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P/PAEW/2026/05051 - Prior Approval - Excavation/Deposit Waste For Agriculture Awaiting Sign Off

Proposal

Excavation of a Silage Clamp extension and additional Silage Clamp Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 3 Oct 2026, 09:09

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Application progress

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Received

14 Sept 2026

Decision

Expected by 9 Nov 2026

This application is under consideration - no decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision between 18 Oct 2026 and 3 Nov 2026, from Dorset's recent agricultural works. The consultation period closed on 17 Sept 2026.

Documents 4

Site constraints 5

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 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.

Habitat network: Network Expansion Zone

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

Also on the record

Nature improvement area: Wild Purbeck.

Not affected

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

Checked on 17 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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14 Sept 2026Pending

57 Newburgh Farm Road To Newburgh Farm Winfrith Newburgh DT2 8DE

Excavation of a Silage Clamp extension and additional Silage Clamp

P/PAEW2/2026/05477

Important details

Council: Dorset
Application type: Prior Approval - Excavation/Deposit Waste For Agriculture
Postcode: DT2 8DE
Received: 14 Sept 2026
Validated: 14 Sept 2026
Ward: West Purbeck Ward
Parish: Winfrith Newburgh
Case officer: Show
Decision level: Delegated
Applicant: Show
Agent: Tim Mckendrick

Decision outlook

Day 21 of the 56-day target. Dorset usually decides agricultural works by day 48.

prediction

Day 2135 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: 17 Sept 2026

Historical activity at this location

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

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2021 Approved

Newburgh Dairy Winfrith Newburgh Dorset DT2 8DE

Erect a dry cow housing (Phase 2 of 2)

6/2021/0328 20 May 2022

2021 Approved

Newburgh Dairy Winfrith Newburgh Dorset

Erect dry cow housing (Phase 1 of 2)

6/2021/0327 20 May 2022

2018 Withdrawn

Newburgh Farm, Winfrith Newburgh, Dorchester, Dorset, DT2 8DE

Creation of Slurry Lagoon.

6/2018/0351_1 4 Oct 2018

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