Vespasian House Barrack Road Dorchester DT1 1TS

This site has had 4 applications since 2024: 3 approved, 0 refused.

• P/PACD/2026/01537 Granted

  Vespasian House Barrack Road Dorchester DT1 1TS

  Change of use & conversion from offices (Class E) to 34no. dwellings (Class C3) including amenity spaces ancillary to the dwellinghouses

  Decided 6 May 2026 Prior approval
• P/VOC/2025/07568 Granted

  Vespasian House Barrack Road Dorchester DT1 1TS

  External alterations including the installation of balconies and doors (with variation to Condition No. 2 of Planning Permission No. P/FUL/2024/05819 to amend the approved plans).

  Decided 12 Feb 2026 Amendments
• P/FUL/2024/05819 Granted

  Vespasian House Barrack Road Dorchester DT1 1TS

  External alterations including the installation of balconies and doors.

  Decided 3 Dec 2024 Full applications

1. 5 Aug 2026

   Received by Dorset

2. 14 Aug 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

3. 22 Sep 2026

   Status changed to Under Officer Consideration

   Previously Out To Consultation.

4. Decision

   Awaiting decision

   Decision expected by 30 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.

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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• Vespasian House Barrack Road Dorchester DT1 1TS

  P/FUL/2024/05819 Submitted 21 Oct 2024 50 yards away

  External alterations including the installation of balconies and doors.

  Granted Full applications 30 docs

• Vespasian House Barrack Road Dorchester DT1 1TS

  P/VOC/2025/07568 Submitted 19 Dec 2025 50 yards away

  External alterations including the installation of balconies and doors (with variation to Condition No. 2 of Planning Permission No. P/FUL/2024/05819 to amend the approved plans).

  Granted Amendments 13 docs

• Vespasian House Barrack Road Dorchester DT1 1TS

  P/PACD/2026/01537 Submitted 18 Mar 2026 50 yards away

  Change of use & conversion from offices (Class E) to 34no. dwellings (Class C3) including amenity spaces ancillary to the dwellinghouses

  Granted Prior approval 19 docs
  Major scheme

• The Quartermaster Stores Barrack Road Dorchester DT1 1RN

  P/TRC/2026/04514 Submitted 18 Aug 2026 100 yards away

  T1 Norway Maple - Remove smaller primary branch growing from within the main union, crown raise to 4m & selective crown reduction of up to 1.5m T3 Sycamore - Remove dead lower branch

  Granted Trees 6 docs

• The Little Keep Barrack Road Dorchester Dorset DT1 1SQ

  P/LBC/2022/04251 Submitted 30 Aug 2022 100 yards away

  Works to the Orderly room only. Remove existing end grain wood block flooring and bitumen base. Lay new DPM and limecrete base supply and lay new end grain wood blocks to match removed blocks.

  Granted Heritage and listed buildings 8 docs

• 31 Cornwall Road Dorchester DT1 1RY

  P/TRC/2026/01268 Submitted 5 Mar 2026 150 yards away

  T1 Birch - Fell

  Granted Trees 5 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