Building A531 Dorset Innovation Park Winfrith Newburgh DT2 8WQ

1. 7 Aug 2026

   Received by Dorset

2. 11 Aug 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

3. 14 Aug 2026

   Status changed to Under Officer Consideration

   Previously Out To Consultation.

4. 4 Sep 2026

   Status changed to Awaiting Sign Off

   Previously Under Officer Consideration.

5. Decision

   Awaiting decision

   Decision expected by 2 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 37 days over the applications it decided in the last year.

This application is with Dorset for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Dorset decided prior approval applications in a median of 28 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

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.

• Winfrith Site Winfrith Newburgh DT2 8WQ

  P/FUL/2026/00700 Submitted 21 Apr 2026 67m away

  85% historically approved · decision due ~16 Jun

  Continued decommissioning and restoration of the former Winfrith Nuclear Research Site including demolition of above ground structures, permanent retention of below-ground radioactively contaminated structures and use of radioactively contaminated and non-radioactive demolition arisings emplaced in below ground voids. Engineering and landscaping operations to regrade and modify the landform and drainage to achieve an End State suitable for a future use of heathland with public access.

  Awaiting decision Full applications Demolition 79 docs

• Winfrith Nuclear Site Winfrith Newburgh Dorchester DT2 8WQ

  P/FUL/2026/02491 Submitted 23 Jul 2026 150m away

  85% historically approved · decision due ~17 Sep

  Land remediation works together with associated temporary welfare facilities and contractors’ compound.

  Awaiting decision Full applications 20 docs

• Land north of Avenue 50 Winfrith Nuclear Site Winfrith Newburgh Dorchester DT2 8WQ

  P/FUL/2026/02840 Submitted 28 Jul 2026 196m away

  85% historically approved · decision due ~22 Sep

  Land remediation works involving the excavation of a section of pipeline and refilling/reprofiling of the land together with associated temporary soil storage area and contractors’ compound.

  Awaiting decision Full applications 14 docs

• P/PABA/2026/04760 Awaiting decision

  Agricultural field know as Netley Walls Cattistock

  Erect agricultural storage building

  1 Sep 2026 Prior approval
• P/PABA/2026/04183 Granted

  New Barn Farm Park Lane Shapwick DT11 9JP

  Erect an agricultural building to measure 30m in length, 18m in breadth, with a ridge height of 8m and a height to eaves of 6.7m

  3 Aug 2026 Prior approval
• P/PASO/2026/04716 Awaiting decision

  Wareham Day Centre Anglebury Court 21 Bonnets Lane Wareham BH20 4HB

  Install 68.85 kWp solar PV panels spread across many of the pitched roofs of the single-storey part of the building.

  27 Aug 2026 Prior approval
• P/PAPA/2026/04464 Granted

  Foxholes Farm Littlebredy Dorchester DT2 9HJ

  Proposed improvement to existing track

  14 Aug 2026 Prior approval
• P/PAAF/2026/03202 Refused

  Breach Barn Chalbury Farm Horton Wimborne BH21 7HJ

  Prior Notification for the proposed change of use of agricultural barn to a flexible commercial use - Class B8 (storage or Distribution) - under Schedule 2, Part 3, Class R of the Town & Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended).

  11 Jun 2026 Prior approval