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Pretors Office, Long Street, Sherborne, DT9 3BU

WD/D/16/002497Listed Building ConsentApproved

Approved on 7 April 2017

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Alterations to accommodate change of use from A2 to C3, demolition of concrete vaults, internal modifications and minor external changes.

Submitted
29 November 2016
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Shaftesbury West Ward
  1. Received29 Nov
  2. Validated29 Nov
  3. Consult.4 Feb
  4. Target
  5. Decided7 Apr

Decided in 129 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a heritage application for demolition at PRETORS OFFICE, LONG STREET, SHERBORNE, DT9 3BU. Dorset has handled 3,055 applications of this type. This one was decided in 129 days, 12 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. 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 3BU
Application type
Listed Building Consent
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Sherborne
District
West Dorset

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 November 2016
Consultation expiry
4 February 2017
Consultation end
4 February 2017

Additional information

Documents
19

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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.

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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.

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Associated applications

  1. 2016
    29 Nov

    Change of use from A2 to C3, demolition of concrete vaults, internal modifications and minor external changes.

    ApprovedFull Planning ApplicationFiled alongsideWD/D/16/002496
  2. 2016
    29 Nov

    Alterations to accommodate change of use from A2 to C3, demolition of concrete vaults, internal modifications…

    This applicationApprovedHeritageWD/D/16/002497

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