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Planning performance · official MHCLG data
91.7% of applications approved
Ranks #89 of 310 UK authorities · national average 87.1% · rolling 2025 Q3 – 2026 Q2
Decision speed (% in time), approval trends back to 1979, application-type mix and live market activity are available on paid plans.
Planning appeals · HM Planning Inspectorate
28.2% of appeals overturn this council
Ranks #129 of 371 for decisions upheld · national average 32.0% · 642 appeals decided
Overturn rate = appeals allowed ÷ decided (lower is better). Procedure mix and the year-by-year trend are available on paid plans.
Property market · HM Land Registry
£342,000 median sale price
-1.7% year on year · 5,600 sales in the last 12 months
Area-level (the whole authority), standard sales, median not average. Breakdown by property type and the 10-year trend are available on paid plans.
Energy performance · EPC certificates
44.7% of homes rated EPC C or above
Ranks #194 of 318 most efficient · national average 46.6% · 145,387 certificates
% rated C or above (higher is better). The A–G band distribution and year-by-year trend are available on paid plans.
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| Reference | Address | Description | Type | Received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/TRC/2026/05439 | Dunbury Lodge Dunbury Lane Winterborne Stickland | T1 - Beech - A full crown reduction of no more than 1.2m from the tips inwards. Ensuring that all cuts are brought back… | Treeworks | — |
| P/TRC/2026/05433 | The Old Post Office Post Office Road Milton On Stour Gillingham | T1 - Sycamore - Reduce by 3m and reshape crown as per annotated photograph. T2 - Conifer - Fell. | Treeworks | — |
| P/FUL/2026/05218 | Cross's Garage Templecombe Lane To Hartmoor Hill Buckhorn Weston | Erection of 2no. detached dwellings & 4no. semi-detached dwellings & garage building. Form new vehicular &… | Fullplanning | — |
| P/HOU/2026/05197 | 4 Almond Grove Weymouth | Erection of wrap around extension to form enclosure of the existing external basement access steps, including external… | Householder | — |
| P/LBC/2026/05193 | Orchard Cottage Walditch Road Walditch | Internal alterations to replace a small section of panelled wall between two bedrooms removed by previous owner | Listedbuilding | — |
| P/ADV/2026/05233 | 5 Bridge Street Lyme Regis | Installation of signage and lighting related to new coffee shop | Advertisement | — |
| P/TRT/2026/05203 | 28 Stowell Crescent Wareham | Rear garden - Tree 1 Monterey Cypress, Tree 2 Golden Monterey Cypress, Tree 4 Cedar, Tree 5 Hawthorn, Tree 6 Cypress,… | Treeworks | — |
| P/TRT/2026/05045 | 7A Pinewood Road Ferndown | Scots Pine - Crown lift up to 4 metres from ground by cutting tertiary branches only. | Treeworks | — |
| P/TRT/2026/05041 | 7A Pinewood Road Ferndown | Silver Birch - Reduce height by approximately 3 metres to give a finished height of 6 metres. | Treeworks | — |
| P/HOU/2026/04950 | Hollycroft Oakfield Street Blandford Forum | Erect First Floor Extension | Householder | — |
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We index every application published on Dorset’s planning portal (dorset_aspx) and refresh several times per day. The original portal:
https://planning.dorsetcouncil.gov.ukNewest application received 1 Oct 2026.
This page lists the latest applications received by Dorset, updated several times a day. A free PlanNexus account searches the full archive of 857 indexed applications by postcode, date, status and type, and includes 1,000 requests a month plus email alerts. PlanNexus is independent of Dorset — we index what the council publishes and add the decisions, approval rates and appeal outcomes the register itself doesn't show. The council's own portal is linked above.
PlanNexus indexes Dorset's planning register several times a day. The newest application on record was received 1 Oct 2026.
91.7% of Dorset's planning applications were approved over the rolling 2025 Q3 – 2026 Q2, against a national average of 87.1% (official MHCLG figures).
28.2% of appeals against Dorset decisions were allowed by the Planning Inspectorate, against a national average of 32.0%, across 642 decided appeals.
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