Southern Electric Beacon Blandford Road North Beacon Hill BH16 6AB Data via plota.co.uk

P/PAEL/2026/02135 - Prior Approval - Electronic Communication Network Approved

Proposal

Install a permanent back-up power generator with associated fuel apparatus (10kVA canopied generator). 1no., cabinet is to be removed and 1no. cabinet to be installed with ancillary development Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received

17 Apr 2026

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Approved

11 Jun 2026

Approved on 11 Jun 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 12 Jul 2026

Documents 9

Site constraints 10

Special area of conservation: Dorset Heaths

3 designations overlap here. A habitats assessment is needed.

Harm to a protected site is only accepted where there is no alternative and an overriding public interest.

SSSI: Upton Heath SSSI

Natural England must be consulted on work that may affect it.

Sites of special scientific interest are the best wildlife and geological sites in the country. Development likely to harm one is rarely permitted.

Green belt: South West Hampshire

Inappropriate development needs very special circumstances.

Green belt policy allows a short list of exceptions, such as limited extensions and replacement buildings. Anything else needs very special circumstances that clearly outweigh the harm. Some green belt land can count as grey belt, where it does not strongly serve the green belt's purposes. The council decides this in its green belt assessment or on each application, so we do not mark it here.

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Nutrient neutrality catchment: Poole Harbour SPA/Ramsar

New homes and overnight accommodation must show nutrient neutrality before approval.

Natural England advice: extra wastewater in these catchments harms protected habitats, so schemes must offset their nutrient load, usually through credits.

Priority habitat: Deciduous woodland

A habitat of principal importance. It shapes the ecology work and the biodiversity net gain a scheme has to show.

Habitat network: Lowland fens

Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.

Also on the record

Radon affected area, class 3; Nature improvement area: Wild Purbeck; Open access land 11 m away: Access Land - Combined Open Country, Registered Common Land and Section 16 Dedicated Land. MoD Byelaw, Section 28 Exclusions, Racecourses and Aerodromes and ECP Margin have been removed.; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 4, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No listed building at the site · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Council: Dorset
Application type: Prior Approval - Electronic Communication Network
Postcode: BH16 6AB
Received: 17 Apr 2026
Validated: 17 Apr 2026
Ward: Lytchett Matravers and Upton Ward
Parish: Lytchett Minster and Upton
Case officer: Show
Decision: Prior Approval Not Required
Decision date: 11 Jun 2026
Decision level: Delegated

How this decision compares

Decided in 55 days from validation, about the council's usual 55 days. Approved, as 93% of utility and infrastructure works here are.

This one55d

Council55d

UK55d

57%decided within 8 weeks

93%approved

96decided in the last year

Plota live figures for utility and infrastructure works decided by Dorset in the last twelve months, from validation. Dorset decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Comments by: 15 May 2026

Historical activity at this location

2 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2020 Approved

Beacon Lea, Blandford Road North, Beacon Hill, BH16 6AB

Erect rear extension, first floor extension and demolish lean to.

6/2020/0531 12 Mar 2021

2020 Approved

Southern Electric Beacon Hill, Southern Electric Substation, Blandford Road North, Poole, Dorset, BH16 6AB

Upgrade telecommunications antennas on existing 25m lattice tower & associated ancillary…

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Dorset

Planning Authority Score

7.5/10

Good

#44 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Householder decisions

Dorset is faster than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #51 out of 296. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (95%) than the national average (90%).

Faster than most councils

for householder decisions

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance

Dorset decision statistics

Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026

92%

Overall approval rate

Above avg (87%) #80 of 296

95%

Householder approved

Above avg (90%) #74 of 296

78%

Decided in 8 weeks

Above avg (63%) #51 of 296

35%

Extended time limit

Below avg (41%) #102 of 296

81%

Minor dwellings approved

344 decided (1-9 homes)

85%

Major dwellings approved

40 decided (10+ homes)

76%

Change of use approved

85 decided

2,781

Total decisions

233 refused in the year to March 2026

Southern Electric Beacon Blandford Road North Beacon Hill BH16 6AB Data via plota.co.uk

Proposal

Application progress

Documents 9

Decision & officer reports 2

Statements & assessments 1

Plans & drawings 3

Application forms 1

Other documents 2