Planning Committee

The purpose of the Planning Committee is to ensure the long-term interests of the town are taken into account where planning issues are concerned.

The core membership of the committee for the 2025/26 council year is: Cllr C. Aldridge, Cllr S. Cockerell, Cllr S. Larcombe, Cllr P. May, Cllr M. Denney, Cllr G. Turner.

The chairman for the 2025/26 council year is Cllr G. Turner, with Cllr P. May as the vice-chairman.

View the Planning Committee's terms of reference

Folder: 2025-26 Agendas
File name	File type	Last modified
2025-10-14 Planning Agenda	PDF File	09/10/2025 13:10
2025-09-23 Planning Agenda	PDF File	18/09/2025 15:02
2025-09-02 Planning Agenda	PDF File	28/08/2025 15:18
2025-07-15 Planning Agenda	PDF File	10/07/2025 13:30
2025-06-24 Planning Agenda	PDF File	19/06/2025 15:44
2025-06-03 Planning Agenda	PDF File	29/05/2025 16:40

Folder: 2025-26 Minutes
File name	File type	Last modified
2025-09-02 Planning Minutes	PDF File	09/10/2025 13:12
2025-07-15 Planning Minutes	PDF File	18/09/2025 15:05
2025-06-24 Planning Minutes	PDF File	18/09/2025 15:05
2025-06-03 Planning Minutes	PDF File	29/08/2025 16:04

Folder: 2024-25 Agendas
File name	File type	Last modified
2025-04-29 Planning Agenda	PDF File	24/04/2025 16:18
2025-04-01 Planning Agenda	PDF File	26/03/2025 10:22
2025-03-11 Planning Agenda	PDF File	04/03/2025 13:53
2025-01-28 Planning Agenda	PDF File	21/01/2025 16:52
2024-12-17 Planning Agenda	PDF File	11/12/2024 12:42
2024-11-26 Planning Agenda	PDF File	19/11/2024 14:25
2024-11-05 Planning Agenda	PDF File	29/10/2024 15:43
2024-10-15 Planning Agenda	PDF File	08/10/2024 16:03
2024-09-24 Planning Agenda	PDF File	17/09/2024 15:40
2024-08-13 Planning Agenda	PDF File	06/08/2024 18:27
2024-07-23 Planning Agenda	PDF File	29/07/2024 13:38
2024-07-02 Planning Agenda	PDF File	28/06/2024 10:21
2024-06-11 Planning Agenda	PDF File	21/06/2024 15:30
2024-05-22 Planning Agenda	PDF File	07/06/2024 15:08

Folder: 2024-25 Minutes
File name	File type	Last modified
2025-04-29 Planning Minutes	PDF File	19/06/2025 15:43
2025-04-01 Planning Minutes	PDF File	29/05/2025 15:51
2025-03-11 Planning Minutes	PDF File	24/04/2025 16:15
2025-01-28 Planning Minutes	PDF File	24/04/2025 16:12
2024-12-17 Planning Minutes	PDF File	03/03/2025 10:44
2024-11-26 Planning Minutes	PDF File	03/03/2025 10:43
2024-11-05 Planning Minutes	PDF File	21/01/2025 16:54
2024-10-15 Planning Minutes	PDF File	19/11/2024 14:27
2024-09-24 Planning Minutes	PDF File	18/10/2024 14:56
2024-07-23 Planning Minutes	PDF File	18/10/2024 14:56
2024-05-22 Planning minutes	PDF File	18/10/2024 14:55
2024-08-13 Planning Minutes	PDF File	18/10/2024 14:55
2024-06-11 Planning minutes	PDF File	18/10/2024 14:55
2024-07-02 Planning Minutes	PDF File	15/10/2024 16:02

