Minster Bungalow Melbury Road Yetminster DT9 6JP

1. 3 Jul 2026

   Received by Dorset

2. 31 Jul 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

3. 13 Aug 2026

   Status changed to Under Officer Consideration

   Previously Out To Consultation.

4. Decision

   Awaiting decision

   Decision expected by 28 August 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 38 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 householder applications in a median of 53 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

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.

• Caswell Farm Common Lane Rhyme Intrinseca Sherborne Dorset DT9 6JP

  25/02273/OLAC Submitted 12 Sep 2025 0.2 miles away

  Construct solar farm (up to 40 MW) with associated (approximately) 20 MW Battery Energy Storage System (BESS); comprising the erection of solar panels mounted on frames; a 132 kV DNO Substation compound; containerised battery units; centralised inverter housing, substation building; water storage tanks; spares container; perimeter fencing with CCTV cameras and access gates. Form new vehicular access (from Cuckoo Hill Road), modify existing accesses, form access tracks and temporary construction compounds. Install underground cabling and all ancillary grid infrastructure. Carry out landscaping and associated site works.

  Decided Outline 1 doc

• P/HOU/2026/04942 Awaiting decision

  Trefellen Lodge Whitemoor Holt Wimborne BH21 7DA

  Erect two-storey front extension with loft conversion and addition of dormers

  Received 14 Sep, published by the council 15 Sep 2026 Householder
• P/HOU/2026/04882 Awaiting decision

  Stardrift Flowers Drove Lytchett Matravers BH16 6BX

  Erect a single storey detached garage.

  Received 14 Sep, published by the council 15 Sep 2026 Householder
• P/HOU/2026/04794 Awaiting decision

  Talyesin Sun Lane Morcombelake DT6 6DL

  Remove existing balcony wooden railing, install galvanised steel railing

  Received 14 Sep, published by the council 15 Sep 2026 Householder
• P/HOU/2026/04116 Granted

  6 Brackendown Avenue Weymouth DT3 6HX

  Erect balcony extension and first floor extension

  Received 10 Aug, published by the council 14 Aug 2026 Householder
• P/HOU/2026/04018 Granted

  349 Mundens Lane Alweston Sherborne DT9 5HU

  Erect extension, raise height of retaining wall, widening of vehicular access and install gates.

  Received 24 Jul, published by the council 31 Jul 2026 Householder