Your neighbourhood
Finding your neighbourhood… then we’ll gather the planning register, the map, air quality, flooding and police data.
Your neighbourhood
Finding your neighbourhood… then we’ll gather the planning register, the map, air quality, flooding and police data.
Your neighbourhood
Sherborne West ward · Dorset Council · West Dorset constituency
See what’s changing, available and important within 1km of DT9 3LL.
1km is about a 12-minute walk; 5km reaches across the wider town.
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0 of 11 sources in. Still waiting on the planning register, police data, air quality, flood warnings, your MP, road collisions, defibrillators, bus routes, schools, care inspections and the local map. Each section below fills in the moment its own source answers. You don’t need to wait for the rest.
Pulling in live information from official sources…
Checking flood warnings, planning deadlines, air quality and nearby services. This usually takes a few seconds, please don’t refresh, it’s loading.
Counting what's around this postcode…
Each topic opens with its three most relevant records; the rest are one tap away. Every figure counts what is within 1km of your postcode.
What matters to you?
Tell us what you care about, children, sport, health, community, nature, and we’ll bring that to the front and tuck the rest away. It stays on your device and is never linked to you.
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Pulling in nature from live sources… this takes a few seconds, it isn’t stuck.
Strand 2
Pulling in place from live sources… this takes a few seconds, it isn’t stuck.
Strand 3
Pulling in community from live sources… this takes a few seconds, it isn’t stuck.
Strand 4
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Pulling in future from live sources… this takes a few seconds, it isn’t stuck.
Information is drawn from public and community sources. Some information is fetched live, while other sources are updated periodically. An empty list means nothing was recorded, not that nothing exists, and anything marked “didn’t load” means we couldn’t ask, which is different again. Nothing here replaces the original publisher.
| Source | Used for | How current |
|---|---|---|
| Environment Agency | Flood alerts and warnings | Live |
| Open-Meteo / Copernicus CAMS | Air quality | Modelled estimate, hourly |
| PlanIt | Planning applications from council portals | Updated periodically, on a delay |
| data.police.uk | Recorded crime | Updated monthly, about two months behind |
Plotting nearby places…
| OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) | Green space, venues, defibrillators, schools, heritage | Updated periodically, volunteer-maintained |
| UK Parliament Members API | Your MP | Updated periodically |
| postcodes.io / ONS | Location, ward, council, constituency | Updated periodically |
| Residents of this area | Events, groups and initiatives | Added by residents, moderated |
A few seconds’ read for DT9 3LL. Everything in full is in the seven strands below.
Open to commentPlace & Development
Place & Development
T1 Crab Apple - Radial overall reduction crown spread by 1.2m — 1 St Antonys Square Westbury Sherborne DT9 3QG · 270m away · lodged 6 days ago. The council hasn't published a closing date. Its record will have one.
Open to commentPlace & Development
Place & Development
T1 Alder - Height reduction by 3m & trim quadrant on the dwelling side by 2m T2 Alder - Height reduction by 2m & trim quadrant on the dwelling side and over parking area by 1.5m — The Pageant, Flat 1 South Street Sherborne DT9 3LR · 310m away · lodged 6 days ago. The council hasn't published a closing date. Its record will have one.
Nothing added yetCommunity & Connection
Community & Connection
Open data shows where the village hall is. It can't say the coffee morning is every Thursday at ten. That part only comes from people who live here.
PublicHealth & Wellbeing
Health & Wellbeing
80m away · Varied Access · Sherborne Abbey
The Department for Education's own register: every state and independent school, not just the mapped ones. Each links to its latest Ofsted report (Ofsted no longer gives a single overall grade).
4 schools within 1km, from the Department for Education’s register.
Buildings with statutory protection, from the national register rather than the map.
289 listed buildings within 1km — 9 Grade I, 14 Grade II*, 266 Grade II
Most notable: Former Hospital of Saints John the Baptist and John the Evangelist · Grade I · 30m away
Source: Get Information About Schools (DfE); reports from Ofsted. Ofsted stopped giving schools single-word ratings in September 2024, and the official register no longer carries one. Each school's link opens its Ofsted reports page, where the full inspection reports live.
Community Connect provides information, not a position. Read the source, weigh it, and reach your own conclusion.
Updated periodicallyGet Information About Schools (DfE), refreshed monthly
Further and higher education across the whole of BCP, not just your immediate area — BU, AUB and Bournemouth & Poole College serve the entire conurbation.
