Feltham Farm, Westfields Dairy Grimsey Lane Silton SP8 5JB

P/PABA/2024/05919Prior Approval - Building for Agricultural/Forestry UseApproved

Outline / PiP

Approved on 4 November 2024

Council decision: Prior Approval Not RequiredDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Erect 4 covered yard buildings

Submitted: 11 October 2024
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Dorset Council
Ward: Gillingham Ward

ReceivedSubmitted11 Oct
ValidatedValidated11 Oct
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided4 Nov

Decided in 24 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is an outline application at Feltham Farm, Westfields Dairy Grimsey Lane Silton SP8 5JB. Dorset has handled 1,884 applications of this type. This one was decided in 24 days, 3 weeks quicker 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 545 applications in total for the SP8 postcode area.

84% of outline applications at Dorset Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 6 weeks (median).

Based on decided applications received in the last 3 years.Planning something similar? See what gets approved on your street

Application details

Postcode: SP8 5JB
Application type: Prior Approval - Building for Agricultural/Forestry Use
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Silton

Planning application dates

Date validated: 11 October 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent address: 5 Hound Street Sherborne DT9 3AB

Additional information

Documents: 9

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.

Source: Dorset

Track this application

Get email alerts when there is a planning decision or status change.

Get email alerts near SP8

New planning applications delivered to your inbox daily.

Around this site

Nearby applications

Discuss this application on r/PlanningPermissionUK

For applicants and trades

Contractors near this project

View all contractors

Planning something similar?

See what the council approved and refused on your street for the project you have in mind. Pick your home and get the evidence before you pay for drawings.

See what gets approved on your street Buying this property? Report on this address