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P/FUL/2026/02125 - Full Planning Application Approved

Proposal

Installation of 1 x (black in colour) Solar payment contactless & coin terminal, 1860mm in height, 470mm in width (at its widest point) and 470mm in depth (at its widest point) (4G data connection), with the installation of a conversion plate;, Installation of 2 x Dual Lane Automatic Numberplate Recognition (ANPR) cameras bracket mounted onto the car park entrance cabin, both facing out of the car park; Installation of 1 x National Trust non-illuminated welcome sign post, at a height of 1.7m, a width of 0.1m, and a length of 0.3m; and Installation of 1 x National Trust, non-illuminated information sign post, at a height of 1.6m, width of 0.1m, and a length of 0.3m. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received

20 Apr 2026

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Approved

12 Jun 2026

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

Documents 19

Site constraints 11

National nature reserve: Purbeck Heaths

Internationally or nationally protected for its wildlife. A habitats assessment is needed.

Harm to a protected site is only accepted where there is no alternative and an overriding public interest.

Flood zone 3, rivers and sea

High chance: a 1 in 100 or greater annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 from the sea. Any development here needs a flood risk assessment. Defences are not counted.

The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Homes in zone 3 must also pass the sequential test. Surface water flooding is a separate map.

Flood map ↗

Nutrient neutrality catchment: Poole Harbour SPA/Ramsar

New homes and overnight accommodation must show nutrient neutrality before approval.

Natural England advice: extra wastewater in these catchments harms protected habitats, so schemes must offset their nutrient load, usually through credits.

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.

Open access land

Open country or registered common land, with a right to roam on foot.

Building on registered common land needs the consent of the Secretary of State as well as planning permission.

Heritage coast: Purbeck

A defined stretch of undeveloped coastline.

Development inconsistent with keeping the coast undeveloped is resisted.

Agricultural land, grade 2

Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s), which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 5. The predicted grade is Defra's current estimate; only a site survey settles it.

Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.

SSSI 16 m away: Studland Cliffs SSSI

Natural England may need consulting, depending on what is proposed.

Sites of special scientific interest are the best wildlife and geological sites in the country. Development likely to harm one is rarely permitted.

Habitat network: Lowland fens

Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.

Also on the record

Nature improvement area: Wild Purbeck; Priority habitat 15 m away: Coastal sand dunes,Lowland fens.

Not affected

Not green belt · No listed building at the site · No scheduled monument at the site

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Important details

Council: Dorset
Application type: Full Planning Application
Postcode: BH19 3BA
Received: 20 Apr 2026
Validated: 20 Apr 2026
Ward: South East Purbeck Ward
Parish: Studland
Case officer: Show
Decision: Granted
Decision date: 12 Jun 2026
Decision level: Delegated

How this decision compares

Decided in 53 days from validation, about the council's usual 51 days. Approved, as 98% of signs and adverts here are.

This one53d

Council51d

UK55d

73%decided within 8 weeks

98%approved

59decided in the last year

Plota live figures for signs and adverts 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

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

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2025 Approved

Studland Shell Bay Ferry Road Studland

The siting of a mobile catering trailer within the car park on a seasonal basis from the…

P/FUL/2025/02755 15 Jul 2025

2023 Approved

Studland Shell Bay Ferry Road Studland

Temporary siting of a catering trailer in the National Trust car park at Shell Bay for a…

P/FUL/2023/02079 9 Jun 2023

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

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance

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

Shell Bay Car Park, Ferry Road, Studland Data via plota.co.uk

Proposal

Application progress

Documents 19

Decision & officer reports 2

Statements & assessments 2

Plans & drawings 3

Application forms 1

Consultation & comments 1

Other documents 10