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Folly Fields Farm, Thornford Road, Yetminster, Sherborne, DT9 6HG

WD/D/16/001825Full Planning ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 24 February 2017

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

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

Submitted
21 September 2016
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Yetminster and Cam Vale Ward
  1. Received21 Sep
  2. Validated21 Sep
  3. Consult.5 Nov
  4. Target
  5. Decided24 Feb

Decided in 156 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a full planning application at FOLLY FIELDS FARM, THORNFORD ROAD, YETMINSTER, SHERBORNE, DT9 6HG. Dorset has handled 11,876 applications of this type. This one was decided in 156 days, 16 weeks longer than Dorset's typical decision time. There have been 5 other applications at this address. We hold 3,007 applications in total for the DT9 postcode area.

92% of full 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 6HG
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Yetminster
District
West Dorset

Planning application dates

Date validated
21 September 2016
Consultation expiry
5 November 2016
Consultation end
5 November 2016

Additional information

Documents
13

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

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© 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.

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Planning history at this site

6 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    11 May

    Erection of 2no. dwellings (permission in principle)

    WithdrawnPermission In PrincipleP/PIP/2026/02542
  2. 2020
    14 Sep

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

    ApprovedOutlineWD/D/20/002231
  3. 2020
    12 May

    Relocate existing access

    ApprovedFull Planning ApplicationWD/D/20/000871
  4. 2019
    19 Dec

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

    WithdrawnOutlineWD/D/19/003123
  5. 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
  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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