The Swanage School High Street Swanage BH19 2PH

1. 11 Sep 2026

   Received by Dorset

2. 22 Sep 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

3. Decision

   Awaiting decision

   Decision expected by 6 November 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.

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.

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• 431 & 433 High Street Swanage Dorset BH19 2NR

  P/FUL/2023/01302 Submitted 2 Mar 2023 150 yards away

  Demolish pair of semi-detached dwellings, erect two detached dwellings.

  Granted Full applications Demolition 24 docs

• 399 High Street Swanage BH19 2NP

  P/TRC/2026/01944 Submitted 7 Apr 2026 200 yards away

  Cordyline (Cordyline Australis) - Remove.

  Granted Trees 5 docs

• Land opposite Horizon High Street Swanage BH19 2NP

  P/TRD/2026/03072 Submitted 4 Jun 2026 200 yards away

  Ash x 4 - Fell

  Granted Trees 2 docs

• 11 Leeson Close Swanage BH19 2SR

  P/HOU/2026/02716 Submitted 18 May 2026 250 yards away

  Erect single storey rear sun room

  Granted Householder 23 docs
  Small domestic

• 12 Jubilee Road Swanage BH19 2SF

  P/CLP/2025/06894 Submitted 24 Nov 2025 350 yards away

  Lawful Development certificate for continuation of building of the Erection of a new village hall incorporating a self-contained 2 bedroom flat approved under planning permission P/FUL/2021/03705 by the digging of a trench for foundations.

  Granted Lawful development 10 docs

• 14 Bell Street Swanage BH19 2SA

  P/LBC/2026/00367 Submitted 23 Jan 2026 400 yards away

  Relaying of existing Purbeck stone roof. Changes to the modern rear elevation and replacement flat roof. New rainwater goods.

  Granted Heritage and listed buildings 15 docs

• P/FUL/2026/05392 Awaiting decision

  Ashleigh Farm Dottery Road Salwayash DT6 5HT

  Change of use from residential dwelling to short-term holiday let accommodation, including associated internal alterations & minor external modifications

  Received 7 Oct, published by the council 8 Oct 2026 Full applications
• P/FUL/2026/04413 Granted

  Lynch Farm Icen Lane Shipton Gorge DT6 4PP

  Erect a Rural Workers Dwelling.

  Received 13 Aug, published by the council 15 Aug 2026 Full applications
• P/FUL/2026/02312 Withdrawn

  1,2 & 3 Church Cottages High Street Ashmore Salisbury SP5 5AF

  Form new entrance & parking area, boundary wall to be realigned and rebuilt

  Received 25 Aug, published by the council 4 Sep 2026 Full applications
• P/FUL/2026/04384 Granted

  Lifeboat House Peveril Point Road Swanage BH19 2AY

  Install information boards. Erect courtyard stone walls (to replace sections of existing metal rail guarding). Install an Air Source Heat Pump (ASHP)

  Received 11 Aug, published by the council 15 Aug 2026 Full applications
• P/FUL/2026/02776 Granted

  Poxwell Lower Dairy Poxwell DT2 8ND

  Site 1no. mobile home for a dairy worker (to continue occupation of mobile home by an agricultural worker consented under P/FUL/2021/00157).

  Received 20 May, published by the council 31 Jul 2026 Full applications