead St Andrew Shaftesbury SP7 9EP

Additional information

Documents: 17

Site constraints

Checking the site

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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.

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Source: Dorset

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