PLANS have been submitted to build a pet cremator on a farmland site.

Dorset Council is being asked to approve the application for Underhill Farm, Corscombe.

The proposed cremator, which is the actual device used for cremation, also includes the installation of solar panels on the roof of a barn.

Papers with the application suggest that the building, of 22 square metres, will need one full-time staff member to operate the cremator, taking in up to eight pets a day.

It will be sited to the south of an existing pet mortuary with a flu with an overall height of 3.6metres above ground. The site already offers pet burials.

Access to the site will be from the farm access track which joins the public highway on Hackney Lane leading on to the A356 Dorchester to Crewkerne road.

Public comments on the application remain open until October 11th.

The full details can be seen on the Dorset Council website, together with other applications for the rural area around Dorchester, by using the reference numbers below.

P/FUL/2024/05029 : Underhill Farm Hackney Corscombe DT2 0PA. Change of use of agricultural land to site a proposed pet cremator; installation of solar panels on roof of barn.

P/FUL/2024/04987 : Units A To C Enterprise Park Piddlehinton Dorchester DT2 7UA. Retain vehicle servicing building. Apply external cladding.

P/PABA/2024/05224 : Charity Farm Main Street Litton Cheney Dorchester DT2 9AP. Erect extension to existing barn for the storage of hay.

P/PABA/2024/05272 : Grange Farm Grange Farm Lane Pulham DT2 7ED. Erection of new dairy building.

P/CLP/2024/05180 : Unit B2 Roman Hill Business Park Roman Hill Business Park Entrance Broadmayne DT2 8LY. Forward extension to an existing warehouse. The proposed extension will be constructed using materials identical in colour finish as the existing unit.

P/FUL/2024/04915 : The Walled Garden Moreton DT2 8RG. Retention of toilet block and associated ramp access for a temporary period of 3 years.

P/HOU/2024/04968 : Wallis Farm Bungalow Maiden Newton Road Cattistock DT2 0JL. Replace the outer plaster and clad the bungalow in vertical strips of Western Red Cedar.

P/HOU/2024/04818 : Southover Farmhouse Longlands Orchard to West Lodge Junction Southover Frampton DT2 9NQ. Decking to rear elevation with steps leading to garden.

P/HOU/2024/05056 : Carpenters Cottage Muckleford Lane Bradford Peverell DT2 9SA. Demolish glass conservatory lean-to and erect single storey flat roof extension with roof lantern.

P/HOU/2024/05050 : The Roundhouse Church Lane Bradford Peverell DT2 9SB. Reform roof and provide accommodation over the garage, construct dormer window on the South East side.

P/HOU/2024/05221 : 2 Crosstree Close Broadmayne DT2 8EN. Side extension to Bungalow with replacement garage and removal of porch.

P/HOU/2024/04862 : The Manor Church Lane Buckland Ripers DT3 4BT. Erection of potting shed and solar panel array system with associated equipment shed.