Planning application
Crouch Hill Farm, The Mews Holwell Drove Holwell DT9 5LF
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Change of use and conversion of garage to dwelling with variation of condition 2 of planning permission P/FUL/2025/03551 to amend approved plans
As published by the council, reference P/VOC/2026/04387
Application record
- Reference
- P/VOC/2026/04387
- Type
- Variation of Condition
- Status
- Out To Consultation
- Received
- 13 Aug 2026
- Validated
- 13 Aug 2026
- Ward
- Sherborne Rural Ward
- Parish
- Holwell
- Postcode
- DT9 5LF
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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13 Aug 2026
Received by Dorset
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15 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 8 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
3 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 amendment applications in a median of 41 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
About amendment applications
An amendment application makes limited changes to a permission that already exists; anything beyond modest adjustment needs a fresh application. More in our guide to planning application types.
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