Planning application
P/NMA/2025/07003
Former Sherborne Hotel Horsecastles Lane Sherborne DT9 6FH
Proposal
Non-material amendment - to alter the descripton of the development to enable a flexible dual use of the hotel within Classes C1 & C2; to Planning Permission No. P/VOC/2021/04284. (Erect a 24 bedroom hotel and 82 extra care (C2) apartments and 37 extra care (C2) lodges, together with communal facilities, landscaping, car parking, access and highway improvements).
As published by the council, reference P/NMA/2025/07003
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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21 Nov 2025
Received by Dorset
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7 Jan 2026
Decision issued: Withdrawn
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26 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
What withdrawal means
The process from here
The applicant withdrew this application before the council decided it, so it carries no planning weight and no fee refund is automatic. Withdrawal often follows officer feedback that a refusal was likely.
The applicant is free to submit a revised application at any time, and many withdrawn schemes return in amended form, so the site is worth watching if the proposal affected you.
About amendments applications
How this application type works
An amendment application changes a permission that already exists. Non-material amendments cover small adjustments with no wider effect, while minor material amendments, usually made by varying a condition, allow modest design changes without a fresh application. Anything beyond that needs a new permission, so the scope here is deliberately narrow.
Nearby applications
Within 500 metres
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P/FUL/2026/03687 Awaiting decision
1 Canon Woods Close Sherborne DT9 6FD
Change of use and conversion of existing hotel to form 23 extra care apartments.
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P/VOC/2023/00053 Granted
Bradfords Building Supplies Limited Barton View Business Park Sherborne DT9 4FW
Erect industrial unit, with associated car parking, yard storage, retaining boundary walls & fencing (without compliance with condition 12 of planning permission WD/D/16/001563 to allow for the ability to trade between 10:00 & 16:00 on Bank Holidays)
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P/PALH/2026/00349 Granted
23 St Marys Road Sherborne DT9 6DQ
Erect rear extension: to extend 5.50 meters beyond the rear wall of the original dwelling house: maximum height 3.5 metres: height to eaves 2.37 meters
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P/VOC/2026/02943 Awaiting decision
6 St Catherines Crescent Sherborne DT9 6DD
Erect two storey side extension and porch (Variation of Condition 2, to Planning Application P/HOU/2025/00567 to amend floor plans and elevations).
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P/HOU/2025/05118 Granted
67 Ridgeway Sherborne DT9 6DA
Erect Two Storey Side Extension with Rear Dormer Window (Demolish garage).
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P/HOU/2026/03425 Awaiting decision
High Meadows Bradford Road Sherborne DT9 6BS
Erect first floor extension and rear two storey extension
Other amendments applications
In Dorset
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P/NMA/2026/03502 Refused
Former Perryfield Works Complex Pennsylvania Road Portland DT5 1FJ
Non-material amendment to Approved P/A P/18/00883/FUL (Erect four dwellings) to re-position the existing garages and parking bays
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P/VOC/2026/04014 Awaiting decision
2 Bonvils Road Worth Matravers BH19 3LR
Erect ground floor extensions and replacement of existing shed to create garden room (with variation of Condition 2 of permission P/HOU/2026/00371 to reduce the scale of the proposal)
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P/NMA/2026/03363 Granted
Allendale House Hanham Road Wimborne Minster BH21 1AS
Non material amendment to planning permission P/FUL/2025/01489 to revise proposed bollards to the same with LED capping for increased visibility and reinstatement of extra section of walling.
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P/VOC/2026/02989 Granted
22 Kingston Close Blandford Forum DT11 7UQ
Erect first floor rear extension (With Variation of condition 2 of planning permission P/HOU/2025/01109 to amend approved plans).
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P/VOC/2026/04024 Awaiting decision
Bulbury Golf Course Bulbury Lane Lytchett Minster BH16 6HR
Erect driving range building and netting( with variation to conditions 2,4 & 6 of planning permission P/FUL/2022/04851 to revise the design for the driving range facility that substantially reduces the overall footprint and massing of the facility. The amendment seeks to reduce the scale of the built structure to eight covered bays, with ball containment instead achieved through a fully netted enclosure surrounding the hitting area, incorporating synthetic turf and net support structures at each corner, and an ancillary ball dispensing unit and a robot holding area with associated hopper.