Folder: 2023-24 Agendas
File name	File type	Last modified
2024-04-30 Planning Agenda	PDF File	23/04/2024 15:42
2024-03-19 Planning Agenda	PDF File	11/03/2024 15:45
2024-02-20 Planning Agenda	PDF File	23/02/2024 11:39
2024-02-06 Planning Agenda	PDF File	30/01/2024 13:12
2024-01-09 Planning Agenda	PDF File	02/01/2024 15:15
2023-12-12 Planning Agenda	PDF File	05/12/2023 15:54
2023-11-28 Planning Agenda	PDF File	24/11/2023 09:45
2023-10-17 Planning Agenda	PDF File	10/10/2023 16:57
2023-09-19 Planning Agenda	PDF File	13/09/2023 15:42
2023-08-22 Planning Agenda	PDF File	15/08/2023 13:37
2023-06-27 Planning Agenda	PDF File	26/06/2023 16:14

Folder: 2023-24 minutes
File name	File type	Last modified
2024-04-30 Planning Minutes	PDF File	28/06/2024 10:47
2024-03-19 Planning Minutes	PDF File	17/05/2024 16:30
2024-02-20 Planning minutes	PDF File	16/04/2024 14:29
2024-01-09 Planning Minutes	PDF File	23/02/2024 11:41
2023-12-12 Planning minutes	PDF File	30/01/2024 13:01
2023-11-28 Planning minutes	PDF File	19/01/2024 16:22
2023-10-17 Planning Minutes	PDF File	02/01/2024 15:22
2023-10-03 Planning Minutes	PDF File	05/12/2023 13:23
2023-09-19 Planning Minutes	PDF File	21/11/2023 16:24
2023-08-22 Planning minutes	PDF File	10/10/2023 17:05
2023-06-27 Planning minutes	PDF File	13/09/2023 15:44

Folder: 2022-23 Agendas
File name	File type	Last modified
2023-05-30 Planning Agenda	PDF File	24/05/2023 16:50
2023-05-16 Planning Agenda	PDF File	10/05/2023 15:33
2023-04-18 Planning Agenda	PDF File	13/04/2023 08:30
2023-03-21 Planning Agenda	PDF File	16/03/2023 10:49
2023-03-07 Planning Agenda	PDF File	01/03/2023 14:20
2023-02-21 Planning Agenda	PDF File	15/02/2023 16:58
2023-02-07 Planning Agenda	PDF File	08/02/2023 14:54
2023-01-24 Planning Agenda	PDF File	18/01/2023 14:04
2023-01-10 Planning Agenda	PDF File	04/01/2023 17:09
2022-12-13 Planning Agenda	PDF File	06/12/2022 16:59
2022-11-15 Planning Agenda	PDF File	09/11/2022 16:54
2022-10-18 Planning Agenda	PDF File	13/10/2022 16:45
2022-10-04 Planning agenda	PDF File	28/09/2022 17:33
2022-09-13 Planning agenda	PDF File	09/09/2022 10:47
2022-08-23 Planning agenda	PDF File	11/08/2022 13:06
2022-07-26 Planning agenda	PDF File	20/07/2022 16:46
2022-06-28 Planning agenda	PDF File	22/06/2022 14:52

Folder: 2022-23 Minutes
File name	File type	Last modified
2023-02-21 Planning Minutes	PDF File	16/03/2023 10:50
2023-02-07 Planning Minutes	PDF File	01/03/2023 14:38
2023-01-24 Planning Minutes	PDF File	08/02/2023 13:50
2022-12-13 Planning Minutes	PDF File	18/01/2023 15:03
2023-01-10 Planning Minutes	PDF File	18/01/2023 14:54
2022-06-28 Planning Minutes	PDF File	11/08/2022 13:07

Folder: 2021-22 Agendas
File name	File type	Last modified
2022-05-31 Planning agenda	PDF File	25/05/2022 14:56
2022-05-03 Planning agenda	PDF File	27/04/2022 16:22
2022-04-05 Planning agenda	PDF File	30/03/2022 15:34
2022-03-08 Planning agenda	PDF File	01/03/2022 14:41
2022-02-08 Appendix 13 B	PDF File	02/02/2022 16:52
2022-02-08 Planning agenda	PDF File	02/02/2022 16:48
2022-01-11 Planning agenda	PDF File	05/01/2022 14:29
2021-11-30 Planning agenda	PDF File	25/11/2021 11:12
2021-10-19 Planning agenda	PDF File	11/10/2021 11:35
2021-09-07 Planning agenda	PDF File	01/09/2021 11:51
2021-07-06 Planning Agenda	PDF File	30/06/2021 16:32

