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Wessex Farm Sherborne Causeway Shaftesbury SP7 9PX

Granted Dorset P/PABA/2023/02488 Prior Approval - Building for Agricultural/Forestry Use

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.

  • 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

    Decided 25 Mar 2026 Full applications

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 9 May 2023

    Received by Dorset

  2. 5 Jun 2023

    Decision issued: Prior Approval Not Required

  3. 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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What 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.

Nearby applications

Within 0.3 miles

  • Hunters Lodge Sherborne Causeway Shaftesbury SP7 9PY

    P/VOC/2026/00522 Submitted 28 Jan 2026 300 yards away

    Demolition of stable building and erect 1 new dwelling (class C3), hard and soft landscaping plus associated works. (With Variation of condition 2 of planning permission P/FUL/2025/03032 to amend approved plans).

    Granted Amendments New dwelling Demolition 11 docs
    Domestic
  • Hunters Lodge Sherborne Causeway Shaftesbury SP7 9PY

    P/FUL/2024/06761 Submitted 2 Dec 2024 300 yards away

    Change of use & conversion of stable building into 1no. dwelling, hard & soft landscaping & associated works

    Granted Full applications 17 docs
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  • Hunters Lodge Sherborne Causeway Shaftesbury SP7 9PY

    P/FUL/2023/01865 Submitted 13 Apr 2023 350 yards away

    Change of use of building and land to residential curtilage associated with Hunters Lodge

    Granted Full applications 14 docs
  • Hunters Lodge Sherborne Causeway Shaftesbury SP7 9PY

    P/TRT/2024/05902 Submitted 11 Oct 2024 350 yards away

    T1 - Sugar Maple - Raise crown over the garden to 4.5m from ground level and over the stable to give a 2m separation from the building. Reduce branches growing towards the house by up to 1.5m.

    Granted Trees 7 docs
  • Wessex Farm Sherborne Causeway Shaftesbury SP7 9PX

    P/FUL/2025/04692 Submitted 10 Sep 2025 400 yards away

    The construction and operation of an anaerobic digestion facility, ancillary infrastructure, landscaping and vehicular access between the site and the public highway

    Granted Full applications 171 docs
  • Causeway Farm Sherborne Causeway Shaftesbury SP7 9PX

    P/FUL/2026/03653 Submitted 6 Jul 2026 0.3 miles away

    Erect Agricultural Barn over an Existing Concrete Yard

    Granted Full applications 16 docs

In Dorset

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    Erection of additional storey

    Received 2 Oct, published by the council 8 Oct 2026 Prior approval
  • Lower Butterwick Farm Boys Hill Holnest DT9 5PJ

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    Received 10 Aug, published by the council 15 Aug 2026 Prior approval
  • Flat 1 Swan Yard Cheap Street Sherborne DT9 3AX

    Change of use from Commercial to Dwelling House

    Received 17 Aug, published by the council 21 Aug 2026 Prior approval
  • P/PABA/2026/05446 Awaiting decision

    Kingston Barm Farmhouse Langton Road Kingston BH20 5LR

    Erect agricultural building

    Received 1 Oct, published by the council 8 Oct 2026 Prior approval
  • P/PALH/2026/05445 Awaiting decision

    Little Lions Farm Horton Road Ashley Heath BH24 2EU

    Erect 2 single storey rear extensions to measure 7.99m in length, with a maximum height of 2.80m and a height to eaves of 2.80m

    Received 1 Oct, published by the council 8 Oct 2026 Prior approval