Planning application
Land east of Lidl Christys Lane Shaftesbury SP7 8QN
Works: New dwelling
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Erect 41 No. retirement apartments including communal facilities & access, car parking and landscaping (with removal of condition 18 of planning permission P/FUL/2023/05051 to remove the age restriction and provide affordable housing on-site in lieu of an offsite contribution).
As published by the council, reference P/VOC/2026/02073
Application record
- Reference
- P/VOC/2026/02073
- Type
- Variation of Condition
- Status
- Under Officer Consideration
- Received
- 15 Apr 2026
- Validated
- 15 Apr 2026
- Ward
- Shaftesbury Town Ward
- Parish
- Shaftesbury
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- SP7 8QN
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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15 Apr 2026
Received by Dorset
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31 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 10 June 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 38 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
5 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat happens while it is decided
This application is with Dorset for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Dorset decided amendment applications in a median of 41 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
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.
Nearby applications
Within 500 metres
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Drovers Lodge Christys Lane Shaftesbury
Non material amendment - relocation of buggy and cycle stores to planning permission P/FUL/2023/05051 (Erect 41 No. retirement apartments including communal facilities & access, car parking and landscaping)
Granted Amendments New dwelling 7 docs -
Christys Lane Shaftesbury SP7 8PL
T21 - Ash - Reduce crown by 6m and 6-8m on over extended limb overhanging road.
Granted Trees 4 docs -
Ampersand House Christys Lane Shaftesbury SP7 8DL
T1 - Sycamore - Crown lift by removing lowest limb extending due west toward road. Radial reduction of canopy extending due east toward house, cutting back by 3m. T2 - Ash - Crown lift by removing one lower lateral branch extending due south.
Granted Trees 4 docs -
6 St Rumbolds Road Shaftesbury SP7 8NE
95% historically approved · decision due ~27 Oct
T1 - Maple - Reduce branches over neighbours by 6 feet and reshape rest of crown by 5 feet all round.
Awaiting decision Trees 1 doc -
6 St Rumbolds Road Shaftesbury SP7 8NE
T4 - Beech - Removal of fallen Beech tree under regulation 14.
Granted Trees 3 docs -
32A Salisbury Street Shaftesbury SP7 8EJ
Conversion of existing to create 2no. residential units (flats 02 & 03) including internal alterations & rear extension. The rear extension is to provide additional space to be used as a kitchen/ diner to service proposed flat 02. The proposed internal alterations also include the conversion of a 'barn' and loft space into a kitchen/ lounge, bedroom, en-suite and stair well to access flat 03 on the first floor & dormer windows. Alterations on the ground floor include converting existing rooms/space into a WC/ shower room, hall way, bedroom and store room for proposed flat 02 as well as a new WC for the existing furniture shop (with variation of condition 4 of planning permission P/FUL/2022/02105 - to allow the approved residential units to be occupied as unrestricted Class C3 dwellings)
Withdrawn Amendments New dwelling Extension +2 5 docs
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P/VOC/2026/04933 Decided
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P/VOC/2026/04960 Awaiting decision
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P/VOC/2026/03707 Granted
15 Keswick Way Verwood BH31 6HP
Erect a first-floor extension on the front elevation to be tied into existing roof and erect a garage. External alterations and convert garage to habitable accommodation (with variation to condition 2 of planning permission P/HOU/2025/07109 to reposition the garage to align with the existing garage facade and an area of catslide roof over a small extended area to the rear)
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P/VOC/2026/03596 Granted
20 South Street Wareham BH20 4LT
Change of Use from Class E (commercial) to a Class C3 residential 3-bedroom flat, affecting part of the ground floor, first floor, and second floor. Internal and external works and alteration (with variation to condition 2 of planning permission P/FUL/2025/04230 - to remove a secondary staircase, install a room subdivision on the ground floor, and install an additional rooflight to the flat roof extension at the rear)
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P/NMA/2026/04663 Granted
Willow Cottage Copse Hill Broad Oak DT10 2HJ
Non material amendment - change description of development to remove reference to agricultural workers to planning permission 2/82/712(54) (Erect agricultural workers dwelling).