Folder: 2021-22 Minutes
File name	File type	Last modified
2022-05-31 Planning Minutes	PDF File	20/07/2022 16:50
2022-05-03 Planning Minutes	PDF File	22/06/2022 14:55
2022-04-05 Planning minutes	PDF File	20/05/2022 14:01
2022-03-08 Planning minutes	PDF File	27/04/2022 16:24
2022-01-11 Planning minutes	PDF File	09/03/2022 12:45
2022-02-08 Planning minutes	PDF File	09/03/2022 12:45
2021-11-30 Planning minutes	PDF File	13/01/2022 10:17
2021-10-19 Planning minutes	PDF File	13/01/2022 10:17
2021-07-06 Planning minutes	PDF File	28/07/2021 15:25

Folder: 2020-21 Agendas
File name	File type	Last modified
2021-05-11 Planning agenda	PDF File	06/05/2021 10:41
2021-04-13 Planning agenda	PDF File	08/04/2021 15:11
2021-03-16 Planning agenda	PDF File	11/03/2021 10:07
2021-02-16 Planning agenda	PDF File	11/02/2021 11:39
2021-02 16 APPENDIX 13A -dorset-local-plan-town-briefing-2	PDF File	11/02/2021 11:39
2021-01-19 Planning agenda	PDF File	13/01/2021 12:56
2020-12-02 Planning agenda	PDF File	25/11/2020 15:25
2020-10-28 Planning agenda	PDF File	22/10/2020 12:26
2020-09-30 Planning agenda	PDF File	24/09/2020 10:51

Folder: 2020-21 Minutes
File name	File type	Last modified
2021-05-11 minutes	PDF File	28/07/2021 15:09
2021-03-16 minutes	PDF File	28/07/2021 15:04
2021-02-16 minutes	PDF File	28/07/2021 14:46
2021-01-19 minutes	PDF File	06/05/2021 11:50
2020-12-02 minutes	PDF File	17/12/2020 12:38
2020-09-30 minutes	PDF File	17/12/2020 12:35

Folder: 2019-20 Agendas
File name	File type	Last modified
2020-08-05 Planning agenda	PDF File	29/07/2020 15:28
2020-03-10 Planning agenda	PDF File	05/03/2020 09:32
2020-01-14 Planning agenda	PDF File	08/01/2020 12:31
2019-12-10 Planning agenda	PDF File	04/12/2019 10:52
2019-11-12 Planning agenda	PDF File	07/11/2019 11:57
2019-10-15 Planning agenda	PDF File	08/10/2019 14:53
2019-08-20 Planning Agenda	PDF File	14/08/2019 16:25
2019-07-23 Planning agenda	PDF File	18/07/2019 09:19
2019-06-25 Planning agenda	PDF File	27/06/2019 11:15
2019-05-28 Planning agenda	PDF File	30/05/2019 15:16

Folder: 2019-20 Minutes
File name	File type	Last modified
2020-08-05 minutes	PDF File	24/09/2020 11:05
2020-03-10 Planning Minutes	PDF File	29/07/2020 16:16
2020-01-14 Planning Minutes	PDF File	04/03/2020 11:47
2019-12-10 Planning Minutes	PDF File	21/01/2020 15:04
2019-11-12 Planning Minutes	PDF File	27/11/2019 12:08
2019-10-15 Planning Minutes	PDF File	27/11/2019 12:01
2019-08-20 Planning Minutes	PDF File	12/09/2019 12:22
2019-07-23 Planning Minutes	PDF File	12/09/2019 12:20
2019-06-25 Planning Minutes	PDF File	12/09/2019 12:18
2019-05-28 Planning Minutes	PDF File	27/06/2019 11:51

