Campsite Pondarosa Farm Valley Road Harmans Cross BH19 3DX Data via plota.co.uk

P/HABR/2026/03109 - Habitat Regulations Assessment Application Decided
Commercial & major worksCommercial premises

Proposal

Regulation 77 application for the siting of three shepherds huts for use for camping for a maximum of 88 days per year. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Application declared Invalid
7 Jul 2026
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Received
13 Jul 2026

Application declared Invalid on 7 Jul 2026 · Last checked 21 Jul 2026

Documents

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Site constraints 5

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.
Agricultural land, grade 4
Poor quality farmland, not best and most versatile. 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 3. 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.
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
Radon affected area, class 2; Nature improvement area: Wild Purbeck.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No listed building 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
Habitat Regulations Assessment Application
Postcode
BH19 3DX
Received
13 Jul 2026
Validated
13 Jul 2026
Ward
South East Purbeck Ward
Parish
Langton Matravers
Decision
Application declared Invalid
Decision date
7 Jul 2026

Historical activity at this location

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

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2025 Approved
Corfe Way Valley Road Harmans Cross BH19 3DX
Use of land as domestic garden for purposes incidental to the enjoyment of the dwellingho…
P/CLE/2025/06407
2023 Withdrawn
Woodfield Valley Road Harmans Cross Swanage BH19 3DX
Construct car port
P/HOU/2023/02778
2020 Approved
Corfe Way, Valley Road, Harmans Cross, Swanage, BH19 3DX
Provision of sewerage treatment plant to land at rear of Corfe Way
6/2020/0468
2016 Approved
Cherry Orchard, Valley Road, Harmans Cross, BH19 3DX
(T1) Monkey puzzle - remove dead wood; (T2, T3 & T4) Fruit trees - remove dead trees; (T5…
TWA/2016/182
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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings