Planning application
Unit 5 Melbury Workshops Higher Blandford Road Cann Shaftesbury SP7 0EB
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Change of use from mixed use stables/residential to light industrial, general industrial & storage use classes
As published by the council, reference P/FUL/2026/04011
Application record
- Reference
- P/FUL/2026/04011
- Type
- Full Planning Application
- Status
- Application Approved
- Decision
- Granted
- Received
- 4 Aug 2026
- Validated
- 4 Aug 2026
- Decided
- 17 Sep 2026
- Ward
- Beacon Ward
- Parish
- Cann
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- SP7 0EB
Site history
Applications at this address on the Dorset register
This site has had 2 applications since 2026: 1 approved, 0 refused.
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P/CLE/2026/03124 Withdrawn
Unit 5 Melbury Workshops Higher Blandford Road Cann Shaftesbury SP7 0EB
Certificate of lawfulness to continue the use of the unit as industrial (class E(g)(iii)) and storage (B8) business unit)
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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4 Aug 2026
Received by Dorset
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11 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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3 Sep 2026
Status changed to Under Officer Consideration
Previously Out To Consultation.
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17 Sep 2026
Decision issued: Granted
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
12 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Dorset granted permission on 17 September 2026, 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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