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The Sherborne Hotel, Horsecastles Lane, Sherborne, DT9 6BB

WD/D/16/002398Full Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 29 January 2018

Council decision: GrantedPlanning committee

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Erect a 24 bedroom hotel and 82 extra care (C2) apartments and 37 extra care (C2) lodges, together with communal facilities, landscaping, car parking, access and highway improvements

Submitted
26 October 2016
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Sherborne West Ward
  1. Received26 Oct
  2. Validated26 Oct
  3. Consult.15 Jul
  4. Target
  5. Decided29 Jan

Decided in 460 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a full planning application at The Sherborne Hotel, Horsecastles Lane, Sherborne, DT9 6BB. Dorset has handled 11,876 applications of this type. This one was decided in 460 days, 60 weeks longer than Dorset's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 45 applications across Sherborne West Ward. We hold 3,007 applications in total for the DT9 postcode area.

92% of full 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 6BB
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Large
Parish
Sherborne
District
West Dorset

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 October 2016
Consultation expiry
15 July 2017
Consultation end
15 July 2017
Committee meeting
16 November 2017

Additional information

Documents
115

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • 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 (22)

flood storage areas, conservation 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, 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.

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