The Moors Arne Road Ridge
Approved on 9 September 2026
Council decision: Granted1 condition
Proposal
Mom-material amendment to Approved P/A P/VOC/2026/01514 (The creation of intertidal habitat and restricted tidal exchange shallow saltwater lagoons, through managed realignment involving selective breaching of existing tidal embankments. The provision of new set-back earth embankments, including the provision of flapped surface water outfalls, tidal exchange culverts, and an improved channel and outfall for the Furzebrook Stream. The formation of permissive footpaths and screens for public to view birds from, maintenance access tracks and the provision of associated gates, fences and boundary treatment works (with variation of condition 2, 4, 6,12 and 14 of planning permission P/FUL/2022/05149 to enable a series of design changes as referred to in the Planning Statement) (variation of condition 1 of PA P/VOC/2025/01655 to replace approved drawings to enable three design changes, which include:- - Omission of the low-permeability core from Eastern, Western and Lagoon Embankments; - Breach and inundation area design changes, and - The provision of connecting ditches between borrow pits in the Southern Lagoon)) to amend the lagoon structures, Furzebrook Outfall, Western Freshwater Area, Layout of Fencing, Eastern Embankment Access Ramp and Layout of Permissive Footpaths for public access, Field 16 Habitat Creation and Landscaping
- Submitted
- 7 August 2026
- Council
- Dorset Council
- Ward
- Wareham Ward
- ReceivedSubmitted7 Aug
- ValidatedValidated7 Aug
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided9 Sep
Decided in 33 days (council typically 42)
About this application
This is an application to amend a permission at The Moors Arne Road Ridge. Dorset has handled 1,397 applications of this type. This one was decided in 33 days, 9 days quicker than Dorset's typical decision time. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 112 applications across Wareham Ward.
76% of amendment 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
- Application type
- Non Material Amendment
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Arne
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 7 August 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- The Hub 500 Park Avenue Bristol BS32 4RZ
Additional information
- Documents
- 7
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)
- Nutrient neutrality catchment: Poole Harbour SPA/RamsarApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation
- National Landscape (AONB): Dorset
- SSSI: Wareham Meadows SSSI
- Ramsar wetland: Poole Harbour
- Heritage coast: Purbeck
Not published by this council, so not checked: tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.
Also checked, none recorded (18)
flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, national parks, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves 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.
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Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Source: Dorset
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