13-15 West Street Blandford Forum DT11 7AW Data via plota.co.uk

P/FUL/2025/07628 - Full Planning Application Approved
Change of useCommercial premises

Proposal

Change of use of building to hotel (use class C1) Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
6 Jan 2026
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Validated
12 Jan 2026
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Approved
5 Jun 2026

Approved on 5 Jun 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 13 Jul 2026

Documents 26

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF Decision Notice 171kb · 5 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF Officer Report 376kb · 5 Jun 2026 View ↗

Statements & assessments 5

PDF Flood Risk Assessment (updated 27/04/26) 4855kb · 27 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF Flood Risk Assessment (updated 10/03/26) 3363kb · 10 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF Sustainability Checklist 217kb · 19 Jan 2026 View ↗ PDF Sustainability statement 141kb · 19 Jan 2026 View ↗ PDF Design and access statement & heritage statement 2368kb · 29 Dec 2025 View ↗

Plans & drawings 8

PDF Proposed ground floor plan rev. B 179kb · 10 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF Proposed ground floor plan rev. B 201kb · 13 Jan 2026 View ↗ PDF Proposed second floor plan rev. A 207kb · 29 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF Proposed first floor plan rev. A 205kb · 29 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF Existing second floor plan rev. A 193kb · 29 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF Existing first floor plan rev. A 194kb · 29 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF Existing ground floor plan rev. A 195kb · 29 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF Location plan & block plan rev. A 332kb · 29 Dec 2025 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF Application Form - Redacted 550kb · 29 Dec 2025 View ↗

Consultation & comments 2

PDF DC - Highways consultation response 167kb · 30 Jan 2026 View ↗ PDF Environment Agency consultation response - REDACTED 85kb · 29 Jan 2026 View ↗

Other documents 8

PDF Environment Agency 254kb · 15 May 2026 View ↗ PDF Environment Agency 166kb · 15 May 2026 View ↗ PDF Environment Agency 343kb · 1 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF Environment Agency 204kb · 1 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF Blandford Forum TC 3kb · 1 Apr 2026 View ↗
PDF Name hidden Show 3kb · 18 Feb 2026 View ↗
PDF Blandford Town Council 3kb · 3 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF DC - Highways - DC - Highways 3kb · 30 Jan 2026 View ↗

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Site constraints 7

Flood zone 3, rivers and sea
High chance: a 1 in 100 or greater annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 from the sea. Any development here needs a flood risk assessment. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Homes in zone 3 must also pass the sequential test. Surface water flooding is a separate map.
Flood map ↗
Blandford Forum and Approaches Conservation Area 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.
55 listed buildings within 150 m
Nearest: 17, West Street, Grade II, 3 m away · 3 Grade I, 2 Grade II*, 50 Grade II
The site itself is not listed. Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
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Historic England ↗
Public footpath 26 m away
Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site: obstructing a path without a diversion order is an offence, and work cannot start until the order is confirmed.
Compiled from highway authority data, not the legal definitive map. A few authorities have not published, so no path shown is not proof there is none.
Also on the record
National landscape 285 m away: Dorset; Inside the Blandford Forum built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 4, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 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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Important details

Council
Dorset
Application type
Full Planning Application
Postcode
DT11 7AW
Received
6 Jan 2026
Validated
12 Jan 2026
Ward
Blandford Ward
Parish
Blandford Forum
Case officer
Show
Decision
Granted
Decision date
5 Jun 2026
Decision level
Delegated

How this decision compares

Decided in 144 days from validation, 88 days slower than Dorset's median of 56 for changes of use. Approved, as 82% of changes of use here are.

51%decided within 8 weeks
82%approved
246decided 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
18 May 2026

Historical activity at this location

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

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

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Alterations & conversion of first floor to create 1no. residential flat
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Crown Hotel West Street Blandford Forum DT11 7AJ
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2022 Approved
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Alteration & extension of the building to create a new mansard roof with third floor acco…
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2022 Approved
9-9A Barnack Chambers West Street Blandford Forum DT11 7AW
Alteration & extension of the building to create a new mansard roof with third floor acco…
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2022 Refused
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P/TRT/2022/05839
2022 Approved
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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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings