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P/HOU/2026/04545 2 days ago Pending

Forge Cottage 16 Main Road Tolpuddle Dorchester DT2 7EW

Conversion of washroom to office, erect garden room, erect Pergola, installation of solar panels, reinstate pitch roof with slate tiles and external a...

Householder Planning Permission Dorset
P/FUL/2026/04427 20 Aug 2026 Pending

Long Ash Farm Threshing Barn Ansty Cross To Long Close Cottages - Part In Hilton - Lane Milton Abbas DT11 0BX

Convert barn to dwelling with 2No. additional parking spaces

Full Planning Application Dorset 20 Aug 2026
P/CLE/2026/04505 18 Aug 2026 Pending

Land At Track From Uddens Drive To Clayford Farm Jester Court, Uddens Drive Clayford

Certificate of Lawfulness: Change of use and the siting of a Touring Caravan for day shelter and occasional overnight stays to facilitate the care of ...

Certificate of Lawful Use Existing Dorset 18 Aug 2026
P/CLE/2026/04502 18 Aug 2026 Pending

The Water Barn Water Meadow Lane Wool BH20 6HL

Use of part of The Water Barn, known as Little Water Barn, as a single, separate and self-contained one-bedroom dwellinghouse used for short-term holi...

Certificate of Lawful Use Existing Dorset 18 Aug 2026
P/VOC/2026/04527 17 Aug 2026 Pending

Banbury Cross Boarding Kennels And Cattery Angers Lane Fiddleford DT10 2BY

Erect 2 No dwellings, create new vehicular access with brick piers, sliding metal gate and 1.8 m high boundary wall. Create 4 No parking spaces. (with...

Variation of Condition Dorset 17 Aug 2026
P/PAMF/2026/04357 17 Aug 2026 Pending

Flat 1 Swan Yard Cheap Street Sherborne DT9 3AX

Change of use from Commercial to Dwelling House

Prior Approval - Commercial Business & Service To Mixed Use With Up To 2 Flats Dorset 17 Aug 2026
P/HOU/2026/03750 17 Aug 2026 Pending

18 Queens Road Swanage BH19 2ER

Convert garage to sauna & gym. Install balcony to garage roof with stairs

Householder Planning Permission Dorset 17 Aug 2026
P/FUL/2026/04470 14 Aug 2026 Pending

15 The Parade Swanage BH19 1DA

Regularisation of No 15, the Ground Floor Cafe/Restaurant(Use Class E(b)). Change of Use of the Upper Floors of 15a from Use Class C3 (dwelling house)...

Full Planning Application Dorset 14 Aug 2026
P/PAAC/2026/04475 14 Aug 2026 Pending

The Pig Farm Laymore Winsham TA20 4NZ

Conversion of 2no agricultural buildings to form 3no dwellings

Prior Approval - Agricultural to Dwelling Dorset 14 Aug 2026
P/VOC/2026/04387 13 Aug 2026 Out To Consultation

Crouch Hill Farm, The Mews Holwell Drove Holwell DT9 5LF

Change of use and conversion of garage to dwelling with variation of condition 2 of planning permission P/FUL/2025/03551 to amend approved plans

Variation of Condition Dorset 13 Aug 2026
P/FUL/2026/04268 13 Aug 2026 Out To Consultation

Land West Of Greenford Lane Compton Valence

Change of use of land from agricultural to dog exercise area. Form parking area and erect fencing & vehicular access gates

Full Planning Application Dorset 13 Aug 2026
P/LBC/2026/04399 12 Aug 2026 Pending

Kingston House Long Street Sherborne DT9 3DB

Change of use from veterinary practice to single dwelling and carryout internal alterations

Listed Building Consent Dorset 12 Aug 2026
P/FUL/2026/04398 12 Aug 2026 Pending

Kingston House Long Street Sherborne DT9 3DB

Change of use from veterinary practice to single dwelling

Full Planning Application Dorset 12 Aug 2026
P/FUL/2026/04039 12 Aug 2026 Out To Consultation

Myskins 5 River Way Charmouth DT6 6LS

Change of use of short term holiday let to form part of the dwelling house. Erection of a single storey flat roofed extension on the existing balcony ...

Full Planning Application Dorset 12 Aug 2026
P/FUL/2026/04032 11 Aug 2026 Pending

Little Waddon Vineyard Winters Lane Waddon DT3 4ER

Change of use to site to erect 1no. mobile home to be used as a holiday let at the vineyard

Full Planning Application Dorset 11 Aug 2026
P/PAAC/2026/04362 10 Aug 2026 Out To Consultation

Lower Butterwick Farm Boys Hill Holnest DT9 5PJ

Change of use & conversion of agricultural building into 1 No. dwelling (Class C3).

