Moortown Farm, Hampshire Hatches Lane, Moortown, Ringwood BH24 3AT
Refused on 18 June 2026
Council decision: Was Not Lawful
Proposal
To stack shipping containers and any other form of commercial storage in the yard area without limitation on height (Lawful Development Certificate that permission is not required for proposal)
- Received
- 12 March 2026
- Council
- New Forest District Council
- Ward
- Ringwood South
- ReceivedReceived12 Mar
- ValidatedValidated27 Mar
- Consult.Consultation24 Apr
- TargetTarget Date22 May
- DecidedDecided18 Jun
Decided in 83 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an outline application at MOORTOWN FARM, HAMPSHIRE HATCHES LANE, MOORTOWN, RINGWOOD BH24 3AT. New Forest (District) has handled 836 applications of this type. This one was decided in 98 days, 6 weeks longer than New Forest (District)'s typical decision time. There have been 6 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 47 applications across Ringwood South. We hold 1,967 applications in total for the BH24 postcode area.
80% of outline applications at New Forest District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).
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Application details
- Postcode
- BH24 3AT
- Application type
- Lawful Development Certificate proposed
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Ringwood
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 27 March 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 24 April 2026
- Consultation end
- 24 April 2026
- Target decision date
- 22 May 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Stags
- Agent address
- 21, Southernhay West, Exeter, Devon, EX1 1PR
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14732928
- Documents
- 7
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Nutrient neutrality catchment: River Avon SACApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)
flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, 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.
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Associated applications
- 202612 Mar
To stack shipping containers and any other form of commercial storage in the yard area without limitation on…
This applicationRefusedOutline26/10247 - 202610 Mar
Confirmation that the shipping container is a building (Lawful Use Certificate for retaining an e...
RefusedLawful Development Certificate existingFiled alongside26/10194
Planning history at this site
5 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202624 Aug
Siting of a mobile home for use as a rural workers dwelling for a temporary period of up to 3 years…
PendingApplication26/10821 - 20248 Apr
Erection of stable block
ApprovedFull Planning Permission24/10321 - 20248 Apr
Change of use to open storage use (Retrospective)
RefusedFull Planning Permission24/10323 - 20248 Apr
Removal of condition 2 of application 08/92993
ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)24/10326 - 20248 Apr
Removal of condition 2 of application 06/88791
ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)24/10325
Source: New Forest (District)
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For applicants and trades
Consultants on this application
- Stags · Agent for this application
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