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P/FUL/2026/01670 - Full Planning Application Approved
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Proposal

The installation of parking equipment, including 5x solar payment terminals, 3 ANPR cameras with associated equipment and 8x sign posts. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
17 Apr 2026
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Approved
3 Jul 2026

Approved on 3 Jul 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 12 Jul 2026

Documents 33

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF Decision Notice pdf 180kb · 3 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF Officer Report pdf 464kb · 3 Jul 2026 View ↗

Statements & assessments 2

PDF DC - BNG Natural Environment Team 3kb · 7 May 2026 View ↗ PDF Ecological Report - South Beach Car Park 8512kb · 8 Apr 2026 View ↗

Plans & drawings 14

PDF AMENDED - Elevation (Front) - Proposed, Received on 25/06/2026 rev. P02 141kb · 25 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF SUPERSEDED - Elevation (Front) - Proposed 141kb · 24 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF Section - Proposed 139kb · 24 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF Elevation (Front) - Proposed 162kb · 24 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF Elevation (Front) - Proposed 150kb · 24 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF Elevation (Front) - Proposed 1284kb · 24 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF Elevation (Front) - Proposed 137kb · 24 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF Elevation (Front) - Proposed 136kb · 24 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF Elevation (Front) - Proposed 140kb · 24 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF Elevation (Front) - Proposed 135kb · 24 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF Elevation (Front) - Proposed 1394kb · 24 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF Site/Block Plan - Existing 1004kb · 24 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF Location plan 390kb · 24 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF Block plan - South Beach 1000kb · 24 Mar 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF Application Form - Without Personal Data 566kb · 24 Mar 2026 View ↗

Consultation & comments 3

PDF Consultee Comments - Trees - Comments 82kb · 30 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF Dorset AONB - comment 4kb · 18 May 2026 View ↗ PDF DC Env. Services - Protection no comments 3kb · 6 May 2026 View ↗

Other documents 11

PDF DC Highways 98kb · 16 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF Natural England 854kb · 27 May 2026 View ↗ PDF DC - Natural Environment Team 108kb · 20 May 2026 View ↗ PDF DC - Natural Environment Team 3kb · 20 May 2026 View ↗ PDF Studland PC 3kb · 20 May 2026 View ↗ PDF DC - Natural Environment Team 107kb · 7 May 2026 View ↗ PDF DC - Natural Environment Team 3kb · 7 May 2026 View ↗ PDF DC - Coastal risk management 3kb · 7 May 2026 View ↗ PDF DC - Rights of Way Officer 676kb · 30 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF DC - Rights of Way Officer 3kb · 30 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF Covering letter 6405kb · 22 Apr 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 11

Dorset National Landscape
Great weight to conserving the landscape; major development restricted.
Previously an area of outstanding natural beauty, which is still the designation in law. Since 2023 authorities must seek to further its purpose, not merely have regard to it.
Studland Conservation Area conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
Heritage coast: Purbeck
A defined stretch of undeveloped coastline.
Development inconsistent with keeping the coast undeveloped is resisted.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Special area of conservation 231 m away: Isle of Portland to Studland Cliffs
Work nearby can need a habitats assessment.
Harm to a protected site is only accepted where there is no alternative and an overriding public interest.
Also on the record
11 listed buildings within 150 m; SSSI 231 m away: Studland Cliffs SSSI; Nature improvement area: Wild Purbeck; Inside the Studland built-up area; Priority habitat 37 m away: Traditional orchard; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 4, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Council
Dorset
Application type
Full Planning Application
Postcode
BH19 3AU
Received
17 Apr 2026
Validated
17 Apr 2026
Ward
South East Purbeck Ward
Parish
Studland
Case officer
Show
Decision
Granted
Decision date
3 Jul 2026
Decision level
Delegated

How this decision compares

Decided in 77 days from validation, 21 days slower than Dorset's median of 56 for commercial and major works. Approved, as 92% of commercial and major works here are.

56%decided within 8 weeks
92%approved
139decided in the last year

Plota live figures for commercial and major works decided by Dorset in the last twelve months, from validation. Dorset decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Comments by
4 Jun 2026

