2 Gibraltar Cottages Opposite East Knighton Farm To Blacknoll Road East Knighton DT2 8LJ Data via plota.co.uk

P/PALH/2026/01349 - Prior Approval - Larger Home Extension Decided
Extensions & alterations

Proposal

Erect single storey rear extension: To extend 3.50 metres beyond the rear wall of the original dwelling house : Maximum height 3.25 metres: Height to eaves 2.20 metres Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
3 Mar 2026
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Validated
9 Mar 2026
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Non Determination
5 May 2026

Non Determination on 5 May 2026 · Last checked 12 Jul 2026

Documents 9

Plans & drawings 8

PDF Location Plan.pdf 1821kb · 12 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF Proposed site plan 1332kb · 9 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF Existing Elevations 150kb · 9 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF Existing Ground Floor plan 90kb · 9 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF Existing Roof plan 82kb · 9 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF Proposed Elevations rev. 2 147kb · 9 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF Proposed Ground Floor Plan rev. 2 103kb · 9 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF Proposed Roof Plan 89kb · 9 Mar 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF Application Form - Without Personal Data 386kb · 9 Mar 2026 View ↗

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Site constraints 10

Nutrient neutrality catchment: Poole Harbour SPA/Ramsar
New homes and overnight accommodation must show nutrient neutrality before approval.
Natural England advice: extra wastewater in these catchments harms protected habitats, so schemes must offset their nutrient load, usually through credits.
Special area of conservation 56 m away: Dorset Heaths
Work nearby can need a habitats assessment.
Harm to a protected site is only accepted where there is no alternative and an overriding public interest.
Agricultural land, grade 2
Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). 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.
SSSI 55 m away: Winfrith Heath SSSI
Natural England may need consulting, depending on what is proposed.
Sites of special scientific interest are the best wildlife and geological sites in the country. Development likely to harm one is rarely permitted.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
National landscape 199 m away: Dorset; Radon affected area, class 3; Nature improvement area: Wild Purbeck; 2 listed buildings within 150 m; Open access land 22 m away: Access Land - Combined Open Country, Registered Common Land and Section 16 Dedicated Land. MoD Byelaw, Section 28 Exclusions, Racecourses and Aerodromes and ECP Margin have been removed..
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument 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
Prior Approval - Larger Home Extension
Postcode
DT2 8LJ
Received
3 Mar 2026
Validated
9 Mar 2026
Ward
West Purbeck Ward
Parish
Winfrith Newburgh
Case officer
Show
Decision
Non Determination
Decision date
5 May 2026

Consultation & key dates

Comments by
4 Apr 2026

Historical activity at this location

6 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2022 Approved
1 Gibraltar Cottages East Knighton Dorchester DT2 8LJ
Re-build to full height existing stable currently standing at ~1m above ground level. Ext…
P/HOU/2022/05438
2022 Refused
1 Gibraltar Cottages Opposite East Knighton Farm To Blacknoll Road East Knighton DT2 8LJ
Side and rear two storey extension.
P/HOU/2022/00519
2020 Refused
Land to the east of Gibraltar Cottages, East Knighton, Dorchester, DT2 8LJ
Erect agricultural storage building (part built) and hard standing
6/2020/0616
2019 Refused
Land to the east of Gibraltar Cottages East Knighton DT2 8LJ
Erection of building and associated hardstanding and change of use of land for storage of…
6/2019/0694
2020 Refused
Land to the east of Gibraltar Cottages, East Knighton, DT2 8LJ
Use of part of the land for the storage and maintenance of hobby vehicles (edged green on…
6/2020/0153
2017 Refused
65, East Knighton, Dorchester, DT2 8LL
Change of use from agricultural building to dwelling house in accordance with the provisi…
PDA/2017/0003
Dorset
Planning Authority Score
7.5/10
Good
#44 of 296 councils
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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