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Breach Barn Chalbury Farm Horton Wimborne BH21 7HJ

P/PAAF/2026/03202Prior Approval - Agricultural to Flexible Commercial UseRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 26 August 2026

Council decision: Prior Approval Refused1 reason for refusal

Proposal

Prior Notification for the proposed change of use of agricultural barn to a flexible commercial use - Class B8 (storage or Distribution) - under Schedule 2, Part 3, Class R of the Town & Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended).

Submitted
11 June 2026
Ward
Stour and Allen Vale Ward
  1. Received11 Jun
  2. Validated11 Jun
  3. Consult.6 Jul
  4. Target
  5. Decided26 Aug

Decided in 76 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at Breach Barn Chalbury Farm Horton Wimborne BH21 7HJ. Dorset has handled 1,884 applications of this type. This one was decided in 76 days, 5 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 2,303 applications in total for the BH21 postcode area.

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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Why it was refused

  1. The proposed use of the building for Use Class B8 Storage or distribution is judged likely to result in increased vehicle movements. Insufficient information has been provided to demonstrate that the existing access arrangements are suitable to accommodate the proposed development; the applicant acknowledges that the junction does not meet the required visibility standards, but no details have been provided regarding the existing visibility splays or the extent of any improvements that could be achieved to mitigate the harm to highway safety. The use of the sub- standard access to serve the proposed development is not considered acceptable in transport and highway safety terms; the proposal conflicts with policy KS11 of the Christchurch and East Dorset Local Plan and policy TR3(1)(c) of the National Planning Policy Framework 2026. The development, therefore, does not constitute permitted development in accordance with the provisions of Part 3, Class R of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended).

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
BH21 7HJ
Application type
Prior Approval - Agricultural to Flexible Commercial Use
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Chalbury

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 June 2026
Consultation expiry
6 July 2026
Consultation end
6 July 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Master Land & Planning Ltd 46 Basepoint Business Centre Rivermead Drive Swindon SN5 7EX

Additional information

Documents
5

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
  • National Landscape (AONB): Cranborne Chase & West Wiltshire Downs
  • 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, 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, 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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