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West Fossil Farm House West Fossil DT2 8DA

P/PAAC/2025/05433Prior Approval - Agricultural to DwellingApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 24 October 2025

Council decision: Prior Approval GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of Use of Former Agricultural Building to Residential Under Class Q Agricultural Permitted Development Rights

Submitted
16 September 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
West Purbeck Ward
  1. Received16 Sep
  2. Validated16 Sep
  3. Consult.7 Oct
  4. Target
  5. Decided24 Oct

Decided in 38 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at West Fossil Farm House West Fossil DT2 8DA. Dorset has handled 1,884 applications of this type. This one was decided in 38 days, 4 days quicker than Dorset's typical decision time. The site is in 4 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 111 applications across West Purbeck Ward. We hold 2,424 applications in total for the DT2 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
DT2 8DA
Application type
Prior Approval - Agricultural to Dwelling
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Chaldon Herring

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 September 2025
Consultation expiry
7 October 2025
Consultation end
7 October 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
5 West Street Wimborne BH21 1JN

Additional information

Documents
29

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Listed building: Grade II: Granary at West Fossil FarmOn this site · +2 more
  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: Poole Harbour SPA/RamsarApplies 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 (21)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, 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

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© 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.

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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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