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Buckham Down Farm Access Road To Buckham Down Farm Beaminster DT8 3SH

P/PAAF/2026/01764Prior Approval - Agricultural to Flexible Commercial UseAwaiting decision
Outline / PiP

Proposal

Change of use of 3 x agricultural buildings under Class R, Part 3, Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) to a flexible use class E (office), C1 (aparthotel) and B8 (storage unit)

Submitted
27 March 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Beaminster Ward
  1. Received27 Mar
  2. Validated27 Mar
  3. Consult.22 Apr
  4. Target
  5. Decided

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About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at Buckham Down Farm Access Road To Buckham Down Farm Beaminster DT8 3SH. Dorset has handled 1,884 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 27 March 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 54 applications across Beaminster Ward. We hold 602 applications in total for the DT8 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
DT8 3SH
Application type
Prior Approval - Agricultural to Flexible Commercial Use
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Beaminster

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 March 2026
Consultation expiry
22 April 2026
Consultation end
22 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Bodenham House Barn Bodenham Salisbury SP5 4EN

Additional information

Documents
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • National Landscape (AONB): Dorset
  • 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, 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, 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.

Source: Dorset

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