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Dorset planning applications
9,056 applications. 93% approved. 38 days to decide.
As of September 2026, PlanIndex holds 9,056 planning applications from Dorset. 5,833 were decided in the trailing 12 months, with 93% of clear-cut outcomes approved.
Dorset takes a median of 39 days to decide a planning application, ranking 2 of 148 UK councils. See how that compares.
All applications
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P/TRC/2026/05048 Awaiting decision
Lower Bockhampton House Bockhampton Lane Lower Bockhampton DT2 8PZ
T1 Sycamore - Reduce crowns of the 3 principal stems by up to 2.5m T2 Walnut - Reduce eastern quadrant of the crown by up to 2.5m & shape in, reduce over-extended branches on the southern and western aspects to achieve a balanced crown form, remove deadwood & crown raise over the highway to provide a minimum clearance of 5.2m T3 Prunus - Remove H1 Privet - Remove (exempt) W1 Withy Bed - Re-pollard all Willows within the withy bed to their established pollard points & reduce suitable dead trees to standing monoliths, retaining habitat features where safe and practicable
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P/HOU/2026/04794 Awaiting decision
Talyesin Sun Lane Morcombelake DT6 6DL
Remove existing balcony wooden railing, install galvanised steel railing
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P/HOU/2026/04882 Awaiting decision
Stardrift Flowers Drove Lytchett Matravers BH16 6BX
Erect a single storey detached garage.
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P/VOC/2026/04960 Awaiting decision
Wardens Bungalow 20 Cluny Crescent Swanage BH19 2BS
Erect new bungalow for wardens accommodation ( with variation to condition 6 of approval 6/1989/0376/F to remove the condition relating to occupancy and ownership)
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P/FUL/2026/04864 Awaiting decision
10 Sunnyside West Lulworth BH20 5RT
Demolition of existing dwelling and erection of a replacement two-storey, three-bed detached house
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P/TRT/2026/05057 Awaiting decision
3 Lynwood Close Ferndown BH22 9TD
T1 Sweet Chestnut - Reduce the crown by 2 metres. - Remove the lowest branch.
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P/TRT/2026/05038 Awaiting decision
27 Oakwood Broadmayne DT2 8UL
T1 Prunus - Reduce entire crown by up to 1.5m back towards previous pruning points & shape
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P/TRC/2026/05053 Awaiting decision
Our Lady Of Lourdes And St Cecilia White Cliff Mill Street Blandford Forum
T1 - Beech - Fell.
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P/TRD/2026/05043 Awaiting decision
3 Burnt Barn Dorchester Road Sydling St Nicholas DT2 9NU
T1 Ash - Remove Under Regulation 14 (S198)
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P/HOU/2026/04942 Awaiting decision
Trefellen Lodge Whitemoor Holt Wimborne BH21 7DA
Erect two-storey front extension with loft conversion and addition of dormers
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P/TRC/2026/05023 Awaiting decision
Graveyard Drove Road Stourton Caundle DT10 2QH
T9 (Beech) - Crown raise to provide a minimum clearance of 2.5m above the churchyard.
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P/TRC/2026/05010 Awaiting decision
1 St Antonys Square Westbury Sherborne DT9 3QG
T1 Crab Apple - Radial overall reduction crown spread by 1.2m
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P/TRC/2026/05006 Awaiting decision
West Way West Lane Stoborough BH20 5DA
T1 Holly - Reduce height and spread by 1 metre. T2 Holly - Fell to ground level. T3 Apple - Reduce canopy by 2 metres. T4 Burburus - Fell. T5 Lawson Cypress - Fell. T6g Various species - Reduce height and spread by 1 metre. T7 Blackthorn - Fell to ground level.
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P/TRD/2026/05002 Granted
Wrigglebank Mill Lane Chetnole DT9 6PB
T1 Ash - Remove Under Regulation 14 (S198)
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P/TRC/2026/05022 Awaiting decision
St Peters Church Drove Close Stourton Caundle DT10 2QH
T1 & T2 (Yew) - Crown raise to provide a minimum clearance of 2.5m above the churchyard. Prune to achieve a minimum clearance of 1.5m from the war memorial and a minimum highway clearance of 5.5m above the adjacent road (5.2m statutory clearance plus allowance for future regrowth). Undertake selective crown pruning to provide and maintain a minimum clearance of 1m from the stone boundary walls. T3 (Magnolia) - Remove epicormic growth from the lower stem and crown raise to provide a clearance of approximately 2.2-2.5m above ground level to facilitate pedestrian access beneath the canopy.
