Blackmore Vale planning approval rate
Blackmore Vale ward in Dorset has a 91.6% approval rate based on 416 planning decisions. Dorset overall: 92.3%.
Last updated: September 2026
91.6%
ward approval rate
416
Decisions
381
Approved
35
Refused
92.3%
Dorset average
Blackmore Vale is broadly in line with the Dorset average, neither notably strict nor notably permissive.
How Blackmore Vale compares
Blackmore Vale ward
91.6%
Dorset overall
92.3%
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Recent decisions in Blackmore Vale
P/FUL/2026/03654
Erection of agricultural barn · 2026-08-24
P/LBC/2026/03422
Retain replacement windows and doors. · 2026-08-11
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Other wards in Dorset
Ward members (97.1%)
St. Leonards and St. Ives (90.7%)
Gillingham (93.5%)
Beacon (94.8%)
West Purbeck (95.3%)
South East Purbeck (93.8%)
Chalk Valleys (98.1%)
Wareham (90.7%)
Lytchett Matravers and Upton (87.3%)
Colehill and Wimborne Minster East (93.5%)
Stour and Allen Vale (80.5%)
Ferndown North (92.5%)