Planning application
Purcombe Farm Purcombe Farm Access Road Whitchurch Canonicorum DT6 6RL
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Notification for the Change of Use of agricultural buildings to a flexible commercial use (within Use Class E), under Schedule 2, Part 3, Class R of the General Permitted Development Order 2015 with parking.
As published by the council, reference P/PAAF/2026/03027
Application record
- Reference
- P/PAAF/2026/03027
- Type
- Prior Approval - Agricultural to Flexible Commercial Use
- Status
- Application Approved
- Decision
- Prior Approval Granted
- Received
- 4 Jun 2026
- Validated
- 4 Jun 2026
- Decided
- 8 Jul 2026
- Ward
- Marshwood Vale Ward
- Parish
- Whitchurch Canonicorum
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- DT6 6RL
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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4 Jun 2026
Received by Dorset
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8 Jul 2026
Decision issued: Prior Approval Granted
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4 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
10 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.
Trade members open them from here.
Open the documentsWhat a grant of permission means
The process from here
Permission has been granted, usually subject to conditions listed on the decision notice, some of which must be discharged before work starts. The decision notice on the council portal sets out exactly what was approved.
Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses. Neighbours cannot appeal a grant; challenging one means judicial review of how the decision was made, within tight time limits.
About prior approval applications
How this application type works
Prior approval applications arise where permitted development rights already grant the principle of the work, such as larger home extensions, changes of use to housing or agricultural buildings. The council may only consider the specific matters set out in the rules, for example transport, flooding or appearance, and in many classes the work may proceed if the council does not respond within the deadline, commonly 56 days.
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