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28 Windmill Lane Ashley Heath BH24 2DQ

P/PAEL/2025/01995Prior Approval - Electronic Communication NetworkApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 20 May 2025

Council decision: Prior Approval Not RequiredDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Laying fibre optic cabling underground via a mole plough and using a horizontal directional drilling for drilling under River Avon's riverbed

Submitted
1 April 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
  1. Received1 Apr
  2. Validated1 Apr
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided20 May

Decided in 49 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is an outline application at 28 Windmill Lane Ashley Heath BH24 2DQ. Dorset has handled 1,884 applications of this type. This one was decided in 49 days, 7 days longer than Dorset's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. 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 2DQ
Application type
Prior Approval - Electronic Communication Network
Scale / size
Small
Parish
St. Leonards and St. Ives

Planning application dates

Date validated
1 April 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Utilities Manager The Estate Office Ranston Blandford Forum Dorset DT11 8PU

Additional information

Documents
10

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)
  • Green belt: DorsetPart of the site · +1 more
  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: River Avon SACApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation
  • SSSI: Avon Valley (Bickton to Christchurch) SSSIPart of the site · +2 more
  • Special Area of Conservation: River AvonPart of the site
  • Special Protection Area: Avon ValleyPart of the site
  • Ramsar wetland: Avon ValleyPart of the site

Not published by this council, so not checked: tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (17)

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, national parks, National Landscapes, 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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