Planning application
Lagoon A354 From Chapel Down Farm Access To North Dorset Boundary Cashmoor
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Construct earth bunded digestate lagoon
As published by the council, reference P/PAEW/2026/04622
Application record
- Reference
- P/PAEW/2026/04622
- Type
- Prior Approval - Excavation/Deposit Waste For Agriculture
- Status
- Under Officer Consideration
- Received
- 21 Aug 2026
- Validated
- 21 Aug 2026
- Ward
- Cranborne Chase Ward
- Parish
- Sixpenny Handley and Pentridge
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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21 Aug 2026
Received by Dorset
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28 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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3 Sep 2026
Status changed to Under Officer Consideration
Previously Out To Consultation.
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 16 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.
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 happens while it is decided
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.
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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