Dorset/P/NMA/2025/06553

Location

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Proposal

Non-material amendment to approved P/A P/VOC/2025/01655 (The creation of intertidal habitat and restricted tidal exchange shallow saltwater lagoons, through managed realignment involving selective breaching of existing tidal embankments. The provision of new set-back earth embankments, including the provision of flapped surface water outfalls, tidal exchange culverts, and an improved channel and outfall for the Furzebrook Stream. The formation of permissive footpaths and screens for public to view birds from, maintenance access tracks and the provision of associated gates, fences and boundary treatment works (with variation of condition 2, 4, 6,12 and 14 of planning permission P/FUL/2022/05149 to enable a series of design changes as referred to in the Planning Statement)) to: - refurbish the existing River Frome Embankment and in doing so, removing the need to carry out consented works that would have involved infilling and constructing a raised access track atop the Delph Ditch (all works have been implemented, and this application is retrospective). - Amend conditions 11 and 13 to include an additional iteration of the Habitat Creation and Management Plan and Biodiversity Monitoring Strategy respectively prior to the breach of embankments.

Key dates

1. Received 4 Nov 2025
2. Started 4 Nov 2025
3. Decided 2 Dec 2025

Planning history / related applications

No related planning applications have been identified in the current public OGL dataset.