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Hillier Garden Centre Ringwood Road Three Legged Cross BH21 6RD

P/FUL/2026/02449Full Planning ApplicationRefused
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Refused on 23 October 2026

1 reason for refusal

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Proposal

Change of Use from Car Parking to Hand Car Wash Valeting Centre

Submitted
5 May 2026
Ward
West Moors and Three Legged Cross Ward
  1. Received5 May
  2. Validated5 May
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided23 Oct

Decided in 171 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Hillier Garden Centre Ringwood Road Three Legged Cross BH21 6RD. Dorset has handled 11,876 applications of this type. This one was decided in 171 days, 18 weeks longer than Dorset's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 59 applications across West Moors and Three Legged Cross Ward. We hold 2,298 applications in total for the BH21 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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Why it was refused

  1. Notwithstanding the identified mitigation measures to secure compliance with Environmental Health standards, the proposal would result in substantial harm to living conditions for residents of the adjoining Care Home as a result of discernible intermittent tonal noises from the proposed Carwash operation and an overbearing impact and increased shading from the canopy structures and 3m high acoustic fencing. The development fails to accord with the requirements of policies HE2 of the Christchurch and East Dorset Local Plan 2014, saved policy DES2 of the East Dorset Local Plan 2002 and policy P3 of the National Planning Policy Framework 2026.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
BH21 6RD
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Verwood

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 May 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Suite 2, Fairways House Mount Pleasant Road Southampton SO140QB

Additional information

Documents
9

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Article 4 direction: Land at Lower Common
  • 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 (21)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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

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© 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.

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

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