Planning application
Land South Of A30 And East Of Shaftesbury Salisbury Road Shaftesbury
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Industrial starter units; primary school; up to 135 dwellings and flexible commercial uses to include a combination of hotel and non-food retail or a residential care home together with car parking, sport pitches, public open space and associated works (with variation to Condition Nos. 18 & 19 of Planning Permission No. APP/D1265/W/20/3259308 (LPA Reference 2/2018/1773/OUT)- to allow for the change of the trigger from prior to occupation of the first dwelling to prior to the occupation of the 30th dwelling)
As published by the council, reference P/VOC/2026/00169
Application record
- Reference
- P/VOC/2026/00169
- Type
- Variation of Condition
- Status
- Application Approved
- Decision
- Granted
- Received
- 28 Jan 2026
- Validated
- 28 Jan 2026
- Decided
- 27 Mar 2026
- Ward
- Beacon Ward
- Parish
- Cann
- Decision by
- Delegated
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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28 Jan 2026
Received by Dorset
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27 Mar 2026
Decision issued: Granted
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11 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
31 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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Awaiting decision Amendments 11 docsMajor scheme -
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