AN application by Lloyds Bank to remove a cash machine from the Sherborne branch has been approved.

A neighbour has told Dorset Council that the machine should remain in place  as it was now the only remaining bank cash machine in the town. His comment was the only one on the Listed Building application. Sherborne Town Council did not respond.

Lloyds has announced that it intends to close the branch from January 16th 2025.

The bank is the only one in the town after NatWest, Barclays and HSBC all pulled out prior to the pandemic.

The Cheap Street bank had asked for the removal of the machine and its bank signage, required because the structure is a grade 2 listed building, which the company said will restore the building to its former appearance.

Lloyds say the cash machine slot will be replaced with glazing of a similar appearance to other windows.

The bank was started as the Wilts and Dorset Bank, which established a Branch in Sherborne in 1835, and merged with Lloyds in 1914.

Other Sherborne area plans decided, together with new applications, are listed below.

All can be seen, in more detail, by using the references provided on the Dorset Council website.

DECIDED Applications   P/LBC/2024/02039 - 75 Cheap Street Sherborne DT9 3BD. Removal of ATM and associated signage. Granted.

P/HOU/2024/01791 - St Kilda Long Street Sherborne DT9 3DD. Erect Rear Extension. Granted.

P/LBC/2024/01888 - 41 Newland Sherborne DT9 3JG. Install a fitted boiler to the rear of the property with associated pipework from the street to a meter in the front room of the property. Granted.

P/PAAC/2024/01861 - Willow Tree Farm Bishops Down Sherborne. Change of use and conversion of agricultural building to 1no. dwelling (Use Class C3). Prior Approval Not Required.

P/HOU/2024/02399 - Yafford New Road Nether Compton DT9 4QJ. Demolish rear lean-to and rear flat roof extension. Erect single storey rear extension with solar panels and roof lights. Granted.

P/HOU/2024/02438 - Devan Haye North Road Sherborne DT9 3JW. Replace existing fence with new fence. Granted.

NEW SHERBORNE area applications P/HOU/2024/02418 - Yorkfold Churchwell Street Bradford Abbas Dorset DT9 6RG. Convert attic and install Juliet balcony and rooflights.

P/PABA/2024/02499 - Windwards Compton Road Over Compton DT9 4QS. Erect agricultural building for storage of hay, straw, fodder and machinery. Prior Approval refused.

P/HOU/2024/02887 - Vale Cottage Pound Road Thornford Sherborne DT9 6QB. Raise existing chimney.

P/LBC/2024/02878 - School House Abbey Road Sherborne Dorset DT9 3AR. Replace windows with external doors & internal alterations.

P/PABA/2024/03229 - Wisteria Lodge The Folly Nether Compton DT9 4QG. Erect timber frame agricultural barn for storing fodder and a small tractor for maintaining the land.