Planning application
Cranborne Lodge Castle Street Cranborne BH21 5PZ
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Change of use of Cranborne Lodge from a single C3 dwellinghouse and restaurant (with bar and ancillary staff flat) to a C1 hotel.
As published by the council, reference P/FUL/2025/06554
Application record
- Reference
- P/FUL/2025/06554
- Type
- Full Planning Application
- Status
- Under Officer Consideration
- Received
- 4 Nov 2025
- Validated
- 4 Nov 2025
- Ward
- Cranborne and Alderholt Ward
- Parish
- Cranborne
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- BH21 5PZ
Site history
Applications at this address on the Dorset register
This site has had 3 applications since 2025: 1 approved, 0 refused.
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P/LBC/2025/06573 Awaiting decision
Cranborne Lodge Castle Street Cranborne BH21 5PZ
Change of use of Cranborne Lodge from a single C3 dwellinghouse and restaurant (with bar and ancillary staff flat) to a C1 hotel and the retention of 11 fire doors.
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P/TRC/2025/05272 Granted
Cranborne Lodge Castle Street Cranborne BH21 5PZ
T1 Beech: Crown lift by up to 2 metres over the road. T2 Beech: Crown lift by up to 2 metres over the road. T3 Beech: Crown lift by up to 2 metres over the road. T5 Beech: Crown lift by up to 2 metres over the road. T4 Sycamore: Crown lift by up to 2 metres over the road.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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4 Nov 2025
Received by Dorset
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26 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 30 December 2025, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
Dorset took a median of 39 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
24 documents on file for this application
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Cranborne Lodge Castle Street Cranborne BH21 5PZ
95% historically approved · decision due ~30 Dec
Change of use of Cranborne Lodge from a single C3 dwellinghouse and restaurant (with bar and ancillary staff flat) to a C1 hotel and the retention of 11 fire doors.
Awaiting decision Heritage and listed buildings 20 docsDomestic -
Cranborne Lodge Castle Street Cranborne BH21 5PZ
T1 Beech: Crown lift by up to 2 metres over the road. T2 Beech: Crown lift by up to 2 metres over the road. T3 Beech: Crown lift by up to 2 metres over the road. T5 Beech: Crown lift by up to 2 metres over the road. T4 Sycamore: Crown lift by up to 2 metres over the road.
Granted Trees 5 docs -
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Cecil Memorial Hall Water Street Cranborne BH21 5QB
T1 Lime - Fell. T2 Sycamore - Fell. T3 Sycamore - Fell. T4 Sycamore x7 - Fell.
Granted Trees 3 docs -
12 Water Street Cranborne BH21 5QB
Remedial work and refurbishment of the property. Remove modern materials from the building to enhance vapour permeability and improve the appearance including cementitious mortar pointing and uPVC guttering. Replace decayed windows and reinstate an original window to the north elevation gable.
Granted Heritage and listed buildings Windows or glazing 29 docs -
12 Water Street Cranborne BH21 5QB
Reinstatement of first floor bedroom window to North elevation of property
Granted Householder Windows or glazing 12 docsDomestic
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