Historical activity at this location

25 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2025 Approved
Church Cottage Manor Road Studland BH19 3AU
Replace entrance gate and walls and remove 1 tree with new replacement
P/HOU/2025/05455
2025 Approved
Church Cottage Manor Road Studland BH19 3AU
T1 Holm Oak: Crown lift to 3.5m removing secondary branches only. Remove lowest limb grow…
P/TRC/2025/05603
2024 Approved
Church Cottage Manor Road Studland BH19 3AU
Erect a single storey porch to the existing garden cottage and new greenhouse in the nort…
P/HOU/2024/04838
2024 Approved
Church Cottage Manor Road Studland Swanage BH19 3AU
Demolish existing cottage. Erect thatched cottage and front porch with single storey rear…
P/VOL/2024/03251
2023 Approved
Various locations around Studland Village including Middle Beach car park, Beach Road, Ferry Road, Manor Road, Watery Lane, and South Beach
1) Poplar (T25) - Crown reduce by up to 6m to reduce risk of primary branches splitting…
P/TRC/2023/05924
2023 Approved
Church Cottage Manor Road Studland Dorset BH19 3AU
Demolish existing cottage. Erect thatched cottage and front porch with single storey rear…
P/LBC/2023/05640
2023 Approved
Church Cottage Manor Road Studland Dorset BH19 3AU
Demolish existing cottage. Erect thatched cottage and front porch with single storey rear…
P/FUL/2023/05293
2023 Approved
Church Cottage Manor Road Studland BH19 3AU
T1 Oak - Crown lift over highway to a height of 5m and to a height of 3m over garden. T2…
P/TRC/2023/04545
2022 Withdrawn
Church Cottage Manor Road Studland Swanage BH19 3AU
Demolish Grade ll Listed cottage due to dangerous structure
P/LBC/2022/07330
2022 Withdrawn
Church Cottage Manor Road Studland Swanage BH19 3AU
Demolish Grade ll Listed cottage due to dangerous structure
P/FUL/2022/07415
2022 Approved
Church Cottage Manor Road Studland BH19 3AU
T3 Thuja - Fell to ground level. T4 Beech - Pruning to lift low canopy to 5m above ground…
P/TRC/2022/07096
2021 Approved
Church Cottage Manor Road Studland Swanage BH19 3AU
Remove cement render and replace with lime render. Demolish rear extensions and form new…
P/HOU/2021/03714
2021 Approved
Church Cottage Manor Road Studland Swanage BH19 3AU
Internal and external alterations to listed building to include:- Remove cement render an…
P/LBC/2021/03715
2021 Approved
Church Cottage Manor Road Studland Swanage BH19 3AU
Demolition of rear extension and construct new extension on rear elevation. Construct por…
P/FUL/2021/05721
2022 Approved
Church Cottage Manor Road Studland Swanage BH19 3AU
Demolish existing rear extension and erect new rear extension, erect front porch. Form bo…
P/LBC/2022/00523
2021 Approved
Trees within Studland village - Beach Road, Manor Road, Heath Green Road and path to Old Harry Rock
Map 1: Ash - Coppice. Oak - Remove broken branch. Map 2: (A) Sycamore - Remove dead limb…
P/TRC/2021/05220
2021 Approved
Church Cottage Manor Road Studland Dorset BH19 3AU
T18 Cypress, T19 Pittosporum, T20 Cypress, T21 Cypress - Fell.
P/TRC/2021/03569
2021 Approved
Church Cottage, Manor Road, Studland, Swanage, BH19 3AU
Erect replacement garage. Alteration works to driveway and associated landscaping works.
6/2021/0113
2020 Approved
The Pig on the Beach formerly Manor House Hotel, Manor Road, Studland, Swanage, BH19 3AU
Install a new polytunnel
6/2020/0455
2021 Approved
Cliff End, Manor Road, Studland, Swanage, BH19 3AU
Storm damaged tree - fell
T14/2021/001
2018 Approved
Manor Barn Church Road Studland BH19 3AT
Remove and replace roof
6/2018/0601
2018 Approved
Cliff End, Manor Road, Studland, BH19 3AU
(T1) Douglas fir - remove lowest twisted limb; (T2) Oak - reduce low overextended limbs b…
TWA/2018/106
2017 Approved
Woodend House, Manor Road, Studland, BH19 3AU
(A) Bay - reduce to hedge height; (B) Hazel - re-coppice - Studland Conservation Area
TWA/2017/129
2016 Approved
Woodend House, Manor Road, Studland, BH19 3AU
(G1) Yew & bay - fell - Studland Conservation Area
TWA/2016/0140
2016 Approved
Church Cottage, Manor Road, Studland, BH19 3AU
(T1) Oak - reduce by 1-2m on dwelling side of tree; (T2) Oak - reduce by 1-2m on dwelling…
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Dorset
Planning Authority Score
7.5/10
Good
#44 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Dorset is faster than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #51 out of 296. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (95%) than the national average (90%).

Faster than most councils
for householder decisions
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Dorset decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
92%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #80 of 296
95%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #74 of 296
78%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #51 of 296
35%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #102 of 296
81%
Minor dwellings approved
344 decided (1-9 homes)
85%
Major dwellings approved
40 decided (10+ homes)
76%
Change of use approved
85 decided
2,781
Total decisions
233 refused in the year to March 2026
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings