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Thanes Lane Yard Thanes Lane Motcombe SP7 9LE

P/FUL/2025/04319Full Planning ApplicationRefused
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Refused on 13 November 2025

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Retain erection of 1no. dwelling, including new office for tree care business & alteration to the existing office building. Change of use from office to both office and domestic use.

Submitted
18 September 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Gillingham Ward
  1. Received18 Sep
  2. Validated18 Sep
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided13 Nov

Decided in 56 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Thanes Lane Yard Thanes Lane Motcombe SP7 9LE. Dorset has handled 11,876 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days, 2 weeks longer than Dorset's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 100 applications across Gillingham Ward. We hold 1,993 applications in total for the SP7 postcode area.

92% of full 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
SP7 9LE
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Motcombe

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 September 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Veronica Sherborne Causeway Shaftesbury SP7 9PY

Additional information

Documents
26

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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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