Unit D Link Estate Blackhill Road Holton Heath Trading Park Holton Heath BH16 6LS Data via plota.co.uk

P/FUL/2026/01222 - Full Planning Application Approved

Proposal

Demolish existing office building and use land as open air commercial storage, plus installation of 2.0 metre high palisade fencing Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received

3 Mar 2026

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Approved

1 Sept 2026

Approved on 1 Sept 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 5 Sept 2026

Documents 26

Site constraints 9

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.

Special area of conservation 157 m away: Dorset Heaths

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.

Scheduled monument 107 m away: Former Royal Naval Cordite Factory

Its setting is a consideration for work nearby.

Nationally important archaeology protected by the Secretary of State. Work that affects the monument or its setting is rarely permitted.

Historic England ↗

Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1

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

SSSI 157 m away: Holton and Sandford Heaths 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.

Also on the record

Nature improvement area: Wild Purbeck; National landscape 409 m away: Dorset; Inside the Holton Heath built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 5, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.

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: Full Planning Application
Postcode: BH16 6LS
Received: 3 Mar 2026
Validated: 3 Mar 2026
Ward: Wareham Ward
Parish: Wareham St. Martin
Case officer: Show
Decision: Granted
Decision date: 1 Sept 2026
Decision level: Delegated
Applicant: Show
Agent: Phoebe Milner

How this decision compares

Decided in 182 days from validation, 126 days slower than Dorset's median of 56 for changes of use. Approved, as 81% of changes of use here are.

This one182d

Council56d

UK56d

51%decided within 8 weeks

81%approved

248decided in the last year

Plota live figures for changes of use decided by Dorset in the last twelve months, from validation. Dorset decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Comments by: 13 Aug 2026

Historical activity at this location

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

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2022 Approved

Land Adj Sherwood House Blackhill Road Poole Dorset BH16 6LT

Non-material amendment to P/A 6/2019/0469 (Erect mixed use employment building (use class…

P/NMA/2022/00938 16 Mar 2022

2019 Approved

Land Adj Sherwood House Blackhill Road Holton Heath Trading Park Poole BH16 6LT

Erect mixed use employment building (use classes B1 business, B2 general industrial and B…

6/2019/0469 9 Apr 2020

2016 Approved

3A, Blackhill Road, Holton Heath Trading Park, Wareham, Dorset, BH16 6LS

The continued use of land and buildings for waste transfer, recovery and recycling, which…

6/2016/0325_1 17 Mar 2017

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

Unit D Link Estate Blackhill Road Holton Heath Trading Park Holton Heath BH16 6LS Data via plota.co.uk

Proposal

Application progress

Documents 26

Decision & officer reports 2

Statements & assessments 3

Plans & drawings 5

Application forms 2

Consultation & comments 7

Other documents 7