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The Yard Gussage St Michael BH21 5JE

P/FUL/2026/03296Full Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 12 August 2026

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)6 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Retain change of use of an agricultural building & hard-surfaced yard to a motor vehicle repair workshop

Submitted
17 June 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Cranborne Chase Ward
  1. Received17 Jun
  2. Validated17 Jun
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided12 Aug

Decided in 56 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at The Yard Gussage St Michael BH21 5JE. 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 58 applications across Cranborne Chase Ward. We hold 2,300 applications in total for the BH21 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
BH21 5JE
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Gussage St. Michael

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 June 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Rumbles West Street Bere Regis BH20 7HT

Additional information

Documents
26

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • National Landscape (AONB): Cranborne Chase & West Wiltshire Downs

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

Also checked, none recorded (22)

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, 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.

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