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Purcombe Farm Purcombe Farm Access Road Whitchurch Canonicorum DT6 6RL

P/PAAF/2026/02304Prior Approval - Agricultural to Flexible Commercial UseRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 3 June 2026

Council decision: Prior Approval RefusedDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Notification for the Change of Use of agricultural buildings to a flexible commercial use (within Use Class E), under Schedule 2, Part 3, Class R of the General Permitted Development Order 2015

Submitted
27 April 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Marshwood Vale Ward
  1. Received27 Apr
  2. Validated27 Apr
  3. Consult.20 May
  4. Target
  5. Decided3 Jun

Decided in 37 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at Purcombe Farm Purcombe Farm Access Road Whitchurch Canonicorum DT6 6RL. Dorset has handled 1,884 applications of this type. This one was decided in 37 days, 5 days quicker than Dorset's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 79 applications across Marshwood Vale Ward. We hold 1,726 applications in total for the DT6 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
DT6 6RL
Application type
Prior Approval - Agricultural to Flexible Commercial Use
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Whitchurch Canonicorum

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 April 2026
Consultation expiry
20 May 2026
Consultation end
20 May 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Rose Farm Knapp Taunton TA3 6BG

Additional information

Documents
5

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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