Folder: 2018-19 Agendas
File name	File type	Last modified
2019-04-30 Planning Agenda	PDF File	30/05/2019 15:08
2018-07-24 - Planning agenda	PDF File	07/05/2019 14:35
2018-09-18 - Planning agenda	PDF File	07/05/2019 14:35
2018-12-11 - Planning agenda	PDF File	07/05/2019 14:35
2019-02-05 - Planning agenda	PDF File	07/05/2019 14:35
2018-08-21 - Planning agenda	PDF File	07/05/2019 14:35
2018-10-16 - Planning agenda	PDF File	07/05/2019 14:35
2018-05-29 - Planning agenda	PDF File	07/05/2019 14:34
2018-06-26 - Planning agenda	PDF File	07/05/2019 14:34
2018-11-13 - Planning agenda	PDF File	07/05/2019 14:34
2019-01-08 - Planning agenda	PDF File	07/05/2019 14:34
2019-03-05 - Planning agenda	PDF File	07/05/2019 14:34
2019-04-02 - Planning agenda	PDF File	07/05/2019 14:34

Folder: 2018-19 Minutes
File name	File type	Last modified
2019-04-30 Planning minutes	PDF File	30/05/2019 15:14
2018-05-29 - Planning minutes	PDF File	07/05/2019 14:35
2019-01-08 - Planning Minutes	PDF File	07/05/2019 14:35
2019-04-02 - Planning Minutes	PDF File	07/05/2019 14:35
2018-08-21 - Planning Minutes	PDF File	07/05/2019 14:35
2018-09-18 - Planning Minutes	PDF File	07/05/2019 14:35
2018-10-16 - Planning Minutes	PDF File	07/05/2019 14:35
2018-06-26 - Planning minutes	PDF File	07/05/2019 14:34
2018-07-24 - Planning minutes	PDF File	07/05/2019 14:34
2018-11-13 - Planning Minutes	PDF File	07/05/2019 14:34
2018-12-11 - Planning Minutes	PDF File	07/05/2019 14:34
2019-02-05 - Planning Minutes	PDF File	07/05/2019 14:34
2019-03-05 - Planning Minutes	PDF File	07/05/2019 14:34

Folder: 2017-18 Agendas
File name	File type	Last modified
2017-07-25 - Planning agenda	PDF File	07/05/2019 14:35
2018-02-06 - Planning agenda	PDF File	07/05/2019 14:35
2017-08-22 - Planning agenda	PDF File	07/05/2019 14:35
2017-10-17 - Planning agenda	PDF File	07/05/2019 14:35
2017-11-14 - Planning agenda	PDF File	07/05/2019 14:35
2018-05-01 - Planning agenda	PDF File	07/05/2019 14:35
2017-05-30 - Planning agenda	PDF File	07/05/2019 14:35
2017-06-27 - Planning agenda	PDF File	07/05/2019 14:35
2018-01-09 - Planning agenda	PDF File	07/05/2019 14:35
2018-03-06 - Planning agenda	PDF File	07/05/2019 14:35
2017-09-19 - Planning agenda	PDF File	07/05/2019 14:34
2017-12-12 - Planning agenda	PDF File	07/05/2019 14:34
2018-04-03 - Planning agenda	PDF File	07/05/2019 14:34

Folder: 2017-18 Minutes
File name	File type	Last modified
2017-12-12 - Planning minutes	PDF File	07/05/2019 14:35
2018-01-09 - Planning minutes	PDF File	07/05/2019 14:35
2018-04-03 - Planning Minutes	PDF File	07/05/2019 14:35
2017-05-30 - Planning minutes	PDF File	07/05/2019 14:35
2017-06-27 - Planning minutes	PDF File	07/05/2019 14:35
2017-09-19 - Planning minutes	PDF File	07/05/2019 14:35
2018-03-06 - Planning minutes	PDF File	07/05/2019 14:35
2017-07-25 - Planning minutes	PDF File	07/05/2019 14:34
2017-08-22 - Planning minutes	PDF File	07/05/2019 14:34
2017-10-17 - Planning minutes	PDF File	07/05/2019 14:34
2017-11-14 - Planning minutes	PDF File	07/05/2019 14:34
2018-02-06 - Planning minutes	PDF File	07/05/2019 14:34
2018-05-01 - Planning minutes	PDF File	07/05/2019 14:34