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Higher Holditch Farm, 252232 Holditch Chard TA20 4NL

P/STA/2025/00137Statutory UndertakerApproved

Approved on 16 January 2025

Council decision: Response GivenDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

The refurbishment of the pole mounted transformer on pole no.25JGB4, from a 15kVa transformer to a 50kVa transformer and also the replacement of the existing stay wire. The pole itself will not be replaced. The works will be accessed via the field entrance for Mallinson’s Woodland Retreat (Post code TA20 4NL/Grid Ref SW334780,103039) with all works being carried out next year

Submitted
3 January 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Marshwood Vale Ward
  1. Received3 Jan
  2. Validated3 Jan
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided16 Jan

Decided in 13 days

About this application

This is a planning application at Higher Holditch Farm, 252232 Holditch Chard TA20 4NL. Dorset has handled 27,290 applications of this type. This one was decided in 13 days, 4 weeks quicker than Dorset's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 79 applications across Marshwood Vale Ward. We hold 1,867 applications in total for the TA20 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
TA20 4NL
Application type
Statutory Undertaker
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Thorncombe

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 January 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Project Delivery & Site Planning Support Network Design Avonbank Feeder Road Bristol BS2 0TB

Additional information

Documents
2

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)Next to the site
  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: River Axe SACApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation
  • National Landscape (AONB): Dorset

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, 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, 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.

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