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Planning appeals in Dorset County Council

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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 County Council 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 7 planning appeals in Dorset County Council since 2017, of which 43% were allowed. The median time from receipt of an appeal to its decision is 35 weeks. Figures as at 29 October 2026, from the Inspectorate's published decisions.

appeals on record since 2017

43%

of decided appeals allowed

35 wks

median receipt to decision

decisions in the last 12 months

By appeal type

Householder1 decided

0% allowed

Enforcement1 decided

0% allowed

Other26 decided

12% allowed

By procedure

Written representations21 decided

10% allowed

Hearings3 decided

0% allowed

Inquiries4 decided

25% allowed

Every decision, by year

2025 · 1 · 100% allowed 2024 · 3 · 0% allowed 2023 · 4 2022 · 2 2021 · 4 · 0% allowed 2020 · 2 · 100% allowed 2019 · 4 · 100% allowed 2018 · 5 · 0% allowed 2017 · 3 · 0% allowed

Latest decisions in Dorset County Council

Allowed9 July 2025· other3358210
Middle Pymore Farm and 1 Middle Pymire Cottages, Pymore Road, Pymore, Bridport, Dorset, DT6 5PR
Unknown29 July 2024· other32785381
Route at Junction With C67 Road, Nr. Westleaze Farm, White Sheet Hill, Beaminster, Dorset, DT8 3SF
Dismissed16 May 2024· other3340435
Shottsford Winters Lane, Portesham, Weymouth, DT3 4ES
Unknown8 April 2024· other32785881
(Bridleway 8 (Part) Cheselbourne & Bridleway 18 Dewlish to Be Upgraded to Boat) , Chebbard Gate, Nr Chebbard Farm, Dewlish, Dorchester, Dorset, DT2 7LW
Unknown27 July 2023· other3278538
Route at Junction With C67 Road, Nr. Westleaze Farm, White Sheet Hill, Beaminster, Dorset, DT8 3SF
Unknown15 June 2023· other3278588
(Bridleway 8 (Part) Cheselbourne & Bridleway 18 Dewlish to Be Upgraded to Boat) , Chebbard Gate, Nr Chebbard Farm, Dewlish, Dorchester, Dorset, DT2 7LW
Unknown9 February 2023· other3274679
Junction With Footpath 17 South West of Higher Holt Farm, Melbury Osmond, Dorchester, Dorset, DT2 0LX
Unknown5 January 2023· other3278109
Footpath 30 North East of Charmswell Cottage, Cockknowle, Dorset, BH20 5NT
Unknown22 June 2022· other3267099
Footpath 162 South of Louviers Road, Weymouth, Dorset, DT3 6GE
Unknown31 May 2022· other3284079
Part of Bridleway 1, Nr Ashley Wood Golf Course, Wimborne Road, Blandford Forum, Dorset, DT11 8SH
Unknown27 September 2021· other3243919
Footpath From Junction With Eastern End of Verlands Road, South of Pickwick, Weymouth, Dorset, DT3 6BY
Unknown15 July 2021· other3255100
Dorset Council (Parts of Footpaths 8 And 9, Wimborne Minster)
Unknown5 July 2021· other3265102
Appeal 3265102
Dismissed19 May 2021· householder
Appeal null
Unknown16 October 2020· other
Appeal null

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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.