29-31 Dorchester Road Upton BH16 5NJ

1. 11 Feb 2025

   Received by Dorset

2. 31 Jul 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

3. 3 Sep 2026

   Status changed to Out To Consultation

   Previously Under Officer Consideration.

4. 15 Sep 2026

   Status changed to Under Officer Consideration

   Previously Out To Consultation.

5. Decision

   Awaiting decision

   Decision expected by 8 April 2025, 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.

This application is with Dorset for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Dorset decided outline applications in a median of 59 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

An outline application tests the principle of developing a site, holding back details such as appearance and landscaping as reserved matters for later approval. More in our guide to planning application types.

• 27 Dorchester Road Upton BH16 5NL

  P/OUT/2026/01057 Submitted 18 Mar 2026 50 yards away

  57% historically approved · decision due ~13 May

  Demolish existing garage and erect a replacement, sever plot and erect 3no houses with shared vehicular access to determine access, appearance, layout and scale

  Awaiting decision Outline Demolition 46 docs
  Several homes

• 1 Oxborrow Close, Upton, BH16 5DQ

  TWA/2017/005 Submitted 9 Jan 2017 100 yards away

  (T1) English oak - prune back by up to 2m over driveway, remove dead and broken branches - The District of Purbeck (23 and 17 Dorchester Road, Upton) TPO 2005 (Ref.TPO 317)

  Refused Trees 1 doc

• 2 Moorland Parade Upton Poole BH16 5JS

  P/HABR/2025/06913 Submitted 18 Nov 2025 100 yards away

  92% historically approved · decision due ~13 Jan

  Regulation 77 application to ensure compliance with Regulation 3 of the General Permitted Development Order, in relation to prior approval reference number P/PACD/2025/02618 - change of use of former ground floor shop to a residential dwelling (1x1 bedroom)

  Awaiting decision 4 docs
  Domestic

• 1 Orchard Gardens Upton BH16 5FB

  P/TRT/2025/04909 Submitted 18 Aug 2025 100 yards away

  T1 Oak: Reduce over-extended limbs on west side to inside boundary line (or as close to) to suitable pruning points.

  Split decision Trees 4 docs

• 6 Moorland Parade Upton BH16 5JS

  P/PACD/2026/01471 Submitted 18 Mar 2026 100 yards away

  Conversion of Existing Veterinary Practice to 2No Residential Units

  Refused Prior approval 13 docs

• 6 Moorland Parade Upton BH16 5JS

  P/PAMF/2025/06768 Submitted 12 Nov 2025 100 yards away

  Partial Conversion of Existing Veterinary Practice to 2No Residential Units

  Refused Prior approval 12 docs

• P/ESC/2026/05490 Awaiting decision

  Portesham Water Treatment Centre Portesham Hill Portesham

  Improvement works to existing water treatment centre

  Received 2 Oct, published by the council 8 Oct 2026 Outline
• P/ESC/2026/05607 Awaiting decision

  Redlands Farm Dorchester Road Weymouth

  Request for EIA Screening Opinion under the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017 for the proposed residential development on land at Redlands Farm, Dorchester Road in Weymouth, for a Screening opinion in accordance with regulation 5 (1) of the Town and Country Planning

  Received 1 Oct, published by the council 8 Oct 2026 Outline
• P/PIP/2026/04978 Withdrawn

  Land adjoining Brickyard Cottage Owermoigne DT2 8HS

  Erect 1 no. dwelling & garage

  Received 16 Sep, published by the council 2 Oct 2026 Outline
• P/OUT/2026/04860 Awaiting decision

  85 Church Road Three Legged Cross BH21 6RQ

  Remove existing caravan and erect a new dwelling

  Received 28 Sep, published by the council 8 Oct 2026 Outline
• P/PIP/2026/04574 Granted

  The Retreat Hewletts Drove Rivers Corner DT10 2AE

  Erect 1no. dwellinghouse

  Received 20 Aug, published by the council 28 Aug 2026 Outline