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Sherborne Dance Academy North Road Sherborne DT9 3JN

P/VOC/2026/05701Variation of ConditionAwaiting decision
Discharge / amendments
Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use of part of the building to 1no. residential unit. Including lowering the ground floor in order to allow for the addition of a first floor & addition of a single storey extension on the rear elevation, between the two buildings. Removal of a section of the boundary wall to allow the addition of a new access with dropped kerb onto the highway & new driveway. (with variation of condition 2 of planning permission P/FUL/2023/05372 - changes to positions of windows and doors, not to add first floor,therefore: not to lower the ground floor).

Submitted
13 October 2026
Ward
Sherborne East
  1. Received13 Oct
  2. Validated13 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided

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About this application

This is a planning application for a change of use at Sherborne Dance Academy North Road Sherborne DT9 3JN. Dorset has handled 46 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 13 October 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the Sherborne conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 30 applications across Sherborne East. We hold 3,010 applications in total for the DT9 postcode area.

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Application details

Postcode
DT9 3JN
Application type
Variation of Condition
Parish
Sherborne

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 October 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent address
The Old Manse North Road Sherborne DT9 3JN

Planning decision

Case officer
Jane Green

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Sherborne Conservation Area 1
  • Listed building: Grade II: 81-87 NewlandOn this site · +2 more
  • 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

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© 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.

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