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Forestry Commission Compound Horton Road Ashley Heath BH24 2EJ

P/PABA/2026/03192Prior Approval - Building for Agricultural/Forestry UseApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 24 July 2026

Council decision: Prior Approval Not Required

Proposal

Demolition of existing buildings and replace with a new consolidated forestry operational building incorporating administrative and welfare spaces with associated secure vehicular storage, workshop and covered open storage provision.

Submitted
29 June 2026
Ward
St. Leonards and St. Ives Ward
  1. Received29 Jun
  2. Validated29 Jun
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided24 Jul

Decided in 25 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is an outline application for demolition at Forestry Commission Compound Horton Road Ashley Heath BH24 2EJ. Dorset has handled 1,884 applications of this type. This one was decided in 25 days, 2 weeks quicker than Dorset's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 162 applications across St. Leonards and St. Ives Ward. We hold 1,967 applications in total for the BH24 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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Application details

Postcode
BH24 2EJ
Application type
Prior Approval - Building for Agricultural/Forestry Use
Scale / size
Small
Parish
St. Leonards and St. Ives

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 June 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Forestry England Ashley Heath Forestry Operations Yard Horton Road Ashley Heath Ringwood Dorset BH24 2EJ

Additional information

Documents
4

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
  • 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

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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