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Rookery Farm, Batcombe Road, Leigh, Sherborne, DT9 6JA

WD/D/14/001113Prior App - Building for Agricultural/Forestry UseApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 3 June 2014

Council decision: Prior Approval Not RequiredDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Erect agricultural storage building

Submitted
12 May 2014
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Cam Vale Ward
  1. Received12 May
  2. Validated12 May
  3. Consult.8 Jun
  4. Target
  5. Decided3 Jun

Decided in 22 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is an outline application at ROOKERY FARM, BATCOMBE ROAD, LEIGH, SHERBORNE, DT9 6JA. Dorset has handled 1,884 applications of this type. This one was decided in 22 days, 3 weeks quicker than Dorset's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There have been 5 other applications at this address. We hold 3,010 applications in total for the DT9 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
DT9 6JA
Application type
Prior App - Building for Agricultural/Forestry Use
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Leigh
District
West Dorset

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 May 2014
Consultation expiry
8 June 2014
Consultation end
8 June 2014

Additional information

Documents
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

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, 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.

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