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The Moors Arne Road Ridge

Awaiting decision Dorset P/NMA/2026/04295 Non Material Amendment

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.

  • 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)

    Decided 3 Aug 2026 Amendments
  • 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.

    Decided 2 Dec 2025 Amendments
  • 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))

    Decided 3 Oct 2025 Amendments

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 7 Aug 2026

    Received by Dorset

  2. 11 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  3. 14 Aug 2026

    Status changed to Under Officer Consideration

    Previously Out To Consultation.

  4. 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.

Cases linked to this one on the register

  • 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)

    Decided 3 Aug 2026 Amendments
  • 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.

    Decided 25 Apr 2023 Full applications

Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

7 documents on file for this application

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What happens while it is decided

This application is with Dorset for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Dorset decided amendment applications in a median of 41 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

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  • The Moors at Arne East of the community of Ridge and North of Arne Road

    P/FUL/2022/05149 Submitted 19 Aug 2022 0m away

    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

    P/NMA/2025/06553 Submitted 4 Nov 2025 0m away

    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

    P/VOC/2026/01514 Submitted 17 Mar 2026 0m away

    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)

    Granted Amendments 32 docs
  • The Moors Arne Road Ridge

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    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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