10 Cromwell Road Dorchester DT1 2DN

1. 11 Feb 2026

   Received by Dorset

2. 24 Mar 2026

   Decision issued: Prior Approval Granted

3. 14 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

• Pavement adj. to Dorchester South Railway Station Copper Street Dorchester DT1 1QX

  P/ADV/2025/06218 Submitted 17 Dec 2025 112m away

  Installation of 1no. BT Street Hub

  Granted Advertising 13 docs

• Pavement adj. to Dorchester South Railway Station 13 Copper Street Dorchester DT1 1QX

  P/FUL/2025/06219 Submitted 17 Dec 2025 112m away

  Installation of 1no. BT Street Hub

  Granted Full applications 15 docs

• Ammonite 5 Copper Street Dorchester

  P/CLP/2026/00789 Submitted 10 Feb 2026 154m away

  Certificate of lawfulness for replacement of fire damaged frontage with identical materials and design

  Granted Lawful development 9 docs

• 57 South Court Avenue Dorchester DT1 2DA

  P/HOU/2026/02409 Submitted 5 May 2026 159m away

  Erect single storey side/rear extension with integrated garage and roof lights

  Granted Householder Extension Loft or dormer 9 docs
  Small domestic

• Maumbury Rings Maumbury Road Dorchester

  P/TRC/2026/03122 Submitted 9 Jun 2026 213m away

  T3 - Tillia - Reduce lowest limb overhanging road by 6m (as per annotated photograph T3). T6 - Ulmus - Reduce bifurcated stem extending north by 2.5-3m, cutting back to suitable secondary growth point and crown lift over building to afford a minimum 3m vertical clearance. (See indictive lines on photos T6 and T6 reverse angle). T7 and T8 Lime- Reduce lateral branches extending due north towards flats, to provide a 3m vertical and horizontal clearance, cutting back to suitable secondary growth point. (See indicative lines on Photo T7 and T8).

  Decided Trees 8 docs

• 68 South Court Avenue Dorchester DT1 2BZ

  P/VOC/2025/06109 Submitted 14 Oct 2025 227m away

  Erect 2 storey extension to the north east elevation (With Variation of condition 2 of planning permission P/HOU/2021/04750 to amend approved plans).

  Granted Amendments Extension 7 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