Shaftsbury Millie College · College
South West Regional Assessment Centre · College
The Bournemouth and Poole College · College
Arts University Bournemouth · University
Bournemouth University · University
Bournemouth University (Talbot Campus) · University
Cambian Wing College · College
Bournemouth University (Lansdowne Campus) · University
Health Services University · University
Updated periodicallyOpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), across BCP
Find local courses, adult education and ways to learn something new. These are national services you search for your own area, so they cover the whole of BCP.
Search thousands of courses across the country, from adult education to professional qualifications.
Free level-3 qualifications for eligible adults, funded by the government.
Free online courses in numeracy, digital and workplace skills.
Flexible distance learning, from free short courses on OpenLearn to full degrees.
Free talks, first aid training, digital skills, environmental education. Added by whoever runs them, and shown right across BCP.
Nothing listed yet. If you run a session near here, add it and it will show for everyone who looks up a nearby postcode.
Add the first one for this areaLibraries, learning centres and other places to learn nearby. Schools, colleges and universities have their own blocks above.
Sherborne Library · Library
Updated periodicallyOpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
Finding work, careers advice and support back into employment. National services that cover the whole of BCP; local job fairs and support can be added below.
Free, impartial careers advice, skills assessments and a course finder, for any age.
The government's job search, listing vacancies across the country.
Support finding work, and help if you are claiming benefits while looking.
Your rights, and the help available, if you have been made redundant.
Learning while you earn, and technical routes into work. Particularly worth knowing for young people who don't want the university route.
Search and apply for apprenticeships across England, from intermediate to degree level.
Apprenticeship options explored alongside university choices, with how-to guides.
Two-year technical courses for 16 to 19 year-olds, combining study with a work placement.
Source: Historic England, National Heritage List for England. Listing protects a building's special interest in law; the register records what is protected, not what is merely old or well loved.
Community Connect provides information, not a position. Read the source, weigh it, and reach your own conclusion.
This postcode is in the Sherborne Conservation Area 1 Conservation Area (designated 1970). That means extra planning controls on things like windows, walls, trees and extensions. What this means.
Conservation areas near you
Updated periodicallyHistoric England, National Heritage List for England; conservation areas via planning.data.gov.uk
How this place has changed: former buildings, previous land uses, monuments, memorials, archaeological sites and museums. The kind of thing residents can add to over time.
Digby Memorial · Memorial
War Memorial · Memorial
Church of All Hallows · Archaeological site
The Abbey Gate House · Building
Sherborne Museum · Museum
Apr-Dec Tu-Sa 10:30-16:30
The Gospel Hall · Church
The Conduit · Building
Sherborne House · Building
Sherborne Steam & Waterwheel Centre · Museum
Plus 4 other mapped places without a name, nearest 120m away.
Updated periodicallyOpenStreetMap; statutory listings are held by Historic England
Stories, memories, photographs and history shared by local people. Read by a moderator before it appeared. Open data can say where a building is; only people can say what happened in it.
Know a story, place or photograph we’ve missed? It’s lost the moment nobody writes it down.
No local stories have been added here yet. How a street got its name, what stood on a corner, a photograph in a drawer. Be the first to add one.
Your community right now
Development shapes travel; travel shapes the air; the air shapes health; and today’s decisions shape what the next generation inherits. 6 links measured from this postcode’s own figures — each ends in a question, not a forecast.
DevelopmentaffectsTransport
6
building applications, of 29 in all
2
involve homes
1
major scheme
15
tree works, counted apart
6 applications within 2km propose building or changing something, 2 of them involving homes, and 1 is classed as major. A further 15 concern trees and are counted separately. They change the canopy, not the traffic.
How might that development affect travel demand on the existing network, and is anyone assessing it cumulatively, or one application at a time?
ChildrenaffectsAir quality
16
schools & learning sites
22
air index · fair
1.1
NO₂ µg/m³ · the traffic pollutant
16 schools and learning sites within 2km. Air here is fair today at 22 on the European index, with nitrogen dioxide. The pollutant most closely tied to vehicles. At 1.1 µg/m³.
How might future traffic and development change the air on the roads those children use twice a day, every day?
Air qualityaffectsHealth
Fair
air quality today
22
European air index
1.1
NO₂ µg/m³ · the traffic pollutant
Today's reading is fair (22), with nitrogen dioxide, the pollutant most tied to traffic, at 1.1 µg/m³. Air quality is a long-run exposure, not a daily event: what matters for health is the average someone breathes over years, not one good or bad day.
Over years rather than days, what would sustained exposure at this level mean for residents with asthma, COPD or heart conditions, and for children whose lungs are still developing?
