Planning application
Land At E 380065 N 125760 Common Mead Lane Gillingham
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Change of use from agricultural land to cemetery.
As published by the council, reference P/FUL/2026/04055
Application record
- Reference
- P/FUL/2026/04055
- Type
- Full Planning Application
- Status
- Out To Consultation
- Received
- 4 Aug 2026
- Validated
- 4 Aug 2026
- Ward
- Gillingham Ward
- Parish
- Gillingham
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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9 Sep 2026
Status changed to Under Officer Consideration
Previously Out To Consultation.
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3 Oct 2026
Status changed to Out To Consultation
Previously Under Officer Consideration.
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 29 September 2026, 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
31 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat happens while it is decided
This application is with Dorset for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Dorset decided full applications in a median of 71 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
About full applications
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