61 Cheap Street Sherborne DT9 3BB
Approved on 17 March 2026
Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Internal alterations to Change of use of ground floor from Bank (E)(c)i to Retail Unit (E)(a) and Dwelling (C3).
- Submitted
- 20 January 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Dorset Council
- Ward
- Sherborne East Ward
- ReceivedSubmitted20 Jan
- ValidatedValidated20 Jan
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided17 Mar
Decided in 56 days (council typically 42)
About this application
This is a heritage application for a change of use at 61 Cheap Street Sherborne DT9 3BB. Dorset has handled 3,055 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days, 2 weeks longer than Dorset's typical decision time. The site is in the Sherborne conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 55 applications across Sherborne East Ward. We hold 3,010 applications in total for the DT9 postcode area.
94% of heritage 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
- DT9 3BB
- Application type
- Listed Building Consent
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Sherborne
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 20 January 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Grosvenor House Bleke Street Shaftesbury SP7 8AW
Additional information
- Documents
- 22
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Conservation area: Sherborne Conservation Area 1
- Nutrient neutrality catchment: Parrett CatchmentApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation
- 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, 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.
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.
Associated applications
- 20261 Oct
Internal alterations to Change of Use of ground floor from Bank (E)(c)i to Retail Unit (E)(a) and Dwelling…
PendingVariation of conditions (s73)P/VOL/2026/05448 - 202620 Jan
Change of use of ground floor from Bank (E)(c)i to Retail Unit (E)(a) and Dwelling (C3)
ApprovedFull Planning ApplicationFiled alongsideP/FUL/2026/00244 - 202620 Jan
Internal alterations to Change of use of ground floor from Bank (E)(c)i to Retail Unit (E)(a) and Dwelling…
This applicationApprovedHeritageP/LBC/2026/00245
Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Source: Dorset
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