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
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.
As published by the council, reference P/LBC/2026/04546
Application record
- Reference
- P/LBC/2026/04546
- Type
- Listed Building Consent
- Status
- Under Officer Consideration
- 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/HOU/2026/04545 Awaiting decision
Forge Cottage 16 Main Road Tolpuddle Dorchester DT2 7EW
Conversion of washroom to office, erect garden room, erect Pergola, installation of solar panels, reinstate pitch roof with slate tiles and external alterations.
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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3 Oct 2026
Status changed to Under Officer Consideration
Previously Out To Consultation.
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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 39 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
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Open the documentsWhat happens while it is decided
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