Land At E 380065 N 125760 Common Mead Lane Gillingham
Approved on 22 October 2026
Council decision: Granted8 conditions
Proposal
Change of use from agricultural land to cemetery.
- Submitted
- 4 August 2026
- Council
- Dorset Council
- Ward
- Gillingham
- ReceivedSubmitted4 Aug
- ValidatedValidated4 Aug
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided22 Oct
Decided in 79 days (council typically 42)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at Land At E 380065 N 125760 Common Mead Lane Gillingham. Dorset has handled 11,876 applications of this type. This one was decided in 79 days, 5 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.
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
- Gillingham
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 4 August 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- The Town Hall, School Road Gillingham Dorset SP8 4QR
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Jane Green
Additional information
- Documents
- 19
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.
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Need an ecological survey or mitigation plan? Ecologists near this site
Condition 6 on the decision asks for this.
Consultants on this application
- Cherry Tree Ecology Ltd · Named in the conditions: Ecological Report
- 4.3 miShaftesbury
- 11.8 miWarminster
- 21.6 miTrowbridge
Nearest first, within 25 miles of the site. Every firm is listed free.
Contractors near this project
- Lampard Electrics LtdElectrician0.4 mi
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