A DORSET holiday site is seeking to end restrictions which stops caravans and tents being on the site over winter.

The Huntick Farm Caravan Park at Lytchett Matravers has been legally restricted, since the mid 1980s, to 30 caravans and has had to clear the site between November 1st and March 15th every year.

That decision was taken by the former Purbeck District Council. The agreement also restricts any buildings on the site, without the express permission of the council.

Ward councillor Alex Brenton has told Dorset Council’s planning officers that more information is required about the application: “If the owner has been in breach of planning rules since 1985 why has nothing been enforced? This site is used as caravan storage, is it clear that no residential or seasonal occupation has happened? The restriction on a permanent building should be considered separately as a planning application.”

Public comments on the proposal can be made to Dorset  Council by August 15.

Details of the proposal, and other recent local planning applications, can be seen by using the references provided, below, on the Dorset Council website.

P/VOC/2024/03870: Huntick Farm Caravan Park Access To Huntick Farm Lytchett Matravers BH16 6BB. Use land to extend existing caravan/tent camping site (with removal of conditions 2,3 & 7 of planning permission 6/84/0743 to remove restriction to 30 caravans, remove restriction to building on site and remove restriction for the stationing of caravans/tents between 1 Nov and 15 March each year).