Prior Approval - Agricultural to Dwelling Dorset 10 Aug 2026
P/FUL/2026/03977 10 Aug 2026 Pending

Barn adjacent to Church Farm Cottage Ruscombe Lane West Milton DT6 3SL

Alteration, extension and conversion to form a single dwelling with parking

Full Planning Application Dorset 10 Aug 2026
P/FUL/2026/03709 10 Aug 2026 Pending

Land South Of Woolcott Lane Bourton

Change of use from agriculture to community space with play area

Full Planning Application Dorset 10 Aug 2026
P/FUL/2026/04332 10 Aug 2026 Pending

Old Barn Cottage Pamphill Wimborne Dorset BH21 5BX

Change of Use from one Self Contained Holiday Let to one Self Contained Annexe ancillary to the main property of Old Barn Cottage

Full Planning Application Dorset 10 Aug 2026
P/PACD/2026/04330 10 Aug 2026 Pending

Offices 523 & 525 Ringwood Road Ferndown BH22 9AQ

To convert the rear of and upper floors from use Class E into 5 dwellings across both 523 and 525 Ringwood road.

Prior Approval - Commercial Business & Service to Dwellinghouses Dorset 10 Aug 2026
P/CLE/2026/03997 10 Aug 2026 Pending

Emmers Farm Holt Road Mannington Wimborne BH21 7JY

Use of building and associated yard/apron area as a vehicle and plant repair workshop (Sui Generis / Commercial Use).

Certificate of Lawful Use Existing Dorset 10 Aug 2026
P/FUL/2026/03899 10 Aug 2026 Pending

Millers Dairy Farm Access To Millers Farm Charborough Park

Change of use of 2 no. agricultural buildings to flexible commercial use (E(g)(iii) and B8) including works to the buildings facilitate this change. C...

Full Planning Application Dorset 10 Aug 2026
P/FUL/2026/02669 10 Aug 2026 Pending

Calves Lane Farm Calves Lane Motcombe Shaftesbury SP7 8QP

Change of use and conversion of agricultural building to form a dwelling (use class C3)

Full Planning Application Dorset 10 Aug 2026
P/FUL/2026/04286 5 Aug 2026 Out To Consultation

Vespasian House Barrack Road Dorchester DT1 1TS

Change of use of part of the existing car park to communal residential garden and erection of an ancillary wellness pavilion, together with associated...

Full Planning Application Dorset 5 Aug 2026
P/VOC/2026/04285 5 Aug 2026 Out To Consultation

Lot 2, Blandford Brewery Bournemouth Road Blandford St Mary

Convert buildings into 24 No. dwellings and erect 17 No. dwellings, form parking. (With variation of conditions 2 & 7 of planning permission P/FUL/202...

Variation of Condition Dorset 5 Aug 2026
P/VOC/2026/04255 4 Aug 2026 Out To Consultation

8 Plot 2 North Dorset Business Park Rolls Mill Way Sturminster Newton

Erection of new units for office/industrial use (B2, B8 & E (g). Formation of new vehicular access and parking spaces with variation of condition 8 of...

Variation of Condition Dorset 4 Aug 2026
P/FUL/2026/04055 4 Aug 2026 Out To Consultation

Land At E 380065 N 125760 Common Mead Lane Gillingham

Change of use from agricultural land to cemetery.

Full Planning Application Dorset 4 Aug 2026
P/FUL/2026/04011 4 Aug 2026 Out To Consultation

Unit 5 Melbury Workshops Higher Blandford Road Cann Shaftesbury SP7 0EB

Change of use from mixed use stables/residential to light industrial, general industrial & storage use classes

Full Planning Application Dorset 4 Aug 2026
P/FUL/2026/04048 3 Aug 2026 Out To Consultation

Land on the east side of 14 Teasel Way West Moors BH22 0PQ

Change of use from public open space to become part of the residential curtilage of no. 14 Teasel Way

Full Planning Application Dorset 3 Aug 2026
P/VOC/2026/04036 3 Aug 2026 Out To Consultation

Coldharbour Ship Knapp To Muddyford Lane Morcombelake DT6 6EP

Refurbishment of an existing bungalow to include formation of dormer and conversion of barns into ancillary accommodation (With variation of condition...

Variation of Condition Dorset 3 Aug 2026
P/FUL/2026/03587 31 Jul 2026 Out To Consultation

Woodland View High Street Chedington DT8 3HY

The use of an existing residential annexe as both an annexe and holiday letting accommodation

Full Planning Application Dorset 31 Jul 2026
P/FUL/2026/04199 31 Jul 2026 Out To Consultation

Outbuilding adj. No.9 Alfred Street Blandford Forum DT11 7JL

Change of use of outbuilding to residential dwelling.

Full Planning Application Dorset 31 Jul 2026
P/CLP/2026/04087 31 Jul 2026 Under Officer Consideration

Unit 79 Condor Close Woolsbridge Industrial Park Three Legged Cross BH21 6SU

Application for a Certificate of Lawfulness for a proposed use to use the site and existing building for class E(d) indoor sport other than by relianc...

