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Folly Fields Farm Thornford Road Yetminster Sherborne DT9 6HG

P/PIP/2026/02542Permission In PrincipleWithdrawn
Outline / PiP

Withdrawn on 3 July 2026

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Erection of 2no. dwellings (permission in principle)

Submitted
11 May 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Yetminster Ward
  1. Received11 May
  2. Validated11 May
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided3 Jul

Decided in 53 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is an outline application at Folly Fields Farm Thornford Road Yetminster Sherborne DT9 6HG. Dorset has handled 1,884 applications of this type. It was withdrawn 53 days after it was submitted, before a decision was made. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 75 applications across Yetminster Ward. We hold 3,007 applications in total for the DT9 postcode area.

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Application details

Postcode
DT9 6HG
Application type
Permission In Principle
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Yetminster

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 May 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Office 10 Unit 21 Old Yarn Mills Sherborne Dorset DT9 3RQ

Additional information

Documents
14

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: Parrett CatchmentApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation

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, 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.

© 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.

Planning history at this site

6 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2020
    14 Sep

    Change of use of agricultural buildings to 3 no. dwellinghouses (class C3) and associated operational…

    ApprovedOutlineWD/D/20/002231
  2. 2020
    12 May

    Relocate existing access

    ApprovedFull Planning ApplicationWD/D/20/000871
  3. 2019
    19 Dec

    Change of use of agricultural buildings to 3 no. dwellinghouses (class C3) and associated operational…

    WithdrawnOutlineWD/D/19/003123
  4. 2017
    9 Nov

    Construction of an equestrian menage, stable block and hay barn for private leisure/training use together…

    ApprovedFull Planning ApplicationWD/D/17/002713
  5. 2016
    21 Sep

    Erect a permanent rural worker's dwelling, an Agricultural Building and Lean-to, together with a feed Silo…

    ApprovedFull Planning ApplicationWD/D/16/001825
  6. 2014
    20 Jan

    The use of land as a site for a temporary rural worker's dwelling; the use of the existing 6 bay agricultural…

    ApprovedFull Planning Application1/D/13/001730

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