Planning application
523 & 525 Offices Ringwood Road Ferndown BH22 9AQ
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
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3 Jun 2026
Received by Dorset
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24 Jul 2026
Decision issued: Prior Approval Refused
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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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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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