Longclose Farm Wimborne Road Wimborne Minster BH21 1NR Data via plota.co.uk

Pending P/FUL/2025/01596
Council
Date received
18 Mar 2025
Date validated
18 Mar 2025
Postcode
BH21 1NR

Description

Change of use from Use Class B8 (storage) to Use Class E (g)(iii) (any industrial process appropriate in a residential area) Data via plota.co.uk

Last checked

Decision outlook

Plota predicted a decision around 28 Oct 2026; it is now day 589.

Day 589, past the statutory target. 66% of full applications in Dorset are decided within thirteen weeks; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 19 Oct 2026.

Day 589533 days past the 56-day target
44%decided within 8 weeks
86%approved
5%go to committee

Plota live figures for full applications decided by Dorset in the last twelve months, from validation. Dorset decision record →

Associated applications 2

Site constraints 7

Public footpath 15 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.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
National landscape 462 m away: Cranborne Chase & West Wiltshire Downs; Inside the Wimborne Minster built-up area; Green belt 22 m away: South West Hampshire; Priority habitat 24 m away: No main habitat but additional habitats present; 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
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No listed building at the site · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 22 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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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