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P/TRC/2026/05009 Awaiting decision
The Pageant, Flat 1 South Street Sherborne DT9 3LR
T1 Alder - Height reduction by 3m & trim quadrant on the dwelling side by 2m T2 Alder - Height reduction by 2m & trim quadrant on the dwelling side and over parking area by 1.5m
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P/TRC/2026/05007 Awaiting decision
6 Cobbs Road Colehill BH21 2RL
T1 Goat Willow - Fell to ground level.
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P/TRD/2026/05016 Granted
Wood Adjacent to Rose Hill Silver Street Lyme regis
T1 Lime - Pollard above split limb under Regulation 14 (S198)
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P/FUL/2026/04922 Awaiting decision
Office Premises Pig Oak Farm Holt Lane Holt
Change of use from office (Class E) to Dwellinghouse (Class C3) to include demolition of existing link
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P/FUL/2026/04949 Awaiting decision
Brickfield House New Road Gillingham SP8 4JL
Erect 2 no. dwellings with associated works (demolish existing dwelling)
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P/LBC/2026/04696 Awaiting decision
Whetley Farm Main Road Mosterton DT8 3HE
Remove and rebuild external partition wall
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P/TRT/2026/04898 Awaiting decision
11 Whitfield Park Ashley Heath BH24 2DX
Oak - Reduce the branch overhanging the roof of the neighbouring property (7 Strode Gardens) back to the boundary line.
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P/HOU/2026/04993 Awaiting decision
Gore House Gore Lane Bridport DT6 3JE
Erect single storey side garden room
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P/TRC/2026/04894 Awaiting decision
The Castle Inn 63 East Street Corfe Castle BH20 5EE
T1 Ash (fraxinus excelsior) - Selectively prune/remove 2x low branches on the western aspect to create a 4-metre clearance from ground.
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P/TRC/2026/04991 Awaiting decision
46 Prince Of Wales Road Dorchester DT1 1PP
T1 Eucalyptus - Remove poorly attached limbs from historic pruning points removing up to 5m of hight and spread, shorten branches to suitable growth points.
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P/LBC/2026/03854 Awaiting decision
Woodcock Farm Access Road To Woodcock Farm Chedington DT8 3JA
Alteration works to form a utility room and boot room from the existing kitchen; form a new opening to rear hall to form a wet room; install a new wood burning stove; install a new partition wall to form a study; erect a verandah to the rear; install a new woodburning stove to first floor bedroom; alterations to first floor bathroom; alterations to first floor en-suite bathroom; install 1No. conservation rooflight to first floor en-suite bathroom; enlarge 2No. existing rooflights to bedroom 4; reconstruct existing external staircase and landing
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P/TRC/2026/04987 Awaiting decision
Hillside Camp Lane Tarrant Monkton DT11 8RU
Beech - Reduce to hedge height as per annotated photograph.
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P/TRC/2026/04983 Awaiting decision
Mulberry The Moor Puddletown DT2 8TE
T1 Sycamore - Remove
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P/FUL/2026/04806 Awaiting decision
Broad Road Farm Beaminster Road Bridport DT6 3TS
Erect conservatory for use as additional restaurant/bar space
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P/HOU/2026/04992 Awaiting decision
Fairways East Cliff West Bay Bridport DT6 4EP
Single storey extension to front of the property and replacement external steps
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P/HOU/2026/04211 Awaiting decision
Bridge Acre Road To Uploders Uploders DT6 4PF
Construction of a low-impact timber boardwalk through the garden, providing access to a semi-circular deck.
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P/HOU/2026/04976 Awaiting decision
Newlands Arne Road Ridge Wareham BH20 5BH
Proposed Alterations and Extensions
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P/HOU/2026/05014 Awaiting decision
64 Casterbridge Road Dorchester DT1 2AG
Erect single-storey rear/side extension with roof lantern. (Demolish Conservatory)
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P/TRC/2026/04903 Awaiting decision
Halfpenny Thatch The Cross Shillingstone DT11 0SP
T1 - Sorbus - Remove epicormic growth and reduce branches by up to 1m from tips to tidy and reshape crown to achieve a balanced crown.
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P/FUL/2026/04732 Awaiting decision
Incombe Head Blandford Road Melbury Abbas SP7 0LZ
Erection of extension to existing store building
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P/TRC/2026/04995 Awaiting decision
Land At Stour Meadows Stour Park Blandford St Mary
T1 - Willow - Coppice to ground level. T2 - Willow - Coppice to ground level. T3 - Alder - Remove. T4 - Remove failed willow stem that has re-shooted vertically. T5 - No works. T6 - Willow - Coppice to ground level.
