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Lower Wraxall Farm, Wraxall Lane, Lower Wraxall, Dorchester, DT2 0HL

WD/D/19/001922Full Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 19 November 2019

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Conversion and alterations of vacant farm buildings to create 5no. units of residential accommodation (holiday lets), community space and educational farm area

Submitted
29 July 2019
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Eggardon Ward (old number)
  1. Received29 Jul
  2. Validated29 Jul
  3. Consult.18 Oct
  4. Target
  5. Decided19 Nov

Decided in 113 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a full planning application at LOWER WRAXALL FARM, WRAXALL LANE, LOWER WRAXALL, DORCHESTER, DT2 0HL. Dorset has handled 11,876 applications of this type. This one was decided in 113 days, 10 weeks longer than Dorset's typical decision time. The site is in 3 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. We hold 2,420 applications in total for the DT2 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
DT2 0HL
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Wraxall
District
West Dorset

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 July 2019
Consultation expiry
18 October 2019
Consultation end
18 October 2019

Additional information

Documents
41

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.

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© 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.

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Associated applications

  1. 2020
    6 Oct

    Amendment to planning permission WD/D/19/001922

    ApprovedNon-material amendmentAmendmentWD/D/20/002460
  2. 2019
    29 Jul

    Conversion and alterations of vacant farm buildings to create 5no. units of residential accommodation…

    This applicationApprovedFullWD/D/19/001922

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2002
    27 Jun

    Erect tractor/implements store building with livestock barn

    ApprovedFull Planning Application1/N/02/001084

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