Flat 1 Swan Yard Cheap Street Sherborne DT9 3AX

1. 17 Aug 2026

   Received by Dorset

2. 21 Aug 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

3. Decision

   Awaiting decision

   Decision expected by 12 October 2026, 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 37 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 prior approval applications in a median of 28 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

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.

• 2, Swan Yard Cheap Street Sherborne

  P/LBC/2025/07579 Submitted 7 Jan 2026 24m away

  Alteration of colour to shopfront.

  Granted Heritage and listed buildings Windows or glazing 8 docs

• 55 Cheap Street Sherborne DT9 3AX

  P/FUL/2025/06822 Submitted 14 Nov 2025 32m away

  Installation of plant and extract equipment and carry out external alterations

  Granted Full applications 43 docs

• 55 Cheap Street Sherborne DT9 3AX

  P/ADV/2025/06778 Submitted 12 Nov 2025 33m away

  Install fascia signage, projecting sign and illuminated menu board

  Granted Advertising 14 docs

• 45 Cheap Street Sherborne DT9 3PU

  P/LBC/2026/00358 Submitted 28 Jan 2026 37m away

  95% historically approved · decision due ~25 Mar

  Internal alterations to the ground & first floor, including creation of first floor balcony/walkway area at the rear

  Awaiting decision Heritage and listed buildings 23 docs

• 45 Cheap Street Sherborne DT9 3PU

  P/FUL/2026/00318 Submitted 28 Jan 2026 37m away

  Internal alterations to the ground & first floor, and external alterations on the rear elevation. (Amended description agreed 19/05/2026)

  Granted Full applications 27 docs

• 61 Cheap Street Sherborne DT9 3BB

  P/LBC/2026/00245 Submitted 20 Jan 2026 52m away

  Internal alterations to Change of use of ground floor from Bank (E)(c)i to Retail Unit (E)(a) and Dwelling (C3).

  Granted Heritage and listed buildings 22 docs
  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