Planning application
8 Upper School Lane Blandford St Mary Blandford Forum DT11 9QG
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Convert garage to habitable accommodation
As published by the council, reference P/HOU/2026/00434
Application record
- Reference
- P/HOU/2026/00434
- Type
- Householder Planning Permission
- Status
- Application Approved
- Decision
- Granted
- Received
- 2 Feb 2026
- Validated
- 2 Feb 2026
- Decided
- 20 Mar 2026
- Ward
- Winterborne North Ward
- Parish
- Blandford St. Mary
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- DT11 9QG
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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2 Feb 2026
Received by Dorset
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20 Mar 2026
Decision issued: Granted
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11 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
14 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Dorset granted permission on 20 March 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.
About householder applications
Householder applications cover work to an existing house and its garden, such as extensions, lofts and outbuildings, and cannot create a separate dwelling or change what the building is used for. More in our guide to planning application types.
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Land Between 9 And 11 Upper School Lane Blandford St Mary
G1 - 14 x Beech - Remove hanging limb - 1st tree on SE end of tree line. Likely more hangers within group. Remove any found during works. · Ivy band at base · Remove major deadwood - Throughout line of trees (x 14 tree) · Crown Reduction of up to 5 meters height and up to 3m lateral spread. Reducing back to sound wood where rot is evident from historic pruning (maximum pruning cut 100mm diameter). NOTE: The reduction amount in meters is not the target (topping is not the aim). 5 meters is the maximum amount to be removed, consideration MUST be made to allow natural flowing lines with target pruning to encourage regrowth.
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Split decision Trees 4 docsSmall domestic -
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Granted Trees 10 docs -
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