Children’s day nursery at 168 Springdale Road, Corfe Mullen

“It is proposed to change the use of the existing 3 bedroom bungalow (Use Class C3) on the site to a Children’s Day Nursery (Use Class E(f)) and erect secure boundary fencing to contain the outside play area at the rear of the bungalow. There would be approx. 2m high acoustic fencing within the site to enclose the outside grassed play area with some fencing of approx. 1.4 m separating the car park from the outdoor play area.”

“The application site comprises an existing residential bungalow and garden. It is in the urban area of Corfe Mullen to the north of Upton Heath and in a predominately residential area. There is no flood risk on the site. Access is onto Springdale Road and the site is close to the Springdale Road junction onto the Wareham Road and close to housing.”

“Reason application is going to committee: At the request of the Chairman of the Eastern Area Planning Committee. Summary of recommendation: GRANT subject to conditions as set out at the end of this report.”

“Key planning issues Issue Conclusion Principle of development The site is in the urban area and is acceptable in principle. Highway impacts, safety, access and parking The applicant has demonstrated that the proposal would not result in a harmful impact on highways safety Impact on the living conditions of the occupants of neighbouring properties No adverse impacts on the living conditions of the occupants of neighbouring properties are foreseen given the mitigation…”

“In order to ensure that the development operates in the manner assessed and that the anticipated highway impacts remain acceptable, it is necessary and reasonable to impose a condition requiring the children’s day nursery to operate in full accordance with the submitted Traffic Management Plan dated 5 March 2026.”

“The site is immediately adjacent to dwellings at 166, 170 & 177 Springdale Rd and also the dwellings to the north at 49-54 Victoria Close. Noise from the use of the outside play area and from comings and goings to include traffic will have an impact on the occupants of these adjacent properties.”

“P/FUL/2025/06825 Location: Springdale Road Corfe Mullen BH21 3QN Description: Change of use of an existing residential bungalow (Use Class C3) to a Children’s Day Nursery (Use Class E(f)) including erection of secure boundary fencing to rear. Decision: That the application be granted subject to the following conditions. The development to which this permission relates must be begun not later than the expiration of three years beginning with the date of this permission.”

“Before the children's day nursery use hereby approved commences, the mitigation measure of acoustic fencing as set out in Sections 3 & 8 of the submitted Noise Impact Assessment (NIA) by IJO Consulting: Acoustic Report March 2026 shall be erected in the position shown on the submitted Play area, parking & fencing plan and thereafter shall be retained for the lifetime of the use.”