Planning application
Candys Newsagents Market Place Sturminster Newton DT10 1AS
Works: New dwelling Several homes
Read from the description, not a valuation. How we read the register
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Change of use & conversion of part of retail floor space and existing residential floor space to 3no. flats and 2no. dwellings. Retention of existing retail unit.
As published by the council, reference P/FUL/2025/06230
Application record
- Reference
- P/FUL/2025/06230
- Type
- Full Planning Application
- Status
- Application Approved
- Decision
- Granted
- Received
- 27 Oct 2025
- Validated
- 27 Oct 2025
- Decided
- 12 Dec 2025
- Ward
- Sturminster Newton Ward
- Parish
- Sturminster Newton
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- DT10 1AS
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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27 Oct 2025
Received by Dorset
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12 Dec 2025
Decision issued: Granted
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11 Aug 2026
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Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
23 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Dorset granted permission on 12 December 2025, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.
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