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Home Farm, Nettlecombe, Bridport, DT6 3SU

WD/D/14/002787Prior App - Agricultural to Flexible Commercial UseApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 23 December 2014

Council decision: Prior Approval Not RequiredDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Change of use of agricultural building to Class M, a flexible use of Class B1

Submitted
30 October 2014
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Loders Ward
  1. Received30 Oct
  2. Validated30 Oct
  3. Consult.12 Dec
  4. Target
  5. Decided23 Dec

Decided in 54 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at HOME FARM, NETTLECOMBE, BRIDPORT, DT6 3SU. Dorset has handled 1,884 applications of this type. This one was decided in 54 days, 12 days longer than Dorset's typical decision time. The site is in the Powerstock and Nettlecombe conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. 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 3SU
Application type
Prior App - Agricultural to Flexible Commercial Use
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Powerstock
District
West Dorset

Planning application dates

Date validated
30 October 2014
Consultation expiry
12 December 2014
Consultation end
12 December 2014

Additional information

Documents
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Conservation area: Powerstock and Nettlecombe Conservation Area
  • 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 (21)

flood storage 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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