NEW planning applications validated in recent days by Dorset Council for the Dorchester area.

Comments on applications can be made via the council website.

7 South Walks Road, change of use from private garage to delicatessen; 32 Prince of Wales Road, convert and extend to provide 17 supported living apartments with communal facilities; 49 Queens Avenue, convert garden room into an annexe; 32 Olga Road, single storey rear extension; 15 Stonehouse Court, Pound Lane, replace existing window with UPVC French door.

Dorchester rural - Lower Bockhampton Farm, Bockhampton Lane, demolish existing old dairy parlour and build new home; 15 Redbridge Road, Crossways, remove existing lean-to at front of property, erection of a single storey extension, erection of rear balcony, replace existing septic tank and move solar panels.