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Land North Of Compton Road Yeovil

Awaiting decision Dorset P/OUT/2026/04250 Outline Planning Permission

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

Proposal

Erection of up to 380 dwellings, including affordable housing, provision of new pedestrian and cycle routes, internal roads, parking, open space, hard and soft landscaping, play areas, surface water drainage, ancillary infrastructure including new and repositioned utilities, and associated engineering works (outline application to determine access only)

As published by the council, reference P/OUT/2026/04250

Application record

Reference
P/OUT/2026/04250
Type
Outline Planning Permission
Status
Out To Consultation
Received
11 Aug 2026
Validated
11 Aug 2026
Ward
Sherborne Rural Ward
Parish
Bradford Abbas

Site history

Applications at this address on the Dorset register

This site has had 2 applications since 2025.

  • P/ESC/2025/04939 Decided

    Land North Of Compton Road Yeovil

    Request for EIA Screening Opinion under Regulation 6 of the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017 for a residential development of up to 400 homes and associated infrastructure

    Decided 3 Sep 2025 Outline

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 11 Aug 2026

    Received by Dorset

  2. 21 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  3. Decision

    Awaiting decision

    Decision expected by 6 October 2026, 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 37 days over the applications it decided in the last year.

Documents

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

82 documents on file for this application

A planning file usually holds the application form, drawings and site plans, consultee responses, the officer's report and the decision notice.

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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 outline applications in a median of 44 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

About outline applications

An outline application tests the principle of developing a site, holding back details such as appearance and landscaping as reserved matters for later approval. More in our guide to planning application types.

Nearby applications

Within 500 metres

  • Land North Of Compton Road Yeovil

    P/ESC/2025/04939 Submitted 18 Aug 2025 2m away

    Request for EIA Screening Opinion under Regulation 6 of the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017 for a residential development of up to 400 homes and associated infrastructure

    Decided Outline New dwelling 3 docs

  • The Dairy House Compton Road Yeovil BA21 5BZ

    P/CLE/2024/05812 Submitted 8 Oct 2024 235m away

    Certificate of Lawfulness to provide confirmation that the dwelling have been continuously occupied for a period in excess of 10 years in breach of the agricultural occupancy condition.

    Granted Lawful development 7 docs
    Domestic

  • Toll Bridge Farm House Compton Road Yeovil BA21 5BZ

    P/CLE/2024/05604 Submitted 30 Sep 2024 254m away

    Certificate of Lawfulness to continue use as a residential dwelling without compliance with agricultural occupancy condition

    Granted Lawful development 8 docs
    Domestic

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