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Incombe Head Blandford Road Melbury Abbas SP7 0LZ

P/FUL/2026/04732Full Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 5 November 2026

Council decision: Granted4 conditions

Proposal

Erection of extension to existing store building

Submitted
10 September 2026
Ward
Beacon
  1. Received10 Sep
  2. Validated10 Sep
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided5 Nov

Decided in 56 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a planning application for an extension at Incombe Head Blandford Road Melbury Abbas SP7 0LZ. Dorset has handled 202 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days, 2 weeks longer than Dorset's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 52 applications across Beacon. We hold 1,993 applications in total for the SP7 postcode area.

88% of full planning 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 0LZ
Application type
Full Planning Application
Parish
Melbury Abbas

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 September 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Architect profile
RLM ARCHITECTS LTD
Agent address
RLM Architects 8 West Street Wimborne BH21 1JP

Planning decision

Case officer
Ed Winkle

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • National Landscape (AONB): Cranborne Chase & West Wiltshire Downs
  • SSSI: Fontmell and Melbury Downs SSSI
  • Special Area of Conservation: Fontmell & Melbury Downs
  • 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 (20)

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, 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.

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    19 May

    Erection of a greenhouse

    ApprovedFull Planning ApplicationP/FUL/2026/02369

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