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P/HOU/2026/03853 Awaiting decision
Woodcock Farm Access Road To Woodcock Farm Chedington DT8 3JA
Alteration works to form a utility room and boot room from the existing kitchen; install a new wood burning stove; erect a verandah to the rear; install a new woodburning stove to first floor bedroom; install 1No. conservation rooflight to first floor en-suite bathroom; enlarge 2No. existing rooflights to bedroom 4; reconstruct existing external staircase and landing
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P/TRC/2026/04999 Awaiting decision
2 Charlton Manor Charlton Marshall DT11 9NY
T1 - Conifer - Fell to ground level.
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P/FUL/2026/04826 Awaiting decision
Dayspring Nurseries Quarr Cross To Veseys Hole Hill - Lane Buckhorn Weston SP8 5PA
Change of Use from Agricultural to Domestic Use and Erection of Garage/Workshop with Home Office/Storage
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P/FUL/2026/04637 Awaiting decision
Downacres Rampisham Down Rampisham DT2 0HT
Demolition of existing dwelling; erection of replacement dwelling and outbuilding
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P/LBC/2026/04707 Awaiting decision
21 Market Place Blandford Forum DT11 7AF
Carry out internal and external alterations including installation of air conditioning condensers
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P/TRT/2026/04957 Awaiting decision
Olympia Heights Greenhill Weymouth DT4 7AG
T1 & T2 Poplar - Reduce entirely by up to 4m & shape, remove epic growth, remove branches with squirrel damage & remove deadwood
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P/TRC/2026/04973 Awaiting decision
Candys High Street Stalbridge DT10 2LH
T1 - Plum - Reduce 2x stems down to 1ft above the wall as per annotated photograph.
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P/TRC/2026/04588 Awaiting decision
Hanover Court Hogshill Street Beaminster DT8 3LR
Holm Oak - Reduce by 2m overall Plum - Reduce by 1.5m overall
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P/FUL/2026/04722 Awaiting decision
Currendon Farm Currendon Hill Swanage
Installation of ground mounted solar PV array
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P/TRT/2026/04962 Awaiting decision
16 Paddock Close St Leonards And St Ives BH24 2LD
T1 English Oak - Remove the lowest x2 pendulous branches back to point of origin. - Reduce all lateral growth only growing towards the property by no more than 1.5 metres from the tips inward from the longest branch ends.
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P/FUL/2026/04596 Awaiting decision
New Dwelling Land at Island Garden Nursery Church Street Weymouth
Erect a detached dwelling with on site car parking.
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P/HOU/2026/04661 Awaiting decision
11 Priory Gardens Spetisbury DT11 9DS
Install a first floor dormer window to create additional accommodation, with roof lights and covered balcony. Erect a rear balcony. Insert new window in rear of garage.
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P/TRT/2026/04964 Awaiting decision
The Pines 6A Windsor Close St Leonards And St Ives BH24 2LJ
T1 Scots Pine - Fell to ground level.
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P/TRC/2026/04979 Awaiting decision
Turnworth Farm Turnworth Village Road Turnworth DT11 0EE
T1 - Lime - Reduce height by 3m, reduce primary limb on west side and east side as per annotated photograph.
Recent decisions
Data to September 2026
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P/VOC/2026/04933 Decided
Meadow Barn Care Farm Ash Lane Salwayash DT6 5JA
Siting of a temporary rural worker's dwelling, erect extension to existing barn and change of use of land and buildings to a mixed use of agriculture and community education facility (with variation of condition 4 of planning application P/FUL/2022/06870 to extend the term of temporary consent)
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P/TRT/2026/04487 Granted
Sandford House Sandford Drive Sandford BH20 7DH
T1 Scots Pine - Fell (leave as a 9-metre monolith just above cavity) (amended description of works).
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P/FUL/2026/01894 Granted
13 The Esplanade Weymouth DT4 8EB
Removal of existing upper floor window and enlargement of opening in order to add new french doors giving access onto a new balcony area formed upon the existing bay window roof.