Green spaceaffectsWellbeing
0
green spaces
6
places to be active
8
indoor places to gather
No mapped green space and 6 places to be active within 2km, against 8 indoor places to gather.
How accessible are these spaces to people of different ages and abilities, and are there barriers that prevent some residents from enjoying them?
Places to gatheraffectsConnection
8
halls, centres & churches
80m
to Sherborne Abbey
8 halls, centres and places of worship within 2km, nearest Sherborne Abbey at 80m.
If one of these closed, where would the groups that use it go, and would they survive the move?
Today's decisionsaffectsFuture generations
15
schools
1
libraries
13
heritage features
16
applications undecided
15 schools, 1 library and 13 heritage features within 2km, alongside 16 planning applications still undecided.
The children in those schools will inherit whatever is settled this year. What would they thank us for in 2046, and what would they wish we had asked about?
This is what Harmony means in practice: people, place and the natural world as one system rather than seven separate files. Pull on any one of these and the others move.
Every figure on this page counts what is within 1km of your postcode, unless it says otherwise.
Everything the open registers record within 1km. Switch a layer off to clear the view, or tap a pin to see what it is.
Loading the street map…
Rings mark 500m, 1km and 2km. Pins are what the open registers record, not everything that is there. A hall nobody has added to OpenStreetMap does not appear.
The people elected to speak for this area, from national to neighbourhood.
Your MP
Edward Morello
Liberal Democrat · West Dorset
Contact Edward Morello(opens in a new tab)How this area voted · 2024 General Election
Most local decisions are made in public, on a deadline. These are where they're published.
Local news, notices and one-off happenings added by people who live here, checked by a moderator before they appear.
Nothing has been added for this area yet. Open data shows where the village hall is. It can't say the coffee morning is every Thursday at ten.
Add the first one for this areaAdded by residentsSubmitted by residents, moderated before publishing
Pulled automatically from calendars that local groups have connected. They keep their own listings up to date; we just show them.
No local group has connected a calendar to this area yet. If your church, hall, library or club already publishes one, adding it once means its events appear here and stay up to date on their own.
Added by residentsLocal groups' own calendars, refreshed hourly
Charities, CICs, food banks, support groups and residents' associations working in your area. A local organisation is worth knowing about whether or not it has anything on this week, so it lives here in its own right.
No local organisations have been added here yet. The national ones are easy to find online; it’s the small local groups doing brilliant work that are hardest to discover, so this fills up when someone who knows one adds it.
Added by residentsAdded by residents and organisations, moderated before publishing
Places within 1km where you may be able to volunteer, because they are usually run by volunteers, alongside current opportunities added by residents and local organisations. Contact a place directly to ask what help it needs.
Simple, current requests from local organisations — donations, drivers, raffle prizes, a spare pair of hands. Small things that are easy to help with if you happen to see them.
Nothing is being asked for right now. If you run a local group and need a hand with something, this is the place to say so.
Added by residentsAdded by local organisations, moderated before publishing
Clubs, societies, activities and groups you can join locally — the things that meet regularly and welcome new people, added by residents.
No groups have been added for this area yet. A choir, a running club, a book group, a chess night — if you know one that meets nearby and welcomes newcomers, this is where it goes.
Added by residentsAdded by residents, moderated before publishing
Halls, centres, social facilities and places of worship within 1km.
The old-school suppliers: butcher, baker, greengrocer, farm shop, deli.
No butcher, bakery, greengrocer or farm shop is mapped within 1km. If you know one, add it to OpenStreetMap and it will appear here.
Updated periodicallyOpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
Theatres, cinemas, arts centres and music venues within 1km.
No theatre, cinema or music venue is mapped within 1km.
Updated periodicallyOpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
22
Air quality index
Fair on the European scale
0
Live flood warnings
In force within 20km
Water supply across this area is split between companies. Bournemouth Water has no hosepipe ban; Wessex Water (much of Poole) and South West Water (parts of Dorset) do have bans in force.
Check which company supplies your address to see whether a ban applies.
Lodged within 1km in the last 90 days, newest first. Each links to your council's own record, where the comment deadline is stated.
29 planning applications within 1km in the last 90 days.
Pollen and UV from the Open-Meteo forecast; heat is the forecast temperature, not the official alert. The Heat-Health Alerts are issued by UKHSA: check the current alert.
Low
grass 0 grains/m³
Source: Open-Meteo pollen model (CAMS). The band applies to grass pollen, using the Met Office's published thresholds; other species are shown as counts because their banding is not consistently published.
Every figure here is measured from the six strands above. Every forward-looking line is a question, not a forecast.
