Barn Higher Blandford Road Cann

1. 16 Mar 2026

   Received by Dorset

2. 7 May 2026

   Decision issued: Prior Approval Granted

3. 11 Aug 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

Dorset granted permission on 7 May 2026, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.

Prior approval applies where permitted development rights already grant the principle of the work, leaving the council only the specific matters the rules name, commonly within 56 days. More in our guide to planning application types.

• Southbank Farm Higher Blandford Road Cann SP7 0EE

  P/CLE/2026/03617 Submitted 2 Jul 2026 90m away

  Use of existing dwelling without compliance with condition 1 of planning permission P/CLE/2022/04672 (i.e. without compliance with agricultural occupation limitation)

  Refused Lawful development 6 docs
  Domestic

• Unit 5 Melbury Workshops Higher Blandford Road Cann Shaftesbury SP7 0EB

  P/CLE/2026/03124 Submitted 17 Jun 2026 163m away

  Certificate of lawfulness to continue the use of the unit as industrial (class E(g)(iii)) and storage (B8) business unit)

  Withdrawn Lawful development 3 docs

• Unit 5 Melbury Workshops Higher Blandford Road Cann Shaftesbury SP7 0EB

  P/FUL/2026/04011 Submitted 4 Aug 2026 180m away

  85% historically approved · decision due ~29 Sep

  Change of use from mixed use stables/residential to light industrial, general industrial & storage use classes

  Awaiting decision Full applications 10 docs

• Melbury Workshops Higher Blandford Road Cann SP7 0EB

  P/FUL/2026/03627 Submitted 8 Jul 2026 188m away

  85% historically approved · decision due ~2 Sep

  Erection of 2no. single-storey light industrial/ storage buildings with associated parking & access

  Awaiting decision Full applications 12 docs
  Small domestic

• Southbank Farm Higher Blandford Road Cann SP7 0EE

  P/FUL/2025/06847 Submitted 16 Jan 2026 204m away

  85% historically approved · decision due ~13 Mar

  Erect 10 no. dwellings with new and amended accesses and change use of land to the rear to be used as open space and Class F.1 Non-residential Institution use with associated parking area, and form new footway to the west side of the B3081.

  Awaiting decision Full applications 76 docs
  Major scheme

• Cannfield Farm Lodge Higher Blandford Road Cann SP7 0EE

  P/TRT/2025/07000 Submitted 24 Nov 2025 284m away

  T1 - Lime - Raise crown to 5-6m from the ground, reduce crown height by 5-6m, reduce lateral branches by 2-3m, and remove all epicormic growth as indicated in annotated photograph.

  Refused Trees 10 docs

• P/PABA/2026/04760 Awaiting decision

  Agricultural field know as Netley Walls Cattistock

  Erect agricultural storage building

  1 Sep 2026 Prior approval
• P/PABA/2026/04183 Granted

  New Barn Farm Park Lane Shapwick DT11 9JP

  Erect an agricultural building to measure 30m in length, 18m in breadth, with a ridge height of 8m and a height to eaves of 6.7m

  3 Aug 2026 Prior approval
• P/PASO/2026/04716 Awaiting decision

  Wareham Day Centre Anglebury Court 21 Bonnets Lane Wareham BH20 4HB

  Install 68.85 kWp solar PV panels spread across many of the pitched roofs of the single-storey part of the building.

  27 Aug 2026 Prior approval
• P/PAPA/2026/04464 Granted

  Foxholes Farm Littlebredy Dorchester DT2 9HJ

  Proposed improvement to existing track

  14 Aug 2026 Prior approval
• P/PAAF/2026/03202 Refused

  Breach Barn Chalbury Farm Horton Wimborne BH21 7HJ

  Prior Notification for the proposed change of use of agricultural barn to a flexible commercial use - Class B8 (storage or Distribution) - under Schedule 2, Part 3, Class R of the Town & Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended).

  11 Jun 2026 Prior approval