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
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).
As published by the council, reference P/VOC/2025/07568
Application record
- Reference
- P/VOC/2025/07568
- Type
- Variation of Condition
- Status
- Application Approved
- Decision
- Granted
- Received
- 19 Dec 2025
- Validated
- 19 Dec 2025
- Decided
- 12 Feb 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 3 applications since 2025: 2 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/PACD/2026/01537 Granted
Vespasian House Barrack Road Dorchester DT1 1TS
Change of use & conversion from offices (Class E) to 34no. dwellings (Class C3) including amenity spaces ancillary to the dwellinghouses
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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19 Dec 2025
Received by Dorset
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12 Feb 2026
Decision issued: Granted
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26 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
13 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Dorset granted permission on 12 February 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 amendment applications
An amendment application makes limited changes to a permission that already exists; anything beyond modest adjustment needs a fresh application. More in our guide to planning application types.
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