Field to the north of Woodside Barnhill Road Ridge BH20 5BD Data via plota.co.uk

P/PABA/2026/02431 - Prior Approval - Building for Agricultural/Forestry Use Approved
AgriculturalCommercial & major works

Proposal

Erection of a replacement barn Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
5 May 2026
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Approved
2 Jun 2026

Approved on 2 Jun 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 12 Jul 2026

Documents 9

Decision & officer reports 1

PDF Decision Notice 137kb · 2 Jun 2026 View ↗

Plans & drawings 4

PDF Existing & Proposed Block plan of the site 427kb · 5 May 2026 View ↗ PDF Existing Floor Plans and Elevations 133kb · 5 May 2026 View ↗ PDF The Location Plan 510kb · 5 May 2026 View ↗ PDF Proposed Floor and Elevation Plans 129kb · 5 May 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF Application Form - Without Personal Data 404kb · 5 May 2026 View ↗

Other documents 3

PDF Officers Report 303kb · 2 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF Covering letter 790kb · 5 May 2026 View ↗ PDF Preliminary Roost Appraisal 1617kb · 5 May 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 10

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.
Dorset National Landscape
Great weight to conserving the landscape; major development restricted.
Previously an area of outstanding natural beauty, which is still the designation in law. Since 2023 authorities must seek to further its purpose, not merely have regard to it.
In flood zones plus climate change
Inside the extent flood zones 2 and 3 could reach with climate change: the Central allowance for the 2080s on rivers, the Upper End allowance for sea level rise to 2125. From the sea. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Councils use it to decide when a flood risk assessment and the sequential test are needed. It is indicative and does not show whether a particular property will flood.
Flood map ↗
Heritage coast: Purbeck
A defined stretch of undeveloped coastline.
Development inconsistent with keeping the coast undeveloped is resisted.
Ramsar wetland 49 m away: Poole Harbour
Work nearby can need a habitats assessment.
Harm to a protected site is only accepted where there is no alternative and an overriding public interest.
Agricultural land, grade 3b
Not best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s), which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 4. The predicted grade is Defra's current estimate; only a site survey settles it.
Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.
SSSI 45 m away: Wareham Meadows SSSI
Natural England may need consulting, depending on what is proposed.
Sites of special scientific interest are the best wildlife and geological sites in the country. Development likely to harm one is rarely permitted.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Nature improvement area: Wild Purbeck; Priority habitat 50 m away: Coastal and floodplain grazing marsh.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No listed building at the site

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Important details

Council
Dorset
Application type
Prior Approval - Building for Agricultural/Forestry Use
Postcode
BH20 5BD
Received
5 May 2026
Validated
5 May 2026
Ward
Wareham Ward
Parish
Arne
Case officer
Show
Decision
Prior Approval Not Required
Decision date
2 Jun 2026
Decision level
Delegated

How this decision compares

Decided in 28 days from validation, 20 days faster than Dorset's median of 48 for agricultural works. Approved, as 82% of agricultural works here are.

82%decided within 8 weeks
82%approved
172decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Comments by
6 May 2026

Historical activity at this location

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

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2025 Approved
Bracken Bank Barnhill Road Ridge BH20 5BD
T1 Silver Birch: Crown reduction by up to 1m to previous pruning points (amended descript…
P/TRT/2025/05515
2024 Approved
Woodside Barnhill Road Ridge Wareham BH20 5BD
Silver Birch - Fell. Replant, ideally on adjacent land owned by applicant.
P/TRD/2024/07321
2024 Approved
Birches Barnhill Road Ridge Dorset BH20 5BD
T1 Oak: Reduce lateral growth on highways aspect by 1-2m and shape into upper crown. Crow…
P/TRT/2024/02265
2023 Approved
Bracken Bank Barnhill Road Ridge BH20 5BD
T1 Silver birch - Reduce entire crown by 1-2m, by removal of regrowth from previous reduc…
P/TRT/2023/04451
2021 Approved
Adele Arne Road Ridge Dorset BH20 5BH
Front & rear extension plus raise ridge to allow formation of accommodation in roof space
P/HOU/2021/02671
2021 Approved
3 Harphill Cottages Barnhill Road Ridge Wareham BH20 5BD
2x Pines - Fell (decayed/dead).
P/TRD/2021/03554
2020 Approved
Adele, Arne Road, Ridge, Wareham, BH20 5BH
Demolish existing bungalow and erect replacement 1.5 storey dwelling with covered balcony…
6/2020/0327
2019 Approved
Shepherds Croft, Barnhill Road, Ridge, BH20 5BD
(T1) Oak - reduce branches overhanging the garden of 14 Barndale Drive back to property b…
TWA/2019/175
2018 Approved
Bracken Bank, Barnhill Road, Ridge, BH20 5BD
(T1) Silver birch - raise canopy to 3.5m above ground level by the removal of 1x lowest b…
TWA/2018/146
2018 Decided
Bracken Bank, Barnhill Road, Ridge, BH20 5BD
(T1) Birch - fell and replant birch in front garden further away from road; (T2) Oak - cr…
TWA/2018/101
2018 Approved
Arvensis, Barnhill Road, Ridge, BH20 5BD
(G1) Hollies - reduce height to 1.5-2m to manage as hedge; (G2) Hollies - reduce height t…
TWA/2018/075
2017 Approved
Birches, Barnhill Road, Ridge, BH20 5BD
(T1 & T2) Birches - fell and replace with 2 birches - District of Purbeck (Ridge, Arne No…
TWA/2017/191
2017 Approved
Bracken Bank, Barnhill Road, Ridge, Wareham, BH20 5BD
Removal of summerhouse and replacement with oak gazebo
6/2017/0395
2017 Approved
Pippins, Barnhill Road, Ridge, BH20 5BD
(G3) Holly - crown reduce by up to 2m; (T7) Oak - crown lift by 1-2m (wounds not to excee…
TWA/2017/134
2016 Approved
Bracken Bank, Barnhill Road, Ridge, BH20 5BD
Single storey side extension, new rear dormer and solar panels
6/2016/0495
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
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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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings