Planning application
Savage Cat Farm Bay Road Gillingham Dorset SP8 5QR
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Change of use and conversion of agricultural buildings to form 5 No. dwellings (Class C3).
As published by the council, reference P/PAAC/2023/02144
Application record
- Reference
- P/PAAC/2023/02144
- Type
- Prior Approval - Agricultural to Dwelling
- Status
- Application Approved
- Decision
- Granted As published: Prior Approval Granted
- Received
- 11 Apr 2023
- Validated
- 11 Apr 2023
- Decided
- 17 May 2023
- Ward
- Gillingham Ward
- Parish
- Gillingham (old census number)
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- SP8 5QR
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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11 Apr 2023
Received by Dorset
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17 May 2023
Decision issued: Prior Approval Granted
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15 Sep 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
33 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Dorset granted permission on 17 May 2023, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.
About prior approval applications
Prior approval applies where permitted development rights already grant the principle of the work, leaving the council only the specific matters the rules name, commonly within 56 days. More in our guide to planning application types.
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