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Southern Electric Beacon Blandford Road North Beacon Hill BH16 6AB

P/PAEL/2026/02135Prior Approval - Electronic Communication NetworkApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 11 June 2026

Council decision: Prior Approval Not Required

Proposal

Install a permanent back-up power generator with associated fuel apparatus (10kVA canopied generator). 1no. cabinet is to be removed and 1no. cabinet to be installed with ancillary development

Submitted
17 April 2026
Ward
Lytchett Matravers and Upton Ward
  1. Received17 Apr
  2. Validated17 Apr
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided11 Jun

Decided in 55 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is an outline application at Southern Electric Beacon Blandford Road North Beacon Hill BH16 6AB. Dorset has handled 1,884 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days, 13 days longer than Dorset's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 94 applications across Lytchett Matravers and Upton Ward. We hold 224 applications in total for the BH16 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
BH16 6AB
Application type
Prior Approval - Electronic Communication Network
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Lytchett Minster and Upton

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Building 8 Unit 6 Carryduff Business Park Comber Road Carryduff BT8 8AN

Additional information

Documents
7

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
  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: Poole Harbour SPA/RamsarApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation
  • SSSI: Upton Heath SSSI
  • Special Area of Conservation: Dorset Heaths
  • Special Protection Area: Dorset Heathlands
  • Ramsar wetland: Dorset Heathlands
  • 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 (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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