Planning application
Doreys Ball Clay Pit Holme Lane East Stoke
Works: Extension
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Two lateral extensions to the current workings for the extraction of Ball Clay and sand, associated works to prepare the ground, installation of access roads and ancillary machinery, creation of lagoons and the subsequent restoration of the existing site and the two extensions.
As published by the council, reference P/FUL/2025/07539
Application record
- Reference
- P/FUL/2025/07539
- Type
- Full Planning Application
- Status
- Under Officer Consideration
- Received
- 3 Feb 2026
- Validated
- 3 Feb 2026
- Ward
- South East Purbeck Ward
- Parish
- Steeple with Tyneham
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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3 Feb 2026
Received by Dorset
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31 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 31 March 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
Dorset took a median of 38 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
117 documents on file for this application
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