Stepnell Reach 541 Blandford Road Poole BH16 5BW Data via plota.co.uk

P/26/02559/FUL - Full Planning Permission Approved
Commercial & major worksCommercial premises

Proposal

Site refurbishment work including the installation of racking, formalisation of dedicated loading area and associated works Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
14 Jun 2026
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Validated
17 Jun 2026
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Approved

Approved on · Delegated · Last checked 7 Sept 2026

Documents 11

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF Decision Notice Document · 5 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF Planning report Officer Report · 5 Aug 2026 View ↗

Statements & assessments 1

PDF Reports/Statements BNG Statement.pdf · 17 Jun 2026 View ↗

Plans & drawings 4

PDF Site Location Plan Plan · 3 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF Existing Site Plan Plan · 3 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF Proposed Site Plan Plan · 3 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF Racking Elevation Plan · 3 Jun 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF Application Form Full · 3 Jun 2026 View ↗

Consultation & comments 1

PDF Consultee Response Highways Response · 7 Jul 2026 View ↗

Other documents 2

PDF Reports/Statements Cover letter.pdf · 4 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF Reports/Statements FRA_01.pdf · 4 Aug 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 4

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.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Inside the Upton (Dorset) built-up area; the 1970s provisional farmland map 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 scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 11 September 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England 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
BCP
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Postcode
BH16 5BW
Received
14 Jun 2026
Validated
17 Jun 2026
Ward
Hamworthy
Parish
Poole Town Council
Case officer
Show
Decision
Granted
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
Show
Agent
Mango Planning & Development Ltd

Consultation & key dates

Consultation
17 Jun 2026
Comments by
13 Jul 2026

Historical activity at this location

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

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2022 Refused
Grass verge adjacent Hamworthy Recreation Ground, Blandford Road, Dorset, BH16 5BW
The installation of a new 15m-high telecommunications monopole and 3no. ground-based equi…
APP/22/01667/PA
2022 Approved
Lush, Unit 12-14, Stepnell Reach, 541 Blandford Road, Poole, BH16 5BW
Factory signage to be updated to new logo and making unit numbers clearer to aid deliveri…
APP/22/00078/A
2020 Approved
29A Border Road, Poole, BH16 5EE
Retrospective conservatory to rear of property
APP/20/00999/F
2018 Refused
31 Border Road, Poole, BH16 5EE
Sever land & construct new 3 bedroom dwelling & off road parking. Demolish existing garage
APP/18/00413/F
2017 Refused
18 Border Road, Poole, BH16 5EE
Subdivide plot and create an additional dwelling.
APP/17/01704/F
2017 Approved
Land adjacent to 53 Border Road, Upton, BH16 5EE
(T1) Oak - crown lift by 4m, prune secondary and tertiary branches to give up to 2m clear…
TWA/2017/127
2017 Approved
Unit 8-9, Stepnell Reach, 541 Blandford Road, Poole, BH16 5BW
New 'Ashland' image signage to replace existing
APP/17/00328/A
2016 Withdrawn
Unit 8-9, Stepnell Reach, 541 Blandford Road, Poole, BH16 5BW
New image Ashland signage to replace existing x 4 ACM panels.
APP/16/01873/A
BCP
Planning Authority Score
1.7/10
Poor
#279 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

BCP is slower than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #256 out of 296. The council extends the time limit on 60% of applications - one of the highest rates in England. Expect your application to take longer than the standard deadline. Householder applications are slightly less likely to be approved here (88%) than the national average (90%).

Frequently extends decision deadlines
expect longer than the statutory limit
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
BCP decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
83%
Overall approval rate
Below avg (87%) #233 of 296
88%
Householder approved
Below avg (90%) #214 of 296
44%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #256 of 296
60%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #267 of 296
67%
Minor dwellings approved
346 decided (1-9 homes)
68%
Major dwellings approved
56 decided (10+ homes)
81%
Change of use approved
78 decided
2,244
Total decisions
392 refused in the year to March 2026
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings