Planning application
MOORTOWN FARM, HAMPSHIRE HATCHES LANE, MOORTOWN, RINGWOOD BH24 3AT
Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.
Proposal
To stack shipping containers and any other form of commercial storage in the yard area without limitation on height (Lawful Development Certificate that permission is not required for proposal)
As published by the council, reference 26/10247
Application record
- Reference
- 26/10247
- Type
- Lawful Development Certificate proposed
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Was Not Lawful
- Received
- 12 Mar 2026
- Validated
- 27 Mar 2026
- Decided
- 18 Jun 2026
- Ward
- Ringwood South
- Parish
- Ringwood
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- BH24 3AT
Site history
Applications at this address on the New Forest register
This site has had 6 applications since 2024: 3 approved, 3 refused.
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26/10194 Refused
MOORTOWN FARM, HAMPSHIRE HATCHES LANE, MOORTOWN, RINGWOOD BH24 3AT
Confirmation that the shipping container is a building (Lawful Use Certificate for retaining an existing use or operation)
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24/10321 Granted
MOORTOWN FARM, HAMPSHIRE HATCHES LANE, MOORTOWN, RINGWOOD BH24 3AT
Erection of stable block
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24/10323 Refused
MOORTOWN FARM, HAMPSHIRE HATCHES LANE, MOORTOWN, RINGWOOD BH24 3AT
Change of use to open storage use (Retrospective)
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24/10325 Granted
MOORTOWN FARM, HAMPSHIRE HATCHES LANE, MOORTOWN, RINGWOOD BH24 3AT
Removal of condition 2 of application 06/88791 to allow use of the stables for equestrian business use without limitation.
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24/10326 Granted
MOORTOWN FARM, HAMPSHIRE HATCHES LANE, MOORTOWN, RINGWOOD BH24 3AT
Removal of condition 2 of application 08/92993 to allow use of the stable block for equestrian business use without limitation.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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12 Mar 2026
Received by New Forest
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27 Mar 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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18 Jun 2026
Decision issued: Was Not Lawful
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26 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Stags Agent, registered in Sheffield
Dissolved · incorporated 1993 · Sheffield
85 applications on PlanIndex · across 9 councils · 78% granted
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
7 documents on file for this application
- DECISION NOTICE
- DECISION NOTICE PLAN
- DECISION RECORD
- LOCATION & BLOCK PLAN
- COVERING LETTER AND OPINION
- STAUTORY DECLARATION OF RICHARD ALPINE NORTON PIERSON147329280000.PDF
- APPLICATION FORM REDACTED
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Open the documentsWhat this refusal means
New Forest 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 lawful development applications
A lawful development certificate is a legal determination that existing or proposed works do not need planning permission; the merits of the scheme are not considered. More in our guide to planning application types.
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