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The Cottage Lower Row - Access To Lower Row Farm Holt BH21 7DZ

P/FUL/2026/03351Full Planning ApplicationRefused
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Refused on 30 October 2026

2 reasons for refusal

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Proposal

Altered vehicular access to existing dwelling

Submitted
29 June 2026
Ward
Stour and Allen Vale Ward
  1. Received29 Jun
  2. Validated29 Jun
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided30 Oct

Decided in 123 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a full planning application at The Cottage Lower Row - Access To Lower Row Farm Holt BH21 7DZ. Dorset has handled 11,876 applications of this type. This one was decided in 123 days, 12 weeks longer than Dorset's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 64 applications across Stour and Allen Vale Ward. We hold 2,300 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. The application site lies in the Southeast Dorset Green Belt. The proposed vehicular access, by reason of its length, elongation, and subdivision of the existing agricultural paddock would result in a significant conflict with the Green Belt purpose of safeguarding the countryside from encroachment. As such, the proposal is considered to constitute inappropriate development in the Green Belt which is harmful by definition. In the absence of any very special circumstances that outweigh the level of harm caused, the proposal is judged to form unacceptable development in principle, having regard to NPPF Policies GB2, GB6 and GB7, and the presumption in favour of sustainable development (NPPF Policy S3) does not apply.
  2. The length and elongated route of the proposed access, in combination with the subdivision of the existing agricultural paddock, is judged to result in additional harm to the intrinsic character and natural beauty of the countryside. As such, the proposal is judged to conflict with the objectives of Sections 4 and 19 of the NPPF and more specifically NPPF Policy N2(1)(a).

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
BH21 7DZ
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Holt

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 June 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
46a East Street Wimborne BH21 1DX

Additional information

Documents
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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

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© 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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