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Lloyds Equestrian Centre Lloyds Equestrian And Examination Centre Christchurch Road West Parley Ferndown BH22 8SQ

P/FUL/2026/01283Full Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 12 October 2026

Council decision: Granted19 conditions

Proposal

Change of use and minor extensions and alteration of existing buildings to form Special Education Needs school with associated parking and landscaping. Change of use of the equestrian building into a multi-game space ancillary to the Special Education Needs School

Submitted
17 March 2026
Ward
West Parley Ward
  1. Received17 Mar
  2. Validated17 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided12 Oct

Decided in 209 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Lloyds Equestrian Centre Lloyds Equestrian And Examination Centre Christchurch Road West Parley Ferndown BH22 8SQ. Dorset has handled 11,876 applications of this type. This one was decided in 209 days, 24 weeks longer than Dorset's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 55 applications across West Parley Ward. We hold 639 applications in total for the BH22 postcode area.

92% of full applications at Dorset Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 6 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
BH22 8SQ
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
West Parley

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Office A5 The Arena Business Park Holyrood Close Poole BH17 7FJ

Additional information

Documents
87

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Green belt: Dorset
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Dorset

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