43B East Street Blandford Forum DT11 7DX Data via plota.co.uk

P/ADV/2026/03312 - Advertisement Consent Approved

Proposal

Display 1 no. non-illuminated fascia signs to front elevation. Display 2 no. non-illuminated fascia signs to rear elevation. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
17 Jun 2026
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Approved
23 Jul 2026

Approved on 23 Jul 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 5 Oct 2026

Site constraints 10

Listed building: 43b East Street (M&Co)
The pin is inside its outline · 60 more listed buildings within 150 m (6 Grade I, 1 Grade II*, 53 Grade II)
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.
Show the other 60 with distances
Flood zone 2, rivers and sea
Medium chance: between a 1 in 100 and 1 in 1,000 annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 to 1 in 1,000 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.
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 439 m away: Dorset; Inside the Blandford Forum built-up area; Flood defence 34 m away (flood gate, designed for a 1 in 200 year flood); Heritage at risk 95 m away: Church of St Peter and St Paul, Market Place; Priority habitat 31 m away: No main habitat but additional habitats present; 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
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.

Building

Floor area973 m² (10,473 sq ft)
Energy ratingD (asset rating 95)
UseA1/A2 Retail and Financial/Professional services
HeatingAir Conditioning

From the energy performance certificate lodged in May 2021, the latest held for this property, matched to this application by its address. The building may have changed since. View the certificate

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Important details

Council
Dorset
Application type
Advertisement Consent
Postcode
DT11 7DX
Received
17 Jun 2026
Validated
17 Jun 2026
Ward
Blandford Ward
Parish
Blandford Forum
Case officer
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Decision
Granted
Decision date
23 Jul 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
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Freehold owner
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How this decision compares

Decided in 36 days from validation, 17 days faster than Dorset's median of 53 for signs and adverts. Approved, as 97% of signs and adverts here are.

67%decided within 8 weeks
97%approved
66decided in the last year

Plota live figures for signs and adverts decided by Dorset in the last twelve months, from validation. Dorset decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Comments by
20 Jul 2026
Dorset
Planning Authority Score
7.5/10
Good
#44 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Other decisions

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

Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.

Freehold owner: Information produced by HM Land Registry. © Crown copyright 2026. Source: HM Land Registry, UK and overseas companies that own property in England and Wales, September 2026 release.