Planning application
Land North Of Compton Road Yeovil
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.
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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
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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11 Aug 2026
Received by Dorset
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21 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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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 39 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
194 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat 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 59 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 0.3 miles
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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 Outline New dwelling 3 docs -
The Dairy House Compton Road Yeovil BA21 5BZ
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 docsDomestic -
The Dairy House and Toll Bridge Farm House Compton Road Yeovil BA21 5BZ
Erect two houses for agricultural workers & construct joint access. (Without compliance of condition 1 of planning permission 1/N/79/63 - to remove the agricultural occupancy condition).
Granted Amendments 10 docsSeveral homes -
Toll Bridge Farm House Compton Road Yeovil BA21 5BZ
Certificate of Lawfulness to continue use as a residential dwelling without compliance with agricultural occupancy condition
Granted Lawful development 8 docsDomestic
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