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P/NMA/2026/03862 - Non Material Amendment Approved
Admin / procedural

Proposal

Non-material amendment - Alterations to the lounge windows & additional rooflight to bedroom 4 to planning permission (Original proposal description: Erect single storey extensions to front and side elevations. Form first floor accommodation with external staircase, rooflights, balcony and dormer windows to front and rear elevations) which was subject to a variation of conditions application (P/VOC/202506303) to enclose the external staircase and then subsequent Non-material amendment () which altered the description and removed ‘external staircase’. Application description now ‘Erect single storey extensions to front and side elevations. Form first floor accommodation, rooflights, balcony and dormer windows to front and rear elevations. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
15 Jul 2026
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Approved
7 Aug 2026

Approved on 7 Aug 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 8 Aug 2026

Documents 8

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF Decision Notice 151kb · 7 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF Officer Report 265kb · 7 Aug 2026 View ↗

Plans & drawings 5

PDF Proposed SE-NE Elevations rev. C 1716kb · 16 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF Proposed NW-SW Elevations rev. C 1768kb · 16 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF Proposed Ground Floor Plan rev. B 955kb · 16 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF Proposed Roof Plan rev. B 667kb · 16 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF Proposed 3D Elevation rev. C 281kb · 16 Jul 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF Application Form - Without Personal Data 392kb · 16 Jul 2026 View ↗

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Associated applications 3

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Site constraints 6

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.
Dorset National Landscape
Great weight to conserving the landscape; major development restricted.
Previously an area of outstanding natural beauty, which is still the designation in law. Since 2023 authorities must seek to further its purpose, not merely have regard to it.
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) agrees.
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 3; Open access land 25 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 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.

Sales history 1

Last sold for £665,000 in September 2023. Other property, freehold.

5 September 2023£665,000Recorded as a transfer outside a standard sale

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

Building

Floor area114 m² (1,227 sq ft)
Energy ratingE (50 out of 100), could reach C
PropertyDetached bungalow, 6 habitable rooms
Built1967 to 1975
HeatingBoiler and radiators, oil
WallsCavity wall, as built, no insulation (assumed)

From the energy performance certificate lodged in February 2023, the latest held for this property, matched to this application by its address. The building may have changed since. View the certificate

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Important details

Council
Dorset
Application type
Non Material Amendment
Postcode
DT2 7JT
Received
15 Jul 2026
Validated
15 Jul 2026
Ward
Chalk Valleys Ward
Parish
Cerne Abbas
Case officer
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Decision
Granted
Decision date
7 Aug 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
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Agent
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Historical activity at this location

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

This property

Previous applications at this address

2025 Approved
Erect single storey extensions to front and side elevations. Form first floor accommodati…
P/VOC/2025/06303
2025 Approved
Non-material amendment - Change the description Erect single storey extensions to front a…
P/NMA/2025/07392
2025 Approved
Erect single storey extensions to front and side elevations. Form first floor accommodati…
P/HOU/2025/01683
2024 Approved
Erect single storge double garage/craft room
P/HOU/2024/02542
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
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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.