A snapshot of the place we're passing on: the measures that say what sort of place this is to hand over, drawn together from the strands above.
Development pressure
6 applications
Proposing to build or change something, within 2km in the last 90 days. 1 classed as major, 16 of all types still undecided. 15 further applications concern trees and are not counted here.
Green space
0 spaces
No green space is mapped within 2km yet — likely a gap in OpenStreetMap rather than an absence of it.
Places to gather
8
Community centres, halls, social facilities and places of worship within 2km. The rooms a neighbourhood actually meets in.
Learning on the doorstep
15 schools, 1 library
16 education sites within 2km in total, including colleges and universities.
Nearest defibrillator
80m
20 nearby on the national register. In a cardiac arrest, minutes decide the outcome.
Heritage features
13
Monuments, historic buildings, memorials and museums recorded within 2km.
Air quality today
Fair (22)
European Air Quality Index, modelled for this location. PM2.5 4.2 µg/m³, NO₂ 1.1 µg/m³.
Play spaces, family facilities and things for children nearby. Playgrounds and skate parks come from the map; children's centres, family hubs and toddler groups are best found through your council's family services, or added by residents below. Schools are under Learning & Skills.
No playgrounds are mapped nearby yet. Your council's family services below list what's available.
Updated periodicallyOpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL); services from the council
Places, activities and opportunities for young people — the gap between a playground and adulthood. Open data maps youth centres and skate parks; youth clubs, teenage activities and schemes like Duke of Edinburgh are best added by people who run them.
No youth centres are mapped nearby yet. If you run a youth club, activity or scheme for teenagers here, add it so families can find it.
How today's decisions shape what this area becomes — population, housing, services, environment. Every line is a question, not a forecast. The three strongest are summarised higher up the page.
Green space → Wellbeing
No mapped green space and 6 places to be active within 2km, against 8 indoor places to gather.
How accessible are these spaces to people of different ages and abilities, and are there barriers that prevent some residents from enjoying them?
Places to gather → Connection
8 halls, centres and places of worship within 2km, nearest Sherborne Abbey at 80m.
If one of these closed, where would the groups that use it go, and would they survive the move?
Today's decisions → Future generations
15 schools, 1 library and 13 heritage features within 2km, alongside 16 planning applications still undecided.
The children in those schools will inherit whatever is settled this year. What would they thank us for in 2046, and what would they wish we had asked about?
Water companies announce hosepipe bans on their own pages; there is no single official feed. Checked 10 September 2026. Always confirm with your supplier before relying on it.
Source: Open-Meteo air quality model (CAMS). The air quality figure is modelled for this area from monitoring and weather data, not measured on your street.
Community Connect provides information, not a position. Read the source, weigh it, and reach your own conclusion.
No monitored storm overflow into a river near you has discharged in the last week.
8 monitored storm overflows within 1km. None is discharging right now.
Source: Environment Agency; water companies via the Storm Overflow Hub; The Rivers Trust. Bathing water classifications are the Environment Agency's, from four years of samples. Overflow status is each water company's own live monitor data, published to the national Storm Overflow Hub. The Environment Agency does not routinely sample E. coli on these river points, so the live sewage-discharge status is the honest signal for a river.
Community Connect provides information, not a position. Read the source, weigh it, and reach your own conclusion.
Parks, nature reserves, commons, woodland and allotments within 1km. Some green space, like a stretch of woodland, has no name on the map; it still shows in the list below even though it isn't counted above.
Still gathering. Still gathering the map for this area. This is the first time anyone has looked here. This page will update itself in a moment; everything else is ready to use meanwhile.
Updated periodicallyOpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
Sites of Special Scientific Interest, nature reserves, protected habitats, European wildlife designations and ancient woodland near you. Dorset's heaths make this an unusually rich area.
Updated periodicallyNatural England and others via planning.data.gov.uk
No Environment Agency flood alerts or warnings are in force within 20km right now. That says nothing about long-term risk to this address.
LiveEnvironment Agency flood service
Bottle banks, textile and can points and recycling centres within 1km. For household waste centres, bulky-item collections and what goes in which bin, use your council.
Still gathering. Still gathering the map for this area. This is the first time anyone has looked here. This page will update itself in a moment; everything else is ready to use meanwhile.
Updated periodicallyOpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL); council pages for centres and collections
Updated periodicallyOpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL); plus residents and the council
Turnout 69% · majority 7,789 votes. Source: UK Parliament. Vote shares are the record of one election, not a statement about anyone who lives here now.
Worked out from your postcode. If you live very close to a constituency boundary, your address can fall the other side of it — check by address on Parliament’s own site.
