Knoll House Hotel Ferry Road Studland Swanage BH19 3AH Data via plota.co.uk

P/ESC/2026/02710 - EIA Screening Opinion Decided
Change of useCommercial & major worksCommercial premises

Proposal

Request for a screening opinion in relation to a proposed redevelopment of existing hotel to provide new tourist accommodation, associated leisure and dining facilities and parking Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
15 May 2026
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EIA Development
30 Jun 2026

EIA Development on 30 Jun 2026 · Last checked 27 Aug 2026

Documents 5

Plans & drawings 2

PDF Site location plan - existing rev. P02 98kb · 18 May 2026 View ↗ PDF Site - block plan - existing rev. P01 977kb · 18 May 2026 View ↗

Other documents 3

PDF P Esc 2026 02710 Knoll House Hotel Eia Screening 20260630 Or Uf 184kb · 1 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF Knoll House Hotel Eia Screening 20260630 Or Uf 184kb · 1 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF EIA screening covering letter 408kb · 18 May 2026 View ↗

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Site constraints 11

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.
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 4. 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.
Ramsar wetland 136 m away: Dorset Heathlands
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.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
SSSI 136 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.
Also on the record
Nature improvement area: Wild Purbeck; Scheduled monument 241 m away: Bowl barrow 100m north west of Studland Bay House; 1 listed building within 150 m; Priority habitat 35 m away: Deciduous woodland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt

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Important details

Council
Dorset
Application type
EIA Screening Opinion
Postcode
BH19 3AH
Received
15 May 2026
Validated
15 May 2026
Ward
South East Purbeck Ward
Parish
Studland
Case officer
Show
Decision
EIA Development
Decision date
30 Jun 2026
Freehold owner
Show

Historical activity at this location

8 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

This property

Previous applications at this address

2022 Refused
Redevelopment of existing hotel to provide new tourist accommodation including: 30 hotel…
P/FUL/2022/06840
2018 Refused
Redevelopment of existing hotel to provide new tourist accommodation including 30 bedroom…
6/2018/0566
2018 Approved
EIA Scoping Opinion - Redevelopment of Knoll House to include the partial demolition of t…
EA2/2018/0001
Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2023 Approved
Knoll House Hotel Ferry Road Studland BH19 3AH
Works required to divert the hotel roof rainwater from the local sewerage network. The cu…
P/TST/2023/00918
2021 Approved
Knoll House Hotel, Ferry Road, Studland, BH19 3AH
T1 Scots Pine - Reduce lowest secondary limb ascending NW by up to 2m. T2 Scots Pine - Cr…
TPO/2021/038
2018 Approved
Knoll House Hotel Ltd, Knoll House Hotel, Ferry Road, Studland, Swanage, BH19 3AH
EIA Screening Opinion - Redevelopment of Knoll House to include the partial demolition of…
EA1/2018/0005
2018 Approved
Knoll House Hotel Ltd, Knoll House Hotel, Ferry Road, Studland, Swanage, BH19 3AH
EIA Scoping Opinion - Redevelopment of Knoll House to include the partial demolition of t…
EA2/2018/0002
2017 Approved
Knoll House Hotel Ltd, Knoll House Hotel, Ferry Road, Studland, Swanage, BH19 3AH
EIA Screening Opinion - Redevelopment of Knoll House to include the partial demolition of…
EA1/2017/0002
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

Freehold owner: Information produced by HM Land Registry. © Crown copyright 2026. Source: HM Land Registry, UK and overseas companies that own property in England and Wales, September 2026 release.