Planning application
The Chapel Chapel Street Milborne St Andrew DT11 0JP
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Convert existing chapel to a self-contained annexe/holiday unit (with variation of condition 3 of planning permission 2/2013/0030/PLNG to allow unrestricted residential use)
As published by the council, reference P/VOC/2025/04848
Application record
- Reference
- P/VOC/2025/04848
- Type
- Variation of Condition
- Status
- Application Approved
- Decision
- Granted
- Received
- 14 Aug 2025
- Validated
- 14 Aug 2025
- Decided
- 3 Oct 2025
- Ward
- Puddletown and Lower Winterborne Ward
- Parish
- Milborne St. Andrew
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- DT11 0JP
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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14 Aug 2025
Received by Dorset
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3 Oct 2025
Decision issued: Granted
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11 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
14 documents on file for this application
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The process from here
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.
About amendments applications
How this application type works
An amendment application changes a permission that already exists. Non-material amendments cover small adjustments with no wider effect, while minor material amendments, usually made by varying a condition, allow modest design changes without a fresh application. Anything beyond that needs a new permission, so the scope here is deliberately narrow.
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