Jan/Feb - Piddle Valley Community Website

Valley Design Statement and Parish Plan
For background information, in 2004 the Parish Council published the Valley
Design Statement, which set out guidelines for those items and issues that
the Community felt were of importance and should be protected or
enhanced. This was accepted by West Dorset District Council and is still a
reference document the Planners consult when making decisions. However, it
has no Statutory weight and they can disregard it if they so wish.
In 2008, the Parish Council was required to produce a Parish Plan, which set
out in more detail the needs of the Community. Unfortunately, the planning
process changed and although the data had been collected, the Parish Plan
was not required and so was not completed.
With the passing of the Localism Act in 2001, the advisability of the Valley
having a Neighbourhood Plan, which would be a document the Planners were
legally required to have regard to, became evident. It was clear that the Parish
Plan research would provide a valuable basis from which to develop the
Neighbourhood Plan, having regard to the amount of work that had already
gone into its preparation. The Parish Plan has therefore now been completed
and published, a copy being available on the www.piddlevalley.info website,
under the Localism Index.
PLANNING APPLICATIONS
Approved
1/D/12/001380 Bank Farm, Piddletrenthide. Roof over
existing open yard.
1/D/12/001341 The Hollies, Main St, Piddletrenthide.
Refurbish & Extend cottage.
1/D/12/001327 Greystones, Piddletrenthide.
Revised access drive to property.
1/D/12/001203 Land at Church Lane, Piddletrenthide.
Retrospective application for stable,
application to erect further stable, barn &
workshop as part of the same structure.
1/D/12/001047 Higher Southcombe Farm, Piddletrenthide.
Erect new Dry Sow house No2 within site.
1/D/12/001044 Higher Southcombe Farm, Piddletrenthide.
Erect new Dry Sow house No1 within site.
1/D/12/000251 Lower Farm, Plush. Demolish redundant
modern farm buildings, convert old building
to residential, close one highway entrance.
PC supported
Refused
1/D/12/00137 The Forge, Main St, Piddletrenthide.Certificate of
Lawful Development - erect Bungalow
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