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P/VOC/2026/03168 - Variation of Condition Approved

Proposal

Change of use of the site for a café, retail & community use, including amended opening hours (with variation of condition no. 7 of planning permission to amend opening hours) Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
10 Jun 2026
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Approved
7 Sept 2026

Approved on 7 Sept 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 5 Oct 2026

Documents 42

Other documents 26

PDF Amend proposed opening hours 111kb · 11 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF Additional information 254kb · 20 Jul 2026 View ↗
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PDF Gillingham Town Council 114kb · 3 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF Gillingham Town Council 3kb · 3 Jul 2026 View ↗
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Associated applications 2

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Site constraints 5

Wyke Conservation Area (Gillingham) conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
Also on the record
2 listed buildings within 150 m; Radon affected area, class 2; Inside the Gillingham (Dorset) built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 3, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) 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.

Sales history 1

Last sold for £1,150,000 in May 2017. Other property, freehold.

26 May 2017£1,150,000Recorded as a transfer outside a standard sale

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

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Important details

Council
Dorset
Application type
Variation of Condition
Postcode
SP8 4NW
Received
10 Jun 2026
Validated
10 Jun 2026
Ward
Gillingham Ward
Parish
Gillingham
Case officer
Show
Decision
Granted
Decision date
7 Sept 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 89 days from validation, 33 days slower than Dorset's median of 56 for changes of use. Approved, as 81% of changes of use here are.

51%decided within 8 weeks
81%approved
248decided in the last year

Plota live figures for changes of use decided by Dorset in the last twelve months, from validation. Dorset decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Comments by
3 Aug 2026
Dorset
Planning Authority Score
7.5/10
Good
#44 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Change of use

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

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.