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Land to the south of the A31 Henbury Green Sturminster Marshall

P/OUT/2023/01890Outline Planning PermissionRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 31 August 2023

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Construction of a service area and amenities building with fuelling facilities, including that for electric and hydrogen powered vehicles and a battery storage facility accessed via a new roundabout access to the A31 and to include the extraction of minerals on site and the construction of a new egress from mineral and waste operations at Henbury with associated landscaping, screening, water management and wetland and woodland habitat creation. (all matters reserved except access)

Submitted
29 March 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Stour and Allen Vale Ward
  1. Received29 Mar
  2. Validated29 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided31 Aug

Decided in 155 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is an outline application at Land to the south of the A31 Henbury Green Sturminster Marshall. Dorset has handled 1,884 applications of this type. This one was decided in 155 days, 16 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.

84% of outline 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
Outline Planning Permission
Scale / size
Large
Parish
Sturminster Marshall

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 March 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent address
5 Imperial Court 12 Ravine Road Poole BH13 7HX

Additional information

Documents
251

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Article 4 direction: Henbury PlantationsNext to the site
  • Green belt: Dorset
  • Ancient woodlandPart of the site
  • 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 (20)

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, 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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