The Forum School Forum School Access Road Shillingstone DT11 0QS
Proposal
Certificate of Lawfulness to provide confirmation that the proposed use of the 'Okeford' building at the Forum School as residential accommodation for young people is lawful under the provision of use Class C2.
- Submitted
- 9 March 2026
- Council
- Dorset Council
- Ward
- Blackmore Vale Ward
- ReceivedSubmitted9 Mar
- ValidatedValidated9 Mar
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided
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About this application
This is an outline application at The Forum School Forum School Access Road Shillingstone DT11 0QS. Dorset has handled 1,884 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 9 March 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 58 applications across Blackmore Vale Ward. We hold 2,461 applications in total for the DT11 postcode area.
84% of outline applications at Dorset Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 6 weeks (median).
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Application details
- Postcode
- DT11 0QS
- Application type
- Certificate of Lawful Use Proposed
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Shillingstone
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 9 March 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Suite 19 1 Cardale Park Beckwith Head Road Harrogate North Yorkshire HG3 1RY
Additional information
- Documents
- 6
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Not published by this council, so not checked: tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.
Also checked, none recorded (23)
flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.
A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.
Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences
Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.
© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.
© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.
© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.
Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.
Source: Dorset
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