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523 & 525 Offices Ringwood Road Ferndown BH22 9AQ

Refused Dorset P/PACD/2026/03002 Prior Approval - Commercial Business & Service to Dwellinghouses

Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.

Proposal

To convert the rear of and upper floors from use Class E into 5 dwellings across both 523 and 525 Ringwood Road.

As published by the council, reference P/PACD/2026/03002

Application record

Reference
P/PACD/2026/03002
Type
Prior Approval - Commercial Business & Service to Dwellinghouses
Status
Application Refused
Decision
Prior Approval Refused
Received
3 Jun 2026
Validated
3 Jun 2026
Decided
24 Jul 2026
Ward
Ferndown North Ward
Parish
Ferndown Town
Decision by
Delegated
Postcode
BH22 9AQ

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 3 Jun 2026

    Received by Dorset

  2. 24 Jul 2026

    Decision issued: Prior Approval Refused

  3. 31 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

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

23 documents on file for this application

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What 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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