Certificate of Lawful Use Proposed Dorset 31 Jul 2026
P/PAAC/2026/04100 28 Jul 2026 Out To Consultation

Himmon Copse Farm Knoll Lane Corfe Mullen BH21 3RF

Conversion of an existing agricultural building to residential

Prior Approval - Agricultural to Dwelling Dorset 28 Jul 2026
P/FUL/2026/03919 28 Jul 2026 Out To Consultation

Piddletrenthide Post Office and Stores Main Street Piddletrenthide DT2 7QF

Change of use of former Post Office and Stores, including the associated store room, to form part of the existing dwelling house (Use Class C3). No ex...

Full Planning Application Dorset 28 Jul 2026
P/LBC/2026/03975 28 Jul 2026 Out To Consultation

Church Farm Cottage Ruscombe Lane West Milton DT6 3SL

Alteration, extension and conversion to form a single dwelling with parking

Listed Building Consent Dorset 28 Jul 2026
P/FUL/2026/03687 27 Jul 2026 Out To Consultation

1 Canon Woods Close Sherborne DT9 6FD

Change of use and conversion of existing hotel to form 23 extra care apartments.

Full Planning Application Dorset 27 Jul 2026
P/FUL/2026/03917 27 Jul 2026 Out To Consultation

Grove Cottage New Road Bourton SP8 5BX

Change of use of agricultural land to residential garden

Full Planning Application Dorset 27 Jul 2026
P/FUL/2026/04025 24 Jul 2026 Out To Consultation

128 Ameysford Road Ferndown BH22 9QE

Change of use from a family annexe to an annexe for short term holiday let.

Full Planning Application Dorset 24 Jul 2026
P/VOC/2026/04012 24 Jul 2026 Out To Consultation

12A Station Road Swanage BH19 1AE

Change of use and conversion of first and second floor of 12-12a Station Road to form 1no. additional flat. Demolition of the rear storage building an...

Variation of Condition Dorset 24 Jul 2026
P/FUL/2026/03925 24 Jul 2026 Out To Consultation

Unit 18 Riverside Park Station Road Wimborne Minster BH21 1QU

Change of use of an existing commercial unit to a Yoga Studio

Full Planning Application Dorset 24 Jul 2026
P/FUL/2026/04051 23 Jul 2026 Out To Consultation

Corn Store Warren Hill Chebbard DT2 7LW

Erect extension to existing agricultural barn and alterations to form butchery

Full Planning Application Dorset 23 Jul 2026
P/FUL/2026/03361 23 Jul 2026 Out To Consultation

The Angel Inn Ringwood Road Ferndown BH22 9AP

Erect a barber pod and change of use of part of the public house car park to Class E(a)

Full Planning Application Dorset 23 Jul 2026
P/FUL/2026/03749 22 Jul 2026 Out To Consultation

Ashfield Farm Salwayash Bridport DT6 5JE

Conversion of leisure building to provide facilities for glamping pods/provision of glamping pods and extension of footpath to village

Full Planning Application Dorset 22 Jul 2026
P/CLE/2026/03026 20 Jul 2026 Out To Consultation

The Stable, Taylors Lane, Morcombelake, DT6 6ED

Use of building as independent C3 dwelling, with associated curtilage

Certificate of Lawful Use Existing Dorset 20 Jul 2026
P/PAAC/2026/03901 20 Jul 2026 Under Officer Consideration

Forest Hill Farm Rushall Lane Lytchett Matravers BH16 6AJ

Proposed conversion of existing barn into two semi-detached dwellings.

Prior Approval - Agricultural to Dwelling Dorset 20 Jul 2026
P/FUL/2026/03807 14 Jul 2026 Out To Consultation

1 The Parade Swanage BH19 1DA

Internal alterations and change of use of the first floor from fish and chip restaurant (Class E(b)) into a two-bedroom flat (Class C3)

Full Planning Application Dorset 14 Jul 2026
P/FUL/2026/03769 13 Jul 2026 Out To Consultation

Duncliffe Hall Farm Duncliffe Hall Lane Stour Row SP7 0QB

Demolition of two existing barns and a shed. Erection of 3no. dwellings with associated car ports/store & change of use of land

Full Planning Application Dorset 13 Jul 2026
P/VOC/2026/03592 13 Jul 2026 Under Officer Consideration

Natwest 23-25 Market Place Blandford Forum DT11 7AF

Subdivision of existing commercial unit into 2no. commercial units, with new doors, windows and internal alterations (With variation of condition 2 of...

Variation of Condition Dorset 13 Jul 2026
P/VOL/2026/03602 6 Jul 2026 Under Officer Consideration

20 South Street Wareham BH20 4LT

Change of Use from Class E (commercial) to a Class C3 residential 3-bedroom flat, affecting part of the ground, floor, first floor, and second floor. ...

Variation of Condition - Listed Building Consent Dorset 6 Jul 2026
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