Planning application
Wessex Farm Sherborne Causeway Shaftesbury SP7 9PX
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Erect agricultural building.
As published by the council, reference P/PABA/2023/02488
Application record
- Reference
- P/PABA/2023/02488
- Type
- Prior Approval - Building for Agricultural/Forestry Use
- Status
- Planning Not Required
- Decision
- Granted As published: Prior Approval Not Required
- Received
- 9 May 2023
- Validated
- 9 May 2023
- Decided
- 5 Jun 2023
- Ward
- Gillingham Ward
- Parish
- Motcombe
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- SP7 9PX
Site history
Applications at this address on the Dorset register
This site has had 2 applications since 2023: 2 approved, 0 refused.
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P/FUL/2025/04692 Granted
Wessex Farm Sherborne Causeway Shaftesbury SP7 9PX
The construction and operation of an anaerobic digestion facility, ancillary infrastructure, landscaping and vehicular access between the site and the public highway
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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9 May 2023
Received by Dorset
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5 Jun 2023
Decision issued: Prior Approval Not Required
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6 Oct 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
14 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Dorset granted permission on 5 June 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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