Planning application
Springhead Farm Mill Street Fontmell Magna SP7 0NU
Works: Extension Demolition
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Demolition of existing farmhouse & barn structures. Erection of replacement farmhouse & farm buildings with landscaping, creation of orchard, ponds & lowland meadow restoration (with variation of conditions 2 & 9 of planning permission P/FUL/2023/05706 to allow alterations to design of garage, including plant room extension. Repair & refurbishment of existing Long Barn with new bat roost unit, and demolition of 2no. attached dilapidated lean-to units. Updates to bat strategy as a result of new bat roosts in new garage & extension)
As published by the council, reference P/VOC/2026/01189
Application record
- Reference
- P/VOC/2026/01189
- Type
- Variation of Condition
- Status
- Application Approved
- Decision
- Granted
- Received
- 11 Mar 2026
- Validated
- 11 Mar 2026
- Decided
- 14 Jul 2026
- Ward
- Beacon Ward
- Parish
- Fontmell Magna
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- SP7 0NU
Site history
Applications at this address on the Dorset register
This site has had 2 applications since 2026: 2 approved, 0 refused.
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P/TRC/2026/00376 Granted
Springhead Farm Mill Street Fontmell Magna SP7 0NU
Removal of all Poplar/Balsam Poplar trees located to boundary against Mill Street as per site plan.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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11 Mar 2026
Received by Dorset
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14 Jul 2026
Decision issued: Granted
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31 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
13 documents on file for this application
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Dorset granted permission on 14 July 2026, 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.
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Springhead Farm Mill Street Fontmell Magna SP7 0NU
Removal of all Poplar/Balsam Poplar trees located to boundary against Mill Street as per site plan.
Granted Trees 7 docs -
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Remove damaged/broken limbs under regulation 14.
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Springhead Mill Street Fontmell Magna SP7 0NU
T2 - Hybrid Black Poplar - Fell. T110 - Beech - Fell and remove torn branch from neighbouring beech to the north. T162 - Monterey Cyprus - Fell. T164 - Monterey Cyprus - Prune out torn branches and remove any remaining dead wood. T106 - Hybrid Black Poplar - Remove torn limb hanging over the road. T123 - Alder - Fell. T124 - Alder - Fell. G20 - Various - Reduce hight of hedge line to height of 15 feet from ground where it shades the solar array (to from most eastern point to fence line of solar array site).
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G1 - Poplar x4 - Remove and replant with five Field Maples (Acer campestre).
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G1 - Poplar x4 - Remove and replant with five Field Maples (Acer campestre).
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