Land at Bournemouth Airport Enterprise Way Aviation Park West Christchurch BH23 6EW Data via plota.co.uk

P/26/03567/SCRN - Screening Request - EIA Decided

Proposal

EIA Screening Request for development of land for purposes consisting of the provision of new car parking on land at Bournemouth Airport. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
20 Jul 2026
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Validated
30 Jul 2026
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Written response given
11 Sept 2026

Written response given on 11 Sept 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 18 Sept 2026

Documents 26

Consultation & comments 7

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 6

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 ↗
Habitat network: Network Expansion Zone
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
National infrastructure project 1371 m away: Navitus Bay Wind Park; Special area of conservation 462 m away: Dorset Heaths; SSSI 462 m away: Hurn Common SSSI; Inside the Merritown built-up area.
Not affected
Not green belt · No listed building at the site · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Planning Inspectorate 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
BCP
Application type
Screening Request - EIA
Postcode
BH23 6EW
Received
20 Jul 2026
Validated
30 Jul 2026
Ward
Commons
Parish
Hurn Parish Council
Case officer
Show
Decision
Written response given
Decision date
11 Sept 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Agent
Planning Prospects

Public comments

3comments received
1 objecting2 neutral

33% object · below the UK average of 74%

Last counted 6 Sept 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Consultation
11 Aug 2026
Comments by
1 Sept 2026
BCP
Planning Authority Score
1.7/10
Poor
#279 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

BCP is slower than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #256 out of 296. The council extends the time limit on 60% of applications - one of the highest rates in England. Expect your application to take longer than the standard deadline. Householder applications are slightly less likely to be approved here (88%) than the national average (90%).

Frequently extends decision deadlines
expect longer than the statutory limit
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
BCP decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
83%
Overall approval rate
Below avg (87%) #233 of 296
88%
Householder approved
Below avg (90%) #214 of 296
44%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #256 of 296
60%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #267 of 296
67%
Minor dwellings approved
346 decided (1-9 homes)
68%
Major dwellings approved
56 decided (10+ homes)
81%
Change of use approved
78 decided
2,244
Total decisions
392 refused in the year to March 2026