Your ward councillors · Sherborne West
Councillors are the local end of the chain: planning, bins, roads and the council services on this page all answer to them before anyone else. From the council’s own register.
Your Police and Crime Commissioner
Dorset Police and Crime Commissioner
Elected, and separate from the police themselves. They set the force’s budget and priorities and handle complaints about how it is run, which makes them the person to write to about the crime figures further up this page.
Dorset Police and Crime Commissioner(opens in a new tab)Your town or parish council
Sherborne
The most local tier of all — town and parish councils look after things like allotments, halls and local green space, and are consulted on planning. No national register lists their members, so search their own site for who sits on it.
Find Sherborne’s council(opens in a new tab)Petitions people here are signing
Official UK Parliament petitions only, ranked by signatures from this constituency. The Government must respond at 10,000 signatures nationally; at 100,000 Parliament considers a debate. Listing a petition is a count, not an endorsement — read it and decide for yourself. Updated daily.
Sue Ryder · Charity shop
Mo-Sa 09:30-17:00
Weldmar Hospicecare Trust · Charity shop
Save the Children · Charity shop
Sherborne Abbey · Place of worship
anglican
Digby Memorial Church Hall · Community centre
Sherborne Abbey
Church Hall · Community centre
Cheap Street Church · Place of worship
methodist;united reformed
Church of The Sacred Heart and St Aldhelm · Place of worship
catholic
Manor House · Town hall
Sherborne Town Council
Tinneys Youth Centre · Community centre
Church of St Mary Magdalene · Place of worship
anglican
TreesUndecided · Trees
T1 Crab Apple - Radial overall reduction crown spread by 1.2m
1 St Antonys Square Westbury Sherborne DT9 3QG · 270m away · Lodged 11 Sept 2026 · Ref P/TRC/2026/05010
TreesUndecided · Trees
T1 Alder - Height reduction by 3m & trim quadrant on the dwelling side by 2m T2 Alder - Height reduction by 2m & trim quadrant on the dwelling side and over parking area by 1.5m
The Pageant, Flat 1 South Street Sherborne DT9 3LR · 310m away · Lodged 11 Sept 2026 · Ref P/TRC/2026/05009
Undecided · Full
Erect triple garage.
Northgate House North Road Sherborne DT9 3JW · 740m away · Lodged 9 Sept 2026 · Ref P/FUL/2026/04653
TreesUndecided · Trees
T1 Macrocarpa - 1.5m reduction around canopy (20%)
Garden Close Long Street Sherborne DT9 3DD · 570m away · Lodged 9 Sept 2026 · Ref P/TRC/2026/04958
Undecided · Full
Increase the height to part of the boundary fence to 2.82m
Greensleeves The Avenue Sherborne DT9 3AJ · 820m away · Lodged 8 Sept 2026 · Ref P/HOU/2026/04824
Undecided · Heritage
Source: PlanIt, collecting council planning registers on a delay. Counts are of applications lodged, which is a measure of paperwork, not of what will be built: many are refused, withdrawn or never begun.
Community Connect provides information, not a position. Read the source, weigh it, and reach your own conclusion.
Updated periodicallyPlanIt, collected from council portals on a delay
Large developments within 1km that were granted permission in the last five years, newest decision first. These stay listed long after they drop out of the 90-day view above. A scheme is at its most visible on the ground exactly when it is quietest on the register.
Major schemeApproved August 2026
Non-material amendment - to amend previously approved landscaping details/design to planning permission WD/D/19/000872 (Erection of 66 dwellings and associated works)
760m away · P/NMA/2026/03796
Permission is not the same as building work. No open dataset records whether a scheme has started or finished, so these are listed as consented and dated, nothing more. In England a permission normally lapses if work has not begun within three years, which is why the window stops at five.
Updated periodicallyPlanIt, collected from council portals on a delay
Completed sales recorded by HM Land Registry for this postcode, newest first. These are prices actually paid, not asking prices or estimates.
The Land Registry records no completed sales for DT9 3LL yet. That usually means nothing has changed hands here recently, not that the data is missing.
Updated periodicallyHM Land Registry Price Paid Data (Open Government Licence)
No open national feed covers every council's roadworks, so this is a link rather than a list.
Bus stops, stations and tram stops within 1km, from the Department for Transport's national register. A stop's two sides (one for each direction) are counted once.
18 bus stops within 1km, and 1 station.
Distances are straight lines, so the walk is always a little further, especially where a railway or main road sits in between. Stops come from NaPTAN, the Department for Transport’s national register, which lists where stops are but not which buses call at them today.
