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38 South Street & 5A Trinity Street Dorchester

P/FUL/2025/07231Full Planning ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 14 April 2026

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Formation of two residential flats (Use Class C3) across the first, second and third floors. Replace ground floor retail frontage facing South Street. Replace roof structure & erect dormer window. Replace all windows. Replace roof to rear single storey extension.

Submitted
8 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Dorchester West Ward
  1. Received8 Jan
  2. Validated8 Jan
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided14 Apr

Decided in 96 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a dormer extension at 38 South Street & 5A Trinity Street Dorchester. Dorset has handled 11,876 applications of this type. This one was decided in 96 days, 8 weeks longer than Dorset's typical decision time. The site is in the Dorchester conservation area, with 15 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 78 applications across Dorchester West Ward.

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

Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Dorchester

Planning application dates

Date validated
8 January 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
12 The Granary Hinton Business Park Tarrant Hinton Blandford DT11 8JF

Additional information

Documents
36

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Not published by this council, so not checked: tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, 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, 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.

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Planning history at this site

7 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2025
    11 Dec

    Rebuild the party wall between Nos. 38 and 39 South Street. Replace the ground-floor retail frontage and…

    ApprovedListed building consentP/LBC/2025/07232
  2. 2004
    2 Nov

    Erect 2No projecting signs and fascia sign. Carry out internal and external alterations

    ApprovedListed building consent1/E/04/001979
  3. 2004
    2 Nov

    Erect 2No projecting signs and fascia sign

    ApprovedAdvertisement consent1/E/04/001980
  4. 2004
    15 Jun

    Formation of new doorway in existing shopfront elevation, and form new corridor. Carry out internal…

    ApprovedListed building consent1/E/04/001113
  5. 2004
    15 Jun

    Install new doorway to shopfront elevation

    ApprovedFull Planning Application1/E/04/001112
  6. 2004
    11 Mar

    Formation of new doorway in existing shopfront elevation

    WithdrawnListed building consent1/E/04/000506

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