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P/VOC/2026/04671 - Variation of Condition Under Officer Consideration

Proposal

Erect bungalow for agricultural worker (without compliance with condition 2 of planning permission - to remove the agricultural occupancy condition). Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓

Received

25 Aug 2026

Decision

Expected by 20 Oct 2026

This application is under consideration - no decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision by 14 Oct 2026, from Dorset's recent agricultural works. The consultation period closed on 25 Sept 2026.

Documents 6

Site constraints 3

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 2

Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No listed building at the site

Checked on 11 September 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England 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: DT2 7BT
Received: 25 Aug 2026
Validated: 25 Aug 2026
Ward: Chalk Valleys Ward
Parish: Buckland Newton
Case officer: Show
Applicant: Show
Agent: Show

Decision outlook

Day 41 of the 56-day target. Dorset usually decides agricultural works by day 48.

prediction

Day 4115 days to the 56-day target

82%decided within 8 weeks

82%approved

172decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Comments by: 25 Sept 2026

Historical activity at this location

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

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

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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

Court Farm, Valley View Road To Court Farm Buckland Newton DT2 7BT Data via plota.co.uk

Proposal

Application progress

Documents 6

Decision & officer reports 2

Plans & drawings 1

Application forms 1

Other documents 2