Rhode Hill Old Market Road Corfe Mullen BH16 6AG Data via plota.co.uk

P/CLE/2026/03632 - Certificate of Lawful Use Existing Refused

Proposal

Use of land for the stationing of four mobile homes for residential purposes as separate dwellinghouses Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 13 Sept 2026, 02:28

Application progress

✓

Received

3 Jul 2026

✗

Refused

4 Sept 2026

Appeal

Not lodged

Refused on 4 Sept 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 10 Sept 2026

Documents 12

Site constraints 6

Ancient woodland

Irreplaceable habitat. Standing advice asks for a 15 m buffer from the boundary.

National policy refuses development that would cause loss or deterioration of ancient woodland or ancient trees unless there are wholly exceptional reasons.

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.

Article 4 direction

Henbury Plantations. Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.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.

Priority habitat: Deciduous woodland

A habitat of principal importance. It shapes the ecology work and the biodiversity net gain a scheme has to show.

Also on the record

Nature improvement area: Wild Purbeck; the 1970s provisional farmland map had this area as grade 3, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No listed building at the site · 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: Dorset
Application type: Certificate of Lawful Use Existing
Postcode: BH16 6AG
Received: 3 Jul 2026
Validated: 3 Jul 2026
Ward: Stour and Allen Vale Ward
Parish: Sturminster Marshall
Case officer: Show
Decision: Refused
Decision date: 4 Sept 2026
Decision level: Delegated
Applicant: Show
Agent: Show

How this decision compares

Decided in 63 days from validation, 7 days slower than Dorset's median of 56 for changes of use. Refused, as 18% of changes of use here are.

This one63d

Council56d

UK56d

52%decided within 8 weeks

82%approved

201decided 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: 28 Jul 2026

Historical activity at this location

1 previous application on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

This property

Previous applications at this address

2025 Refused

Retained use of four replacement residential mobile homes

P/FUL/2025/04266 4 Mar 2026

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

Rhode Hill Old Market Road Corfe Mullen BH16 6AG Data via plota.co.uk

Proposal

Application progress

Documents 12

Decision & officer reports 2

Statements & assessments 4

Plans & drawings 4

Application forms 1

Other documents 1

Site constraints 6

Important details

How this decision compares

Consultation & key dates

Previous applications at this address