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P/LBC/2026/01893 Granted
13 The Esplanade Weymouth DT4 8EB
Internal and external alteration to facilitate the removal of existing upper floor window and enlargement of opening in order to add new french doors giving access onto a new balcony area formed upon the existing bay window roof
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P/CLP/2026/03839 Granted
Winton Lodge Station Road Verwood BH31 7PU
Proposed single storey side extension
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P/LBC/2026/03144 Granted
The Manor House The Manor Church Of The Holy Rood Junction To Junction Locketts Lane Buckland Newton DT2 7BX
Erect single storey rear extension and erect single storey extension in courtyard. Replace windows and doors in courtyard.
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P/LBC/2026/04016 Granted
Denzil Cottage Dean Lane Sixpenny Handley SP5 5PA
Replacement of timber windows
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P/FUL/2026/04051 Granted
Corn Store Warren Hill Chebbard DT2 7LW
Erect extension to existing agricultural barn and alterations to form butchery
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P/LBC/2026/03906 Granted
14A Great George Street Weymouth DT4 7AR
Demolition of boundary wall and existing garage and erection of replacement garage with first-floor storage
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P/FUL/2025/05537 Granted
Cloverleaf Farm Yellow Lane Loders DT6 3RY
Use of land for the siting of 1no. temporary agricultural workers dwelling
The full record
Decisions between 2014 and 2026
PlanIndex holds 8,093 decisions from Dorset between 2014 and 2026, part of 9,056 applications on record. Over that period 92% of clear-cut outcomes were approvals, 6,823 granted against 595 refused. The busiest single year was 2026, with 4,293 applications recorded.
The trailing-year figures above track current activity. This record reaches back further, so a decision here may predate the online portal; each application still has its own page with the source link.
From the archive
Earliest records shown in full
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Note/2014/0005 Decided
21 Argyle Road, Swanage, BH19 1QZ
Prior Approval of a Proposed Larger Home Extension - Site is in Article 1(5) land - Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
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TWA/2017/005 Refused
1 Oxborrow Close, Upton, BH16 5DQ
(T1) English oak - prune back by up to 2m over driveway, remove dead and broken branches - The District of Purbeck (23 and 17 Dorchester Road, Upton) TPO 2005 (Ref.TPO 317)
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P/FUL/2022/01931 At appeal
The Croft Burts Lane Mannington Wimborne BH21 7JX
Retain and convert an unauthorised building to stables; retain adjacent hardstanding and extend hardstanding. (Resubmission of refused P/A 3/21/1245/FUL)
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P/STA/2022/05690 Decided
Seaborough Court Seaborough Court Access Seaborough Beaminster DT8 3QY
Section 37 - Upgrade Overhead electric line
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P/TRC/2022/07637 Withdrawn
Lynchets Mill Street Fontmell Magna SP7 0NU
H1/H2 - Conifers x36 and Beech x7 - Fell to low stumps. One beech to remain and allowed to grow into a specimen tree. T3 - Conifer - Fell to low stump. H4/H5 - Conifers x8 and Beech x13 - Fell conifer hedge to low stumps and reduce beech hedge by up to 6m and reduce back overbearing limbs by up to 3m from neighbouring building. G6 - Scots Pine x2 - Fell to low stumps as they have grown thin and tall and therefore will not grow into stable specimens. T7 - Beech - Remove main limb growing over road and through utility lines. T8 - Acacia - Remove limb growing into utility lines. T9 - Conifer - Fell to low stump due to proximity to main residence.
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P/LBC/2022/05231 Granted
Homelands Church Hill Verwood BH31 6HT
New Door on lean-to, block up existing door to lean-to, removal of window on lean-to, insulate single skin block work to lean-to, lower boiler flue by 200mm, install wood burner , underfloor heating to lean-to.
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P/FUL/2022/07802 Withdrawn
Peveril Heights Swanage BH19 2AZ
Proposed recycling bins store to serve existing apartments and signpost
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P/LBC/2022/06743 Withdrawn
Packway Ware Lane Lyme Regis DT7 3EL
Relocate ground floor bathroom facilities to alcoves at rear and return room to living space. Extend height of alcoves and fit shower and toilet facilities. Form openings in existing pantry partitions to create a kitchen/dining/living area and replace a recent casement in west wall with a sliding sash window. Relocate existing external soil and waste pipes on west elevation to concealed positions internally. Repairs to copings and flashings on main roof and redecorations internally and externally
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P/TRC/2023/00541 Granted
Pump House St James Park Higher Street Bradpole Bridport DT6 3HZ
T1 Lawson Cypress - Fell - safety concerns T2 Oak - Canopy lift & reduce crown by 1.5m (cut size 10cm) T3 Conifer - Remove lower canopy near seating area
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P/LBC/2022/04554 Withdrawn
Broadwindsor Stores The Square Broadwindsor Dorset DT8 3QD
Internal and external alterations to facilitate fire and access separation of existing retail and residential uses; Rectification of collapsed external drainage systems; Repair and upgrade of shop area meet to current regulations; Conservative repair of existing shop-front; Repairs to and levelling of distressed first floor structure Adjustments to room uses in first floor flat; Removal of cement render to base of shopfront, original brick elevation to Back Lane, and rear courtyard rubble stone walling; Replacement of UPVC windows with timber casement windows
Decision speed
12 months to September 2026, where both dates are published
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Within 8 weeks the statutory target for most applications 4,768 82%
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8 to 13 weeks the target band for major development 651 11%
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Over 13 weeks often extended by agreement 413 7%
Browse by ward
Applications by ward in Dorset
- Beacon Ward 313
- Beaminster Ward 127
- Blackmore Vale Ward 157
- Blandford Ward 179
- Bridport Ward 258
- Bridport Ward (old number) 33
- Chalk Valleys Ward 254
- Charminster St. Mary's Ward 153
- Chesil Bank Ward 216
- Chesil Bank Ward (old number) 25
- Chickerell Ward 75
- Colehill and Wimborne Minster East Ward 232
- Corfe Mullen Ward 171
- Cranborne and Alderholt Ward 137
- Cranborne Chase Ward 145
- Crossways Ward 116
- Dorchester East Ward 119
- Dorchester West Ward 167
- Eggardon Ward 176
- Eggardon Ward (old number) 27
- Ferndown North Ward 233
- Ferndown South Ward 212
- Gillingham Ward 316
- Hill Forts and Upper Tarrants Ward 181
- Littlemoor and Preston Ward 134
- Lyme and Charmouth Ward 179
- Lytchett Matravers and Upton Ward 256
- Marshwood Vale Ward 172
- Marshwood Vale Ward (old number) 36
- Melcombe Regis Ward 115
- Portland Ward 139
- Puddletown and Lower Winterborne Ward 166
- Radipole Ward 117
- Rodwell and Wyke Ward 177
- Shaftesbury Town Ward 172
- Sherborne East Ward 131
- Sherborne Rural Ward 167
- Sherborne West Ward 84
- South East Purbeck Ward 244
- St. Leonards and St. Ives Ward 348
- Stalbridge and Marnhull Ward 147
- Stour and Allen Vale Ward 191
- Sturminster Newton Ward 85
- Swanage Ward 167
- Upwey and Broadwey Ward 107
- Verwood Ward 222
- Wareham Ward 266
- West Moors and Three Legged Cross Ward 140
- West Parley Ward 131
- West Purbeck Ward 279
- Westham Ward 36
- Wimborne Minster Ward 159
- Winterborne and Broadmayne Ward 117
- Winterborne North Ward 81
- Yetminster Ward 204
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Common questions
How many planning applications does Dorset decide?
In the 12 months to September 2026, Dorset decided 5833 planning applications. 93% of clear-cut outcomes were approvals.
How long does a planning decision take in Dorset?
The median time from a planning application being received to a decision was 38 days over the 12 months to September 2026. Individual cases vary with complexity and consultation responses.
How many Dorset decisions arrive within the eight week target?
Of the 5832 decisions in the 12 months to September 2026 where both dates are published, 82% came within eight weeks of the application being received, and 93% within thirteen weeks.
How many planning applications has Dorset decided in total?
PlanIndex holds 8093 decisions from Dorset between 2014 and 2026, out of 9,056 applications on record. Across that whole period 92% of clear-cut outcomes were approvals.
When is planning activity busiest in Dorset?
October 2025 was the busiest month across the 12 months to September 2026, with 572 applications recorded. The monthly pattern is listed on this page.
How do I find a planning application by its reference number?
Every application indexed here has its own page at a stable address. Look the reference up in a search engine together with the council name, or browse the latest applications below. Each page shows the description, address, dates and decision as the council published them.
Where can I see the full documents for an application?
Plans, drawings and officer reports stay on Dorset's own planning portal. Every application page here links straight to the source record.
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Dorset: 9,056 planning applications on record as of September 2026. Trailing 12 months: 5,833 decided, 93% approved, median 38 days to a decision. 6,191 new applications received in the same period. Decisions on record run between 2014 and 2026: 8,093 in total, 92% approved. Source: PlanIndex, planindex.co.uk.