Planning application
Breach Barn Chalbury Farm Horton Wimborne BH21 7HJ
Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.
Proposal
Prior Notification for the proposed change of use of agricultural barn to a flexible commercial use - Class B8 (storage or Distribution) - under Schedule 2, Part 3, Class R of the Town & Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended).
As published by the council, reference P/PAAF/2026/03202
Application record
- Reference
- P/PAAF/2026/03202
- Type
- Prior Approval - Agricultural to Flexible Commercial Use
- Status
- Application Refused
- Decision
- Refused As published: Prior Approval Refused
- Received
- 11 Jun 2026
- Validated
- 11 Jun 2026
- Decided
- 26 Aug 2026
- Ward
- Stour and Allen Vale Ward
- Parish
- Chalbury
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- BH21 7HJ
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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11 Jun 2026
Received by Dorset
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31 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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15 Aug 2026
Status changed to Out To Consultation
Previously Under Officer Consideration.
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26 Aug 2026
Decision issued: Prior Approval Refused
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28 Aug 2026
Status changed to Under Officer Consideration
Previously Out To Consultation.
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
16 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat this refusal means
Dorset refused this application for the reasons on the decision notice; only the applicant can appeal, and refused schemes often return in revised form. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.
About prior approval applications
Prior approval applies where permitted development rights already grant the principle of the work, leaving the council only the specific matters the rules name, commonly within 56 days. More in our guide to planning application types.
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