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Land at Caswell Farm Common Lane Ryme Intrinseca Sherborne DT9 6JP

Awaiting decision Dorset P/FUL/2025/03066 Full Planning Application

Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.

Proposal

Construct solar farm (up to 40 MW) with associated (approximately) 20 MW Battery Energy Storage System (BESS); comprising the erection of solar panels mounted on frames; a 132 kV DNO Substation compound; containerised battery units; centralised inverter housing, substation building; water storage tanks; spares container; perimeter fencing with CCTV cameras and access gates. Form new vehicular access (from Cuckoo Hill Road), modify existing accesses, form access tracks and temporary construction compounds. Install underground cabling and all ancillary grid infrastructure. Carry out landscaping and associated site works.

As published by the council, reference P/FUL/2025/03066

Application record

Reference
P/FUL/2025/03066
Type
Full Planning Application
Status
Under Officer Consideration
Received
19 Aug 2025
Validated
19 Aug 2025
Ward
Yetminster Ward
Parish
Ryme Intrinseca
Postcode
DT9 6JP

Site history

Applications at this address on the Dorset register

This site has had 2 applications since 2025.

  • P/ESP/2025/07145 Decided

    Land at Caswell Farm Common Lane Ryme Intrinseca Sherborne DT9 6JP

    Request for EIA Scoping Opinion under Regulation 15 of the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017 for the proposed constructrion of a solar farm (up to 40MW) with associated approx. 20MW Battery Energy Storage System (BESS), associated infrastructure and ancillary works.

    Decided 23 Dec 2025 Outline

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 19 Aug 2025

    Received by Dorset

  2. 31 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  3. 12 Aug 2026

    Status changed to Under Officer Consideration

    Previously Out To Consultation.

  4. Decision

    Awaiting decision

    Decision expected by 14 October 2025, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.

    Dorset took a median of 38 days over the applications it decided in the last year.

Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

130 documents on file for this application

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What happens while it is decided

This application is with Dorset for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Dorset decided full applications in a median of 63 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

About full applications

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  • Land at Caswell Farm Common Lane Ryme Intrinseca Sherborne DT9 6JP

    P/ESP/2025/07145 Submitted 28 Nov 2025 50 yards away

    Request for EIA Scoping Opinion under Regulation 15 of the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017 for the proposed constructrion of a solar farm (up to 40MW) with associated approx. 20MW Battery Energy Storage System (BESS), associated infrastructure and ancillary works.

    Decided Outline 9 docs

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