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

P/FUL/2026/04139 - Full Planning Application Out To Consultation

Proposal

Redevelopment of existing hotel to provide new tourist accommodation including 23 hotel rooms, 44 hotel suites, associated leisure and dining facilities and parking (Environmental Impact Assessment development) Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓

Received

27 Aug 2026

Decision

Expected by 22 Oct 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision between 16 Oct 2026 and 28 Oct 2026, from Dorset's recent commercial and major works.

Comments are open until 9 Oct 2026

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Documents 137

Statements & assessments 41

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PDF Condition Assessment Sheet - Urban Habitat Type unknown size · 30 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF Biodiversity Net Gain Statement unknown size · 30 Jul 2026 View ↗

Plans & drawings 51

Application forms 1

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Consultation & comments 1

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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 250 m away: Bowl barrow 100m north west of Studland Bay House; 1 listed building within 150 m; Priority habitat 41 m away: Deciduous woodland.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt

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 3AH
Received: 27 Aug 2026
Validated: 27 Aug 2026
Ward: South East Purbeck Ward
Parish: Studland
Case officer: Show
Applicant: Show
Agent: Elisabeth Lucas
Freehold owner: Show

Decision outlook

Day 43 of the 56-day target. Dorset usually decides commercial and major works by day 56.

prediction

Day 4313 days to the 56-day target

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: 9 Oct 2026

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

2023 Approved

Works required to divert the hotel roof rainwater from the local sewerage network. The cu…

P/TST/2023/00918 6 Mar 2023

2021 Approved

T1 Scots Pine - Reduce lowest secondary limb ascending NW by up to 2m. T2 Scots Pine - Cr…

TPO/2021/038 11 Jun 2021

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2022 Refused

Knoll House Hotel Ferry Road Studland Swanage BH19 3AH

Redevelopment of existing hotel to provide new tourist accommodation including: 30 hotel…

P/FUL/2022/06840 17 Jan 2024

2018 Refused

Knoll House Hotel Ferry Road Studland Swanage BH19 3AH

Redevelopment of existing hotel to provide new tourist accommodation including 30 bedroom…

6/2018/0566 9 Feb 2022

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 14 Sep 2018

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 14 Sep 2018

2018 Approved

Knoll House Hotel, Ferry