1 bus running within 1km right now, on 1 route:
Source: Bus Open Data Service, Department for Transport. A snapshot of live bus tracking, taken as this page loaded. Routes with no vehicle in the area at this moment do not appear, so evenings and Sundays show fewer routes than exist.
Community Connect provides information, not a position. Read the source, weigh it, and reach your own conclusion.
Updated periodicallyNaPTAN, Department for Transport; live tracking from the Bus Open Data Service
Named car parks within 1km, with whether they charge where that's recorded. For live tariffs and permits, check your council.
Still gathering. Still gathering the map for this area. This is the first time anyone has looked here. This page will update itself in a moment; everything else is ready to use meanwhile.
Updated periodicallyOpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL); tariffs from the council
Police-reported injury collisions within 1km over the last five years, from the national record.
50 reported injury collisions within 1km, 2021 to 2025
Counted per person hurt, so one collision can appear in more than one row. The collisions themselves are drawn on the map in “Your neighbourhood at a glance” — switch on the Collisions layer.
Source: Department for Transport, STATS19. Figures show police-reported personal-injury collisions and do not by themselves indicate the cause of a collision or the relative safety of different forms of transport.
Community Connect provides information, not a position. Read the source, weigh it, and reach your own conclusion.
Updated periodicallyDepartment for Transport, STATS19
Police publish these snapped to anonymised map points, never real addresses.
67 incidents were recorded near this postcode in July 2026.
Broadly unchanged
167 recorded across May to July 2026, against 173 in May to July 2025. The same three months a year earlier, so the comparison isn’t measuring the seasons.
Counts are of records, not convictions, snapped to anonymised map points and published about two months in arrears. A change of a few incidents at this scale is noise. The shape over a year is the part worth reading. The feed keeps about three years, so its earliest year will drop off as new months appear; figures already gathered here are kept.
Source: data.police.uk. Figures are police-reported incidents snapped to anonymised map points; they measure what was reported, not everything that happened.
Community Connect provides information, not a position. Read the source, weigh it, and reach your own conclusion.
One month in a small area. Too small a sample to read a trend from, and not a comparison between neighbourhoods.
Updated periodicallydata.police.uk, about two months behind
Population density for this postcode's own census neighbourhood, an area of roughly 1,500 people.
2,739 people per square kilometre.
Denser than 41% of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Source: Census 2021. Density says how closely people live, not how it feels to live there — a leafy street of flats can out-score a windswept estate of houses.
Updated periodicallyONS Census 2021, updated each census
What Dorset charges for 2026-27, including the police and fire shares. Parish precepts, where they exist, come on top.
| Band | Per year |
|---|---|
| A | £1,843 |
| B | £2,151 |
| C | £2,458 |
| D | £2,765 |
| E | £3,379 |
| F | £3,994 |
| G | £4,608 |
| H | £5,530 |
Of the Band D figure, £2,345.49 goes to the council, £322.58 to the police and £96.95 to fire and rescue. Your own band depends on your property’s 1991 valuation — check your band on GOV.UK.
Updated periodicallyMHCLG, council tax levels 2026-27, published March 2026
Community Connect provides information, not a position. Read the source, weigh it, and reach your own conclusion.
GPs, pharmacies, dentists, hospitals and other health services nearby, grouped by type.
Updated periodicallyNHS/CQC register and OpenStreetMap; inspection ratings are in Care services below
In a cardiac arrest, survival falls with every minute. Worth knowing before you need it, and worth telling a neighbour.
Sherborne AbbeyReport a problem with Sherborne Abbey80m
PublicVaried Access
Sherborne Abbey, DT9 3LQ
Source: British Heart Foundation.
Show this location on a map(opens in a new tab)Public defibrillatorReport a problem with Public defibrillator100m
Public24/7 Access
Sherborne Masonic Hall, DT9 3NL
Source: British Heart Foundation.
Show this location on a map(opens in a new tab)Glencairn House ClinicReport a problem with Glencairn House Clinic230m
Public24/7 Access
Suite 1 Glencairn, DT9 3NQ
Source: British Heart Foundation.
Show this location on a map(opens in a new tab)Sherborne Town CouncilReport a problem with Sherborne Town Council310m
Public24/7 Access
Sherborne Post Office, DT9 3AT
Source: British Heart Foundation.
Show this location on a map(opens in a new tab)SherborneReport a problem with Sherborne330m
Public24/7 Access
South Street, DT9 3NB
Source: British Heart Foundation.
Show this location on a map(opens in a new tab)15 more within 1km, 2 of them behind restricted access.
