Planning application
Vespasian House Barrack Road Dorchester DT1 1TS
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Change of use & conversion from offices (Class E) to 34no. dwellings (Class C3) including amenity spaces ancillary to the dwellinghouses
As published by the council, reference P/PACD/2026/01537
Application record
- Reference
- P/PACD/2026/01537
- Type
- Prior Approval - Commercial Business & Service to Dwellinghouses
- Status
- Application Approved
- Decision
- Granted As published: Prior Approval Granted
- Received
- 18 Mar 2026
- Validated
- 18 Mar 2026
- Decided
- 6 May 2026
- Ward
- Dorchester West Ward
- Parish
- Dorchester
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- DT1 1TS
Site history
Applications at this address on the Dorset register
This site has had 4 applications since 2024: 3 approved, 0 refused.
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P/FUL/2026/04286 Awaiting decision
Vespasian House Barrack Road Dorchester DT1 1TS
Change of use of part of the existing car park to communal residential garden and erection of an ancillary wellness pavilion, together with associated landscaping, patio areas, relocation of the bin store and associated infrastructure
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P/VOC/2025/07568 Granted
Vespasian House Barrack Road Dorchester DT1 1TS
External alterations including the installation of balconies and doors (with variation to Condition No. 2 of Planning Permission No. P/FUL/2024/05819 to amend the approved plans).
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P/FUL/2024/05819 Granted
Vespasian House Barrack Road Dorchester DT1 1TS
External alterations including the installation of balconies and doors.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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18 Mar 2026
Received by Dorset
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6 May 2026
Decision issued: Prior Approval Granted
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11 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
19 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Dorset granted permission on 6 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.
About prior approval applications
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.
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Vespasian House Barrack Road Dorchester DT1 1TS
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