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Blandford Leisure Centre Milldown Road Blandford Forum DT11 7DB

P/PASO/2025/07076Prior Approval - Roof Mounted Solar PV on a Non Domestic BuildingApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 12 February 2026

Council decision: Prior Approval Not RequiredDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Installation of Solar Photovoltaics (PV) equipment on the Roofs of Blandford Leisure Centre.

Submitted
26 November 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Blandford Ward
  1. Received26 Nov
  2. Validated26 Nov
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided12 Feb

Decided in 78 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is an outline application for a solar installation at Blandford Leisure Centre Milldown Road Blandford Forum DT11 7DB. Dorset has handled 1,884 applications of this type. This one was decided in 78 days, 5 weeks longer than Dorset's typical decision time. The site is in the Blandford St Mary and Bryanston conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 88 applications across Blandford Ward. We hold 2,461 applications in total for the DT11 postcode area.

84% of outline 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
DT11 7DB
Application type
Prior Approval - Roof Mounted Solar PV on a Non Domestic Building
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Blandford Forum

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 November 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
County Hall Colliton Park Dorchester Dorset DT1 1XJ

Additional information

Documents
9

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Conservation area: Blandford St Mary and Bryanston Conservation Area
  • 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 (22)

flood storage 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.

Source: Dorset

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