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The Abbey Church Abbey Close Sherborne DT9 3LQ

P/VOC/2024/03356Variation of ConditionApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 29 July 2024

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Installation harness fixing wire to north aisle roof and harness fixing anchors to west, north and south gables. Installation of new handrails to east and west side of the south transept. Removal of redundant dry riser on west side of north transept. (with variation of condition 2 of planning permission P/FUL/2022/07867 to amend harness fixing points and external stairs).

Submitted
18 June 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Sherborne West Ward
  1. Received18 Jun
  2. Validated18 Jun
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided29 Jul

Decided in 41 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is an application to vary a condition at The Abbey Church Abbey Close Sherborne DT9 3LQ. Dorset has handled 989 applications of this type. This one was decided in 41 days. The site is in the Sherborne conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 45 applications across Sherborne West Ward. We hold 3,010 applications in total for the DT9 postcode area.

95% of conditions 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 3LQ
Application type
Variation of Condition
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Sherborne

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 June 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent address
The Studio St Omer The Street Draycott BS27 3TH

Additional information

Documents
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Conservation area: Sherborne Conservation Area 1
  • Listed building: Grade I: Abbey Church of St MaryOn this site · +22 more
  • Scheduled monument: Sherborne Abbey, remains ofPart of the site
  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: Parrett CatchmentApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation

Not published by this council, so not checked: tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (19)

flood storage areas, Article 4 directions, green belt, 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

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© 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.

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Associated applications

  1. 2024
    18 Jun

    Installation harness fixing wire to north aisle roof and harness fixing anchors to west, north and south…

    This applicationApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)P/VOC/2024/03356
  2. 2023
    10 Jan

    Installation harness fixing wire to north aisle roof and harness fixing anchors to west, north and south…

    ApprovedFull Planning ApplicationPart ofP/FUL/2022/07867

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