Planning application
Bulbury Golf Course Bulbury Lane Lytchett Minster BH16 6HR
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Erect driving range building and netting (with variation to conditions 2,4 & 6 of planning permission P/FUL/2022/04851 to revise the design for the driving range facility that substantially reduces the footprint and massing, reduces the scale of the built structure to eight covered bays, achieves ball containment through a fully netted enclosure incorporating synthetic turf and net support structures at each corner, and an ancillary ball dispensing unit and a robot holding area with associated hopper.)
As published by the council, reference P/VOC/2026/04024
Application record
- Reference
- P/VOC/2026/04024
- Type
- Variation of Condition
- Status
- Under Officer Consideration
- Received
- 24 Jul 2026
- Validated
- 24 Jul 2026
- Ward
- Lytchett Matravers and Upton Ward
- Parish
- Lytchett Minster and Upton
- Postcode
- BH16 6HR
Site history
Applications at this address on the Dorset register
This site has had 2 applications since 2025: 1 approved, 0 refused.
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P/CLE/2025/05420 Granted
Bulbury Golf Course Bulbury Lane Lytchett Minster BH16 6HR
The lawful implementation of planning application P/FUL/2022/04851 and the consent remains extant.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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24 Jul 2026
Received by Dorset
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31 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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4 Aug 2026
Status changed to Out To Consultation
Previously Application Valid.
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3 Sep 2026
Status changed to Under Officer Consideration
Previously Out To Consultation.
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 18 September 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
8 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
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Bulbury Golf Course Bulbury Lane Lytchett Minster BH16 6HR
The lawful implementation of planning application P/FUL/2022/04851 and the consent remains extant.
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