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Planning appeals in Dorset

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One authority from the free search of every English planning appeal since 2016, searchable by words or by meaning.

Appeals the Planning Inspectorate has decided in Dorset since 2016, refreshed nightly. A decision the Inspectorate published without naming the authority in a form we can match is listed under its own address instead. Type a topic into the free search to read how Inspectors have reasoned here.

The Planning Inspectorate has decided 947 planning appeals in Dorset since 2019, of which 27% were allowed. In the last twelve months there were 105 decisions, 31% allowed. The median time from receipt of an appeal to its decision is 27 weeks. Figures as at 29 October 2026, from the Inspectorate's published decisions.

990

appeals on record since 2019

27%

of decided appeals allowed

27 wks

median receipt to decision

105

decisions in the last 12 months, 31% allowed

By appeal type

Householder211 decided

31% allowed

Minor503 decided

23% allowed

Major73 decided

41% allowed

Commercial4 decided

100% allowed

Enforcement55 decided

7% allowed

Other127 decided

22% allowed

Not classified17 decided

29% allowed

By procedure

Written representations893 decided

25% allowed

Hearings47 decided

36% allowed

Inquiries50 decided

28% allowed

Every decision, by year

2026 · 88 · 30% allowed 2025 · 160 · 33% allowed 2024 · 148 · 24% allowed 2023 · 181 · 23% allowed 2022 · 117 · 27% allowed 2021 · 158 · 29% allowed 2020 · 124 · 24% allowed 2019 · 14 · 36% allowed

Latest decisions in Dorset

Dismissed23 October 2026· minor6014673
52 St Mary Street, Weymouth, DT4 8BJ
to create supported accommodation for care leavers aged 18 -25 for the existing education and social welfare facility
Dismissed22 October 2026· minor6012104
Papushka Fields, Dorchester Rd,, Lytchett Minster, BH16 6FE
to convert agricultural outbuilding to dwellinghouse
Dismissed22 October 2026· minor6011513
Field View Barn, Fishey Lane, West Orchard, SP7 0LQ
erect 1 no. dwelling, change of use of land from agricultural to residential and carry out hard and soft landscaping (demolish existing agricultural building )
Allowed21 October 20266010895
Land off Dukes Close, Martinstown, DT2 9TU
a portal framed agricultural storage building
Dismissed20 October 2026· other6010515
Abbots Litten, Long Street, Sherborne, DT9 3BU
the installation of a lift from ground floor to first floor
Allowed15 October 2026· major6010988
Land North Of Castle Avenue, Okeford Fitzpaine, DT11 0RL
Erection of 78 Dwellings with Associated Vehicular and Pedestrian Access, Landscaping, Open Space and Drainage Attenuation
Dismissed2 October 2026· minor6012115
55, Boundary Lane, St Leonards and St Ives, BH24 2SE
static caravan to be used as rental accommodation. Proposed new access to the site from Grange Road. New gravel paths, gravel driveway and decking on site
Dismissed29 September 2026· minor6011565
15 Churchill Close, Sturminster Marshall, BH21 4BQ
Dismissed29 September 2026· minor6011131
46 The Finches, Weymouth, DT3 5QN
sever plot and erect 1no. dwelling
Dismissed22 September 2026· householder6008393
117 Lonnen Road, Colehill, BH21 7AU
Single storey rear extension with pitched roof, brick and render walls to match existing house, not connected to existing garage
Dismissed18 September 2026· minor6010834
Arcady, Winters Lane To Cheese Lane, Coryates, DT3 4HW
Erection of self-build single storey dwelling with associated parking and amenity space
Dismissed16 September 20266010756
The Scrambling Field, Gaffer's Farm, Higher Halstock, BA22 9QX
Continue to use as a glamping site with adapted boat, bus, shepherds hut and railway trucks
Dismissed28 August 2026· minor6007314
Kingston Barn, Kingston Russell, Dorchester, DT2 9EE
Removal of dilapidated block and portal frame buildings; conversion and change of use of barns to comprise 5 dwellings; erection of two dwellings; and landscaping and car parking
Dismissed27 August 2026· minor6009850
Barn on Land at Bakers Lane, Holtwood, Wimborne, BH21 7BY
Change of use from agricultural barn to residential dwelling (Class C3) with extension
Dismissed24 August 2026· householder6007369
38 Brook Lane, Corfe Mullen, BH21 3RD
Erect extension to existing annex, flue

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Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures are computed from decisions the Planning Inspectorate has published for this authority area and refresh with the record; decisions without a published letter or a recorded authority may be missing. This page is research, not advice. Verify against the Inspectorate’s own record before relying on a decision. What is in the record.