Source: British Heart Foundation. From The Circuit, the national defibrillator network, as published on 3 August 2026. It is a monthly snapshot, not a live feed, and a device can be moved or go out of service between releases. Community Connect is not endorsed by or affiliated with the British Heart Foundation.
Always call 999 first. The call handler will tell you where the nearest accessible unit is and give you its access code.
Updated periodicallyThe Circuit via the British Heart Foundation, refreshed monthly; supplemented by OpenStreetMap
Care homes, homecare providers and CQC ratings. Every one must register with the Care Quality Commission, which inspects them.
19 CQC-registered care services within 1km · 13 with a published rating
Source: Care Quality Commission. Ratings are the Care Quality Commission's own, from its most recent inspection of each service; each link opens the full CQC report. Many registered services, including most dental practices, are not given a rating at all.
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Updated periodicallyCare Quality Commission, refreshed monthly
Leisure centres, swimming pools, gyms, sports pitches and courts, running tracks, skate parks and outdoor gyms within 1km. Walking and cycling groups are usually resident-run — add one below if you know it.
Sherborne Town FC · Sports pitch
Sherborne RFC · Sports pitch
Oxley Sports Centre · Sports centre
Sherborne Girls School
Plus 3 other mapped places without a name, nearest 240m away.
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Certificate of lawfulness to replace 4no. rotten & unrepairable wooden windows, with like for like wooden windows
8 The Old Green The Green Sherborne DT9 3JY · 540m away · Lodged 7 Sept 2026 · Ref P/CPLLP/2026/04966
TreesUndecided · Trees
T1 Gleditsia - Reduce in height 2m & shorten radius by up to 3m T2 Lime - Re-pollard back to previous cut points and remove epicormic growth up the main trunk
Tall Trees The Avenue Sherborne DT9 3AH · 680m away · Lodged 3 Sept 2026 · Ref P/TRC/2026/04841
TreesUndecided · Trees
T1 Copper Maple - Reduce in height 4m and shorten radius by 2-3m, prune to shape
Wendover The Avenue Sherborne DT9 3AH · 720m away · Lodged 3 Sept 2026 · Ref P/TRC/2026/04840
TreesUndecided · Trees
T1 Betula Platyphylla 'szechuanica' - Overall crown reduction by 3-4 metres in height and lateral spread
Lynwood 2 Newland Gardens Sherborne DT9 3AF · 520m away · Lodged 2 Sept 2026 · Ref P/TRC/2026/04771
TreesUndecided · Trees
T1 Laburnum - Remove to ground level T2 Prunus - Reduce back to fence line and reduce in height by up to 50% (as per annotated photo submitted)
50 Newland Sherborne DT9 3JH · 510m away · Lodged 27 Aug 2026 · Ref P/TRC/2026/04737
TreesUndecided · Trees
T1 Yew - Crown reduction by approx 4m overall
Eastbury House Long Street Sherborne DT9 3BZ · 460m away · Lodged 18 Aug 2026 · Ref P/TRC/2026/04484
TreesPermitted · Trees
T1 Walnut - Fell to ground level
Corby House Long Street Sherborne DT9 3DD · 600m away · Lodged 17 Aug 2026 · Ref P/TRC/2026/04510
Undecided · Full
Replacement shop front
86 Cheap Street Sherborne DT9 3BJ · 150m away · Lodged 17 Aug 2026 · Ref P/FUL/2026/04082
Undecided · Outline
Change of use from Commercial to Dwelling House
Flat 1 Swan Yard Cheap Street Sherborne DT9 3AX · 280m away · Lodged 17 Aug 2026 · Ref P/PAMF/2026/04357
Rejected · Amendment
Non-material amendment - not to add a first floor to the residence, therefore: - not to lower the ground floor (instead to keep it at the existing level) - not to change the position of the…
Non-material amendment - not to add a first floor to the residence, therefore: - not to lower the ground floor (instead to keep it at the existing level) - not to change the position of the window to the plant room on the south elevation (instead to keep it at the existing level) - not to change any of the windows on the North elevation (instead to keep them all as existing, but still to change the door into a window) - not to add a Velux window into the roof (instead to keep as existing) - not to separate the roof space into sections (instead to keep as existing). To replace the door on the South elevation with a window, and to replace the window on the South elevation with French doors. To change the windows in the new residence from white painted with leaded glazing to oak with plain glazing, but still with obscured glazing on the North elevation. To change the door on the East elevation of the back hall to be oak framed, glazed and larger in size, and to change the window on the same elevation to be oak framed (instead of the planned white painted) to planning permission P/FUL/2023/05372) (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 curb onto the highway & new driveway)
Sherborne Dance Academy North Road Sherborne DT9 3JN · 590m away · Lodged 14 Aug 2026 · Ref P/NMA/2026/04452
Undecided · Full
Change of use from veterinary practice to single dwelling
Kingston House Long Street Sherborne DT9 3DB · 500m away · Lodged 12 Aug 2026 · Ref P/FUL/2026/04398
Undecided · Heritage
Change of use from veterinary practice to single dwelling and carryout internal alterations
Kingston House Long Street Sherborne DT9 3DB · 500m away · Lodged 12 Aug 2026 · Ref P/LBC/2026/04399
TreesPermitted · Trees
T1 Ash - Fell
9 Pageant Drive Sherborne DT9 3LP · 210m away · Lodged 11 Aug 2026 · Ref P/TRC/2026/04378
Undecided · Heritage
Amendments to hall and roof over, formation of steps externally. Replace dormer window and overhaul the existing roof
Picton House 24 Greenhill Sherborne DT9 4EW · 490m away · Lodged 31 Jul 2026 · Ref P/LBC/2026/04198
Permitted · Conditions
Erect two storey side extension and porch (Variation of Condition 2, to Planning Application P/HOU/2025/00567 to amend floor plans and elevations).
