Little Lions Farm Horton Road Ashley Heath BH24 2EU Data via plota.co.uk

P/PALH/2026/05445 - Prior Approval - Larger Home Extension Out To Consultation

Proposal

Erect 2 single storey rear extensions to measure 7.99m in length, with a maximum height of 2.80m and a height to eaves of 2.80m Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 8 Oct 2026, 06:54

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Application progress

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Received

1 Oct 2026

Decision

Expected by 26 Nov 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision around 24 Nov 2026, from Dorset's recent extensions.

Comments are open until 26 Oct 2026

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Documents 11

Statements & assessments 1

PDF Supporting Planning Statement Redacted 437kb · 5 Oct 2026 View ↗

Plans & drawings 9

Application forms 1

PDF Application Form - Without Personal Data 393kb · 1 Oct 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 8

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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Article 4 direction

Land at St Leonards. Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.

An Article 4 direction withdraws particular permitted development rights, so work that would normally need no application needs one here. Not every council has published its directions.

Agricultural land, grade 2

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.

Special area of conservation 140 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.

National infrastructure project 474 m away: Navitus Bay Wind Park

The site is 474 m from the project boundary. Generating station, decided. The project page says whether consent was granted.

Nationally significant infrastructure projects (power stations, electricity lines, pipelines, major roads and railways, harbours, airports and reservoirs) are consented by a Secretary of State under the Planning Act 2008, after an examination by the Planning Inspectorate, rather than by the council. The boundary is the one the Inspectorate consults on and can change as the scheme does. Projects are shown within 2 km of the site.

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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 141 m away: Lions Hill 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

Priority habitat 25 m away: Deciduous woodland.

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 Planning Inspectorate 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 - Larger Home Extension
Postcode: BH24 2EU
Received: 1 Oct 2026
Validated: 1 Oct 2026
Ward: St. Leonards and St. Ives Ward
Parish: St. Leonards and St. Ives
Case officer: Show
Applicant: Show
Agent: Show

Decision outlook

Day 8 of the 56-day target. Dorset usually decides extensions by day 54.

prediction

Day 848 days to the 56-day target

72%decided within 8 weeks

93%approved

1,259decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Comments by: 26 Oct 2026

Historical activity at this location

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

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2017 Approved

Little Lions Farm, Ashley Heath, Ringwood, Dorset, BH24 2EX

Change of use of agricultural buildings to a flexible use - to be used in association wit…

3/17/2885/PNAGF 30 Nov 2017

2017 Refused

Little Lions Farm, Lions Hill - Horton Road To Little Lions Farm - Access, Ashley Heath, Ringwood, Dorset, BH24 2EX

Change of use for buildings to be used in association with established business.

3/17/2281/PNAGF 9 Oct 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