Planning application
Forge Cottage 16 Main Road Tolpuddle Dorchester DT2 7EW
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Conversion of washroom to office, erect garden room, erect Pergola, installation of solar panels, reinstate pitch roof with slate tiles and external alterations.
As published by the council, reference P/HOU/2026/04545
Application record
- Reference
- P/HOU/2026/04545
- Type
- Householder Planning Permission
- Status
- Out To Consultation
- Received
- 21 Aug 2026
- Validated
- 21 Aug 2026
- Ward
- Puddletown and Lower Winterborne Ward
- Parish
- Burleston and Tolpuddle
- Postcode
- DT2 7EW
Site history
Applications at this address on the Dorset register
This site has had 2 applications since 2026.
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P/LBC/2026/04546 Awaiting decision
Forge Cottage 16 Main Road Tolpuddle Dorchester DT2 7EW
Reinstatement of historically evidenced features and undertake sympathetic repairs and alterations. Conversion of washroom to office, erect garden room, erect Pergola, installation of solar panels, reinstate pitch roof with slate tiles.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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21 Aug 2026
Received by Dorset
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26 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 16 October 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 37 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
11 documents on file for this application
A planning file usually holds the application form, drawings and site plans, consultee responses, the officer's report and the decision notice.
Trade members open them from here.
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 householder applications in a median of 53 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
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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Forge Cottage 16 Main Road Tolpuddle Dorchester DT2 7EW
95% historically approved · decision due ~16 Oct
Reinstatement of historically evidenced features and undertake sympathetic repairs and alterations. Conversion of washroom to office, erect garden room, erect Pergola, installation of solar panels, reinstate pitch roof with slate tiles.
Awaiting decision Heritage and listed buildings 10 docs -
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Decided Trees 5 docs -
1 Streamside Main Road Tolpuddle DT2 7FD
T1 & T2 Beech - Fell T3 Hazel - Reduce crown by 1.8m overall
Decided Trees 7 docs -
1 Streamside Main Road Tolpuddle DT2 7FD
T1 Hazel & Beech Stand - Crown reduction in height & spread as per annotated photo submitted
Withdrawn Trees 8 docs -
6 Central Farm Lane Tolpuddle DT2 7FB
94% historically approved · decision due ~12 Oct
T1 Cherry - Reduce canopy by 2.5m overall T2 Crab Apple - Reduce canopy by 1m overall
Awaiting decision Trees 3 docs
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