NEW signs at Waitrose in Poundbury and a replacement greenhouse at a Dorchester school are among six new planning applications for the Dorchester area.

The Waitrose store at Kings Point House, 5 Queen Mother Square, is seeking to replace its internally illuminated signs on the building and two internally illuminated projecting signs. The application also includes replacement vinyl and three low-level signs on the windows. Its reference is P/ADV/2026/05565.

St Mary's Roman Catholic First School in Lucetta Lane wants to replace a polytunnel with a new greenhouse under application P/FUL/2026/05569.

Household proposals include alterations and a replacement roof for the sun room at 1 Rampart Walk, Dorchester, under application P/HOU/2026/05603.

At 22 Stannon Street, Poundbury, plans would convert part of an existing garage into a new kitchen and replace the garage door with a window. The reference is P/HOU/2026/05568.

A two-storey extension is proposed at 16 Casterbridge Road, Dorchester, replacing an existing rear lean-to conservatory. The application, P/HOU/2026/05078, also includes the installation of first-floor windows.

Elsewhere in Dorchester, five scooter storage units are proposed on land at Lubbecke Way, together with bases and minor ancillary works. The application reference is P/FUL/2026/05060.