Planning application
The Moors Arne Road Ridge
Relates to P/VOC/2026/01514, P/FUL/2022/05149
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Non-material amendment to Approved P/A P/VOC/2026/01514 (The creation of intertidal habitat and restricted tidal exchange shallow saltwater lagoons, through managed realignment involving selective breaching of existing tidal embankments. The provision of new set-back earth embankments, including the provision of flapped surface water outfalls, tidal exchange culverts, and an improved channel and outfall for the Furzebrook Stream. The formation of permissive footpaths and screens for public to view birds from, maintenance access tracks and the provision of associated gates, fences and boundary treatment works (with variation of condition 2, 4, 6,12 and 14 of planning permission P/FUL/2022/05149 to enable a series of design changes as referred to in the Planning Statement) (variation of condition 1 of PA P/VOC/2025/01655 to replace approved drawings to enable three design changes, which include: - Omission of the low-permeability core from Eastern, Western and Lagoon Embankments; - Breach and inundation area design changes, and - The provision of connecting ditches between borrow pits in the Southern Lagoon)) to amend the lagoon structures, Furzebrook Outfall, Western Freshwater Area, Layout of Fencing, Eastern Embankment Access Ramp and Layout of Permissive Footpaths for public access, Field 16 Habitat Creation and Landscaping
As published by the council, reference P/NMA/2026/04295
Application record
- Reference
- P/NMA/2026/04295
- Type
- Non Material Amendment
- Status
- Under Officer Consideration
- Received
- 7 Aug 2026
- Validated
- 7 Aug 2026
- Ward
- Wareham Ward
- Parish
- Arne
- Decision by
- Delegated
Site history
Applications at this address on the Dorset register
This site has had 4 applications since 2025: 3 approved, 0 refused.
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P/VOC/2026/01514 Granted
The Moors Arne Road Ridge
The creation of intertidal habitat and restricted tidal exchange shallow saltwater lagoons, through managed realignment involving selective breaching of existing tidal embankments. The provision of new set-back earth embankments, including the provision of flapped surface water outfalls, tidal exchange culverts, and an improved channel and outfall for the Furzebrook Stream. The formation of permissive footpaths and screens for public to view birds from, maintenance access tracks and the provision of associated gates, fences and boundary treatment works (with variation of condition 2, 4, 6,12 and 14 of planning permission P/FUL/2022/05149 to enable a series of design changes as referred to in the Planning Statement) (variation of condition 1 of PA P/VOC/2025/01655 to replace approved drawings to enable three design changes, which include:- - Omission of the low-permeability core from Eastern, Western and Lagoon Embankments; - Breach and inundation area design changes, and - The provision of connecting ditches between borrow pits in the Southern Lagoon)
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P/NMA/2025/06553 Granted
The Moors Arne Road Ridge
Non-material amendment to approved P/A P/VOC/2025/01655 (The creation of intertidal habitat and restricted tidal exchange shallow saltwater lagoons, through managed realignment involving selective breaching of existing tidal embankments. The provision of new set-back earth embankments, including the provision of flapped surface water outfalls, tidal exchange culverts, and an improved channel and outfall for the Furzebrook Stream. The formation of permissive footpaths and screens for public to view birds from, maintenance access tracks and the provision of associated gates, fences and boundary treatment works (with variation of condition 2, 4, 6,12 and 14 of planning permission P/FUL/2022/05149 to enable a series of design changes as referred to in the Planning Statement)) to: - refurbish the existing River Frome Embankment and in doing so, removing the need to carry out consented works that would have involved infilling and constructing a raised access track atop the Delph Ditch (all works have been implemented, and this application is retrospective). - Amend conditions 11 and 13 to include an additional iteration of the Habitat Creation and Management Plan and Biodiversity Monitoring Strategy respectively prior to the breach of embankments.
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P/NMA/2025/05004 Granted
The Moors Arne Road Ridge
Non Material Amendment to extend the excavation of borrow pit 6 and borrow pit 10, the identification of two new borrow pits (borrow pit 21 and borrow pit 22) and the removal of eight borrow pits (borrow pits 1, 3, 13, 14, 15, 16, 16 A and 17) of PP P/VOC/2025/01655 (The creation of intertidal habitat and restricted tidal exchange shallow saltwater lagoons, through managed realignment involving selective breaching of existing tidal embankments. The provision of new set-back earth embankments, including the provision of flapped surface water outfalls, tidal exchange culverts, and an improved channel and outfall for the Furzebrook Stream. The formation of permissive footpaths and screens for public to view birds from, maintenance access tracks and the provision of associated gates, fences and boundary treatment works (with variation of condition 2, 4, 6,12 and 14 of planning permission P/FUL/2022/05149 to enable a series of design changes as referred to in the Planning Statement))
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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7 Aug 2026
Received by Dorset
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11 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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14 Aug 2026
Status changed to Under Officer Consideration
Previously Out To Consultation.
