Offices 523 & 525 Ringwood Road Ferndown BH22 9AQ

1. 10 Aug 2026

   Received by Dorset

2. 13 Aug 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

3. Decision

   Awaiting decision

   Decision expected by 5 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.

This application is with Dorset for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Dorset decided prior approval applications in a median of 28 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

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.

• 523 & 525 Offices Ringwood Road Ferndown BH22 9AQ

  P/PACD/2026/03002 Submitted 3 Jun 2026 0m away

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

  Refused Prior approval 23 docs
  Several homes

• New Dwelling Ringwood Road Ferndown

  P/FUL/2026/04683 Submitted 25 Aug 2026 10m away

  85% historically approved · decision due ~20 Oct

  Sever land and erect 1 no. bungalow with parking

  Awaiting decision Full applications 9 docs

• 531 Ringwood Road Ferndown BH22 9AQ

  P/FUL/2025/07025 Submitted 1 Dec 2025 14m away

  Erect 1 shop and 3 flats. As amended by plans rec'd 5.1.26 to reduce the size of the dormer windows and 18.3.26 to make changes to address highways officer concerns

  Granted Full applications New dwelling Loft or dormer +1 35 docs
  Several homes

• 18 Victoria Road Ferndown BH22 9HZ

  P/FUL/2023/00564 Submitted 31 Jan 2023 88m away

  Change of use from Class E (Commercial, Business and Service use ) to a Nail Parlour (Sui Generis).

  Granted Full applications 28 docs

• 376-380 Ringwood Road Ferndown Dorset BH22 9AU

  P/FUL/2022/07628 Submitted 6 Dec 2022 88m away

  Change of use of restaurant to six flats and external alterations

  Granted Full applications New dwelling 20 docs
  Several homes

• 493 Ringwood Road Ferndown BH22 9AG

  P/ADV/2024/06009 Submitted 31 Oct 2024 128m away

  Display unlit fascia signs on front and rear of property

  Granted Advertising 11 docs

• P/PABA/2026/04760 Awaiting decision

  Agricultural field know as Netley Walls Cattistock

  Erect agricultural storage building

  1 Sep 2026 Prior approval
• P/PABA/2026/04183 Granted

  New Barn Farm Park Lane Shapwick DT11 9JP

  Erect an agricultural building to measure 30m in length, 18m in breadth, with a ridge height of 8m and a height to eaves of 6.7m

  3 Aug 2026 Prior approval
• P/PASO/2026/04716 Awaiting decision

  Wareham Day Centre Anglebury Court 21 Bonnets Lane Wareham BH20 4HB

  Install 68.85 kWp solar PV panels spread across many of the pitched roofs of the single-storey part of the building.

  27 Aug 2026 Prior approval
• P/PAPA/2026/04464 Granted

  Foxholes Farm Littlebredy Dorchester DT2 9HJ

  Proposed improvement to existing track

  14 Aug 2026 Prior approval
• P/PAAF/2026/03202 Refused

  Breach Barn Chalbury Farm Horton Wimborne BH21 7HJ

  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).

  11 Jun 2026 Prior approval