John March Firearms Ltd 26 West Street Wimborne Minster BH21 1JS
Proposal
Change of use from mixed use residential and shop to a single dwelling, use class C3
- Received
- 10 September 2026
- Council
- Dorset Council
- Ward
- Wimborne Minster
- ReceivedSubmitted10 Sep
- ValidatedValidated10 Sep
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided
This is a planning application for a change of use at John March Firearms Ltd 26 West Street Wimborne Minster BH21 1JS. Dorset has handled 143 applications of this type and approves nearly all of them, typically deciding them in 40 days. It was submitted on 10 September 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the Wimborne Minster conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 22 applications across Wimborne Minster. We hold 2,239 applications in total for the BH21 postcode area.
Application Details
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Planning Application Dates
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Additional Information
Source: Dorset
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Associated applications
- 202610 Sep
Change of use from mixed use residential and shop to a single dwelling, use class C3
This applicationPendingFull Planning ApplicationP/FUL/2026/04862 - 20264 Sep
Change of use from mixed use residential and shop to a single dwelling, use class C3
PendingListed building consentFiled alongsideP/LBC/2026/04861
Planning constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)
- Conservation area: Wimborne Minster Conservation Area
Not published by this council, so not checked: tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.
Also checked, none recorded (21)
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, 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.
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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 2026-10-09. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.
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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Before the decision
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The site is in flood zone 2 (Environment Agency).
- 17.0 miShaftesburyRTPI
- 19.4 miSalisburyRTPI
- 43.4 miBathRTPI
Nearest first, within 50 miles of the site. Every firm is listed free.
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