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Higher Farm, Majors Common, Buckland Newton, Dorchester, DT2 7BZ

WD/D/20/002255Full Planning ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 6 August 2021

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Demolition of existing dwelling house and attached garage, erection of a replacement dwelling house with detached garage

Submitted
13 November 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Chalk Valleys Ward
  1. Received13 Nov
  2. Validated13 Nov
  3. Consult.14 Dec
  4. Target
  5. Decided6 Aug

Decided in 266 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at HIGHER FARM, MAJORS COMMON, BUCKLAND NEWTON, DORCHESTER, DT2 7BZ. Dorset has handled 11,876 applications of this type. This one was decided in 266 days, 32 weeks longer than Dorset's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 95 applications across Chalk Valleys Ward. We hold 2,424 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 7BZ
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Buckland Newton
District
West Dorset

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 November 2020
Consultation expiry
14 December 2020
Consultation end
14 December 2020

Additional information

Documents
25

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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 (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, 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

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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.

© 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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Source: Dorset

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