Horkesley Hall Farm Common Mead Lane Gillingham SP8 4RE Data via plota.co.uk

P/VOC/2026/02627 - Variation of Condition Approved
New homes

Proposal

Erect 4 No. dwellings, garages and create 8 No. parking spaces (with variation of condition 2 of planning permission to amend approved plans) Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
20 May 2026
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Approved
3 Jul 2026

Approved on 3 Jul 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 12 Jul 2026

Documents 7

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF Decision Notice 176kb · 3 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF Officer Report 343kb · 3 Jul 2026 View ↗

Plans & drawings 2

PDF Location plan & site plan 1994kb · 20 May 2026 View ↗ PDF Proposed elevations, sections, floor plan & Roof plan of Substation including details 421kb · 13 May 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF Application form 403kb · 13 May 2026 View ↗

Other documents 2

PDF DC - Highways 286kb · 17 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF Gillingham Town Council 3kb · 9 Jun 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Associated applications 2

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Site constraints 2

Agricultural land, grade 4
Poor quality farmland, not best and most versatile. Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s), which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 3. The predicted grade is Defra's current estimate; only a site survey settles it.
Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 2.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No listed building at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Council
Dorset
Application type
Variation of Condition
Postcode
SP8 4RE
Received
20 May 2026
Validated
20 May 2026
Ward
Gillingham Ward
Parish
Gillingham
Case officer
Show
Decision
Granted
Decision date
3 Jul 2026
Decision level
Delegated

How this decision compares

Decided in 44 days from validation, 12 days faster than Dorset's median of 56 for new homes. Approved, as 79% of new homes here are.

52%decided within 8 weeks
79%approved
249decided in the last year

Plota live figures for new homes decided by Dorset in the last twelve months, from validation. Dorset decision record →

Consultation & key dates

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12 Jun 2026

Historical activity at this location

12 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

This property

Previous applications at this address

2025 Approved
Erect single storey detached garage and new section driveway to front of garage.
P/HOU/2025/04955
2025 Withdrawn
Erect double garage/workshop and annexe above, with roof lights and No2: dormer windows…
P/VOC/2025/04753
2025 Approved
Erect double garage/workshop and annexe above, with roof lights and No2: dormer windows
P/HOU/2025/00102
2024 Approved
Erect 4 No. dwellings, garages and create 8 No. parking spaces (with variation of conditi…
P/VOC/2024/03061
2022 Approved
Erect 4 No. dwellings, garages and create 8 No. parking spaces.
P/FUL/2022/00482
2020 Withdrawn
Erect 4 No. dwellings and garages and form new vehicular and pedestrian access.
2/2020/1077/FUL
2019 Approved
Erect 4 No. dwellings and garages, form new vehicular and pedestrian access. Demolish exi…
2/2019/1426/FUL
Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2024 Approved
Greenhills Common Mead Lane Gillingham Dorset SP8 4RE
Certificate of lawfulness to use land to station a mobile home granny annexe for use inci…
P/CLP/2024/01415
2023 Approved
Ashtrees Common Mead Lane Gillingham Dorset SP8 4RE
Erect a two storey side extension, erect single storey rear extension and external altera…
P/HOU/2023/06775
2022 Refused
Greenhills Common Mead Lane Gillingham SP8 4RE
Erection of annex in front garden
P/HOU/2021/05524
2018 Approved
Gillingham Sewage Treatment Works, Common Mead Lane, Gillingham, Dorset, SP8 4RE
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2/2018/0055/DCC_1
2017 Approved
Amaroo Common Mead Lane Gillingham Dorset SP8 4RE
Erect single storey extension and form 1 No. dormer window.
2/2016/1877/HOUSE
Dorset
Planning Authority Score
7.5/10
Good
#44 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Dorset is faster than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #51 out of 296. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (95%) than the national average (90%).

Faster than most councils
for householder decisions
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Dorset decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
92%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #80 of 296
95%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #74 of 296
78%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #51 of 296
35%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #102 of 296
81%
Minor dwellings approved
344 decided (1-9 homes)
85%
Major dwellings approved
40 decided (10+ homes)
76%
Change of use approved
85 decided
2,781
Total decisions
233 refused in the year to March 2026
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings