Sergeants Mess Garage Block Bovington BH20 6JB

1. 11 Aug 2025

   Received by Dorset

2. 8 Sep 2025

   Decision issued: Prior Approval Granted

3. 11 Aug 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

Permission has been granted, usually subject to conditions listed on the decision notice, some of which must be discharged before work starts. The decision notice on the council portal sets out exactly what was approved.

Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses. Neighbours cannot appeal a grant; challenging one means judicial review of how the decision was made, within tight time limits.

Prior approval applications arise where permitted development rights already grant the principle of the work, such as larger home extensions, changes of use to housing or agricultural buildings. The council may only consider the specific matters set out in the rules, for example transport, flooding or appearance, and in many classes the work may proceed if the council does not respond within the deadline, commonly 56 days.

More on prior approval applications in our guide

• The Tank Museum King George V Road Bovington BH20 6JG

  P/VOC/2026/01576 Submitted 19 Mar 2026 137m away

  Demolish reception and reading room and erect new Archive Facility with first floor and side extension (with variation of conditions 2, 3, 4 and 7 to amend the proposed plans of Planning Permission P/FUL/2025/01545)

  Granted Amendments Extension Demolition 18 docs

• 5 Victoria Close Bovington Wareham BH20 6HY

  P/HOU/2023/00611 Submitted 1 Feb 2023 384m away

  Replacement windows and doors to the side and rear elevations

  Granted Householder Windows or glazing 9 docs
  Domestic

• 12 King George V Road Bovington BH20 6JQ

  P/CLE/2023/01352 Submitted 6 Mar 2023 396m away

  Application to confirm lawful start on site to implement approved planning application at 12 King George V Road, Bovington, application number 6/2015/0038.

  Refused Lawful development 4 docs

• 49 Higher Wood Bovington BH20 6NG

  P/HOU/2024/04463 Submitted 9 Sep 2024 466m away

  Erect two storey side extension, single storey rear extension, front entrance extension and adjoining lean-to canopy

  Granted Householder Extension 22 docs
  Small domestic

• 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