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Unit 8, Parkway Farm Business Park, Middle Farm Way, Poundbury, Dorchester, DT1 3AR

WD/D/15/001005Change Of UseApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 3 August 2015

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Change of use from B1 to B1 (Business) & B8 (Storage or Distribution) for Units 8D & 8E

Submitted
24 April 2015
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Dorchester West Ward
  1. Received24 Apr
  2. Validated24 Apr
  3. Consult.9 Jun
  4. Target
  5. Decided3 Aug

Decided in 101 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at UNIT 8, PARKWAY FARM BUSINESS PARK, MIDDLE FARM WAY, POUNDBURY, DORCHESTER, DT1 3AR. Dorset has handled 1,397 applications of this type. This one was decided in 101 days, 8 weeks longer than Dorset's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 78 applications across Dorchester West Ward. We hold 1,737 applications in total for the DT1 postcode area.

76% of amendment 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
DT1 3AR
Application type
Change Of Use
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Dorchester
District
West Dorset

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 April 2015
Consultation expiry
9 June 2015
Consultation end
9 June 2015

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.

  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: Poole Harbour SPA/RamsarApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation
  • 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, 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.

Source: Dorset

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