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 2 October 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 37 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Related applications
Cases linked to this one on the register
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P/VOC/2026/01514 Granted
The Moors Arne Road Ridge
The creation of intertidal habitat and restricted tidal exchange shallow saltwater lagoons, through managed realignment involving selective breaching of existing tidal embankments. The provision of new set-back earth embankments, including the provision of flapped surface water outfalls, tidal exchange culverts, and an improved channel and outfall for the Furzebrook Stream. The formation of permissive footpaths and screens for public to view birds from, maintenance access tracks and the provision of associated gates, fences and boundary treatment works (with variation of condition 2, 4, 6,12 and 14 of planning permission P/FUL/2022/05149 to enable a series of design changes as referred to in the Planning Statement) (variation of condition 1 of PA P/VOC/2025/01655 to replace approved drawings to enable three design changes, which include:- - Omission of the low-permeability core from Eastern, Western and Lagoon Embankments; - Breach and inundation area design changes, and - The provision of connecting ditches between borrow pits in the Southern Lagoon)
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P/FUL/2022/05149 Granted
The Moors at Arne East of the community of Ridge and North of Arne Road
The creation of intertidal habitat and restricted tidal exchange shallow saltwater lagoons, through managed realignment involving selective breaching of existing tidal embankments. The provision of new set-back earth embankments, including the provision of flapped surface water outfalls, tidal exchange culverts, and an improved channel and outfall for the Furzebrook Stream. The formation of permissive footpaths and screens for public to view birds from, maintenance access tracks and the provision of associated gates, fences and boundary treatment works.
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
7 documents on file for this application
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The Moors at Arne East of the community of Ridge and North of Arne Road
The creation of intertidal habitat and restricted tidal exchange shallow saltwater lagoons, through managed realignment involving selective breaching of existing tidal embankments. The provision of new set-back earth embankments, including the provision of flapped surface water outfalls, tidal exchange culverts, and an improved channel and outfall for the Furzebrook Stream. The formation of permissive footpaths and screens for public to view birds from, maintenance access tracks and the provision of associated gates, fences and boundary treatment works.
Granted Full applications 380 docs -
The Moors Arne Road Ridge
Non-material amendment to approved P/A P/VOC/2025/01655 (The creation of intertidal habitat and restricted tidal exchange shallow saltwater lagoons, through managed realignment involving selective breaching of existing tidal embankments. The provision of new set-back earth embankments, including the provision of flapped surface water outfalls, tidal exchange culverts, and an improved channel and outfall for the Furzebrook Stream. The formation of permissive footpaths and screens for public to view birds from, maintenance access tracks and the provision of associated gates, fences and boundary treatment works (with variation of condition 2, 4, 6,12 and 14 of planning permission P/FUL/2022/05149 to enable a series of design changes as referred to in the Planning Statement)) to: - refurbish the existing River Frome Embankment and in doing so, removing the need to carry out consented works that would have involved infilling and constructing a raised access track atop the Delph Ditch (all works have been implemented, and this application is retrospective). - Amend conditions 11 and 13 to include an additional iteration of the Habitat Creation and Management Plan and Biodiversity Monitoring Strategy respectively prior to the breach of embankments.
Granted Amendments 8 docs -
The Moors Arne Road Ridge
The creation of intertidal habitat and restricted tidal exchange shallow saltwater lagoons, through managed realignment involving selective breaching of existing tidal embankments. The provision of new set-back earth embankments, including the provision of flapped surface water outfalls, tidal exchange culverts, and an improved channel and outfall for the Furzebrook Stream. The formation of permissive footpaths and screens for public to view birds from, maintenance access tracks and the provision of associated gates, fences and boundary treatment works (with variation of condition 2, 4, 6,12 and 14 of planning permission P/FUL/2022/05149 to enable a series of design changes as referred to in the Planning Statement) (variation of condition 1 of PA P/VOC/2025/01655 to replace approved drawings to enable three design changes, which include:- - Omission of the low-permeability core from Eastern, Western and Lagoon Embankments; - Breach and inundation area design changes, and - The provision of connecting ditches between borrow pits in the Southern Lagoon)
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The Moors Arne Road Ridge
Non Material Amendment to extend the excavation of borrow pit 6 and borrow pit 10, the identification of two new borrow pits (borrow pit 21 and borrow pit 22) and the removal of eight borrow pits (borrow pits 1, 3, 13, 14, 15, 16, 16 A and 17) of PP P/VOC/2025/01655 (The creation of intertidal habitat and restricted tidal exchange shallow saltwater lagoons, through managed realignment involving selective breaching of existing tidal embankments. The provision of new set-back earth embankments, including the provision of flapped surface water outfalls, tidal exchange culverts, and an improved channel and outfall for the Furzebrook Stream. The formation of permissive footpaths and screens for public to view birds from, maintenance access tracks and the provision of associated gates, fences and boundary treatment works (with variation of condition 2, 4, 6,12 and 14 of planning permission P/FUL/2022/05149 to enable a series of design changes as referred to in the Planning Statement))
Granted Amendments 16 docs
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