6 St Catherines Crescent Sherborne DT9 6DD · 790m away · Lodged 16 Jul 2026 · Ref P/VOC/2026/02943
TreesPermitted · Trees
T1 - Paper bark maple - Crown lift to limbs that overhang the car park to 2.2m. Reduce face to the northeast that overhangs the pedestrian walkway vertically, creating a 30cm clearance…
T1 - Paper bark maple - Crown lift to limbs that overhang the car park to 2.2m. Reduce face to the northeast that overhangs the pedestrian walkway vertically, creating a 30cm clearance between the tree and the hand rail.
Sherborne Police Station Digby Road Sherborne DT9 3NL · 140m away · Lodged 14 Jul 2026 · Ref P/TRC/2026/03812
Major developmentPermitted · Amendment
Non-material amendment - to amend previously approved landscaping details/design to planning permission WD/D/19/000872 (Erection of 66 dwellings and associated works)
Barton Farm Development Site Yeovil Road Sherborne · 760m away · Lodged 13 Jul 2026 · Ref P/NMA/2026/03796
TreesPermitted · Trees
G1 Birch x 3 - Reduce in height 2 - 2.5m down to previous cut points, prune to shape T1 Acacia - Fell to ground level
The Old Coach House South Street Sherborne DT9 3LZ · 170m away · Lodged 8 Jul 2026 · Ref P/TRC/2026/03724
Withdrawn · Heritage
Repair and minor alterations to Library roof
Bursary Sherborne School Abbey Road Sherborne DT9 3LF · 110m away · Lodged 2 Jul 2026 · Ref P/LBC/2026/03590
Permitted · Heritage
Replacement of 5 no. front elevation sash windows and refurbishment of front door
Crown Cottage Greenhill Sherborne DT9 4EW · 510m away · Lodged 30 Jun 2026 · Ref P/LBC/2026/03537
TreesPermitted · Trees
T1 Cherry - Reduce by 2m overall (30%) cut size 20cm
14 Manor Court Sherborne DT9 3JX · 540m away · Lodged 30 Jun 2026 · Ref P/TRC/2026/03515
Permitted · Full
Erect two storey side extension (Demolish existing single storey extension).
11 St Swithins Close Sherborne DT9 3DW · 480m away · Lodged 23 Jun 2026 · Ref P/HOU/2026/03424
TreesPermitted · Trees
T1 Silver Maple (Acer Saccharinum) - Crown reduction in height by 3-4m and 1-2m in lateral spread
Springfield Coldharbour Sherborne DT9 4AB · 940m away · Lodged 23 Jun 2026 · Ref P/TRC/2026/03431
TreesPermitted · Trees
T1 Tree of Heaven (Ailanthus Altissima) - Crown reduction of 1 - 3 metres in height and lateral spread & reduction of south westerly branch by 4 - 6 metres taking as much off whilst not…
T1 Tree of Heaven (Ailanthus Altissima) - Crown reduction of 1 - 3 metres in height and lateral spread & reduction of south westerly branch by 4 - 6 metres taking as much off whilst not compromising the health of the branch and leaving a suitable growth point, ideally 1/3 the diameter of the piece removed.
61 Coldharbour Sherborne DT9 4HB · 780m away · Lodged 23 Jun 2026 · Ref P/TRC/2026/03430