West Wing 2 Compton House Compton Road Over Compton Sherborne DT9 4DJ Data via plota.co.uk

P/CLE/2026/04833 - Certificate of Lawful Use Existing Out To Consultation

Proposal

Change of Use of Land from Agricultural to Residential Garden. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓

Received

16 Sept 2026

Decision

Expected by 11 Nov 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision between 10 Nov 2026 and 21 Nov 2026, from Dorset's recent changes of use.

Comments are open until 23 Oct 2026

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Documents 15

Plans & drawings 1

PDF Location Plan 695kb · 2 Sept 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF Application Form Redacted 871kb · 17 Sept 2026 View ↗

Site constraints 6

Nutrient neutrality catchment: Parrett Catchment

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.

Agricultural land, grade 3b

Not 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 2. 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.

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

Radon affected area, class 4; 6 listed buildings within 150 m; Priority habitat 30 m away: Deciduous woodland.

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: Certificate of Lawful Use Existing
Postcode: DT9 4DJ
Received: 16 Sept 2026
Validated: 16 Sept 2026
Ward: Sherborne Rural Ward
Parish: Over Compton
Case officer: Show
Applicant: Show
Agent: Show

Decision outlook

Day 23 of the 56-day target. Dorset usually decides changes of use by day 56.

prediction

Day 2333 days to the 56-day target

51%decided within 8 weeks

81%approved

248decided in the last year

Plota live figures for changes of use decided by Dorset in the last twelve months, from validation. Dorset decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Comments by: 23 Oct 2026

Historical activity at this location

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

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2023 Approved

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Erect extension and alterations to outbuilding (potting shed). Alterations to fenestratio…

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2023 Approved

Griffon Lodge Compton Road Over Compton Dorset DT9 4DJ

Erect extension and alterations to outbuilding (potting shed). Alterations to fenestratio…

P/VOC/2023/02348 14 Jun 2023

2022 Approved

Manor House Compton Road Over Compton Sherborne DT9 4QU

Erect extensions & terrace. Internal & external alterations

P/HOU/2022/03241 10 Aug 2022

2022 Approved

Griffon Lodge Compton Road Over Compton DT9 4DJ

Erect extension and alterations to outbuilding (potting shed). Alterations to fenestratio…

P/HOU/2021/04551 27 Jul 2022

2022 Approved

Griffon Lodge Compton Road Over Compton DT9 4DJ

Erect extension and alterations to outbuilding (potting shed). Alterations to fenestratio…

P/LBC/2021/04552 27 Jul 2022

2020 Approved

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2017 Approved

MANOR HOUSE, COMPTON COURT MEWS, OVER COMPTON, SHERBORNE, DT9 4QU

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2016 Approved

WORLD WIDE BUTTERFLIES LIMITED, COMPTON HOUSE, COMPTON ROAD, OVER COMPTON, SHERBORNE, DT9 4QN

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Dorset

Planning Authority Score

7.5/10

Good

#44 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Change of use

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

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance

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

West Wing 2 Compton House Compton Road Over Compton Sherborne DT9 4DJ Data via plota.co.uk

Proposal

Application progress

Documents 15

Plans & drawings 1

Application forms 1

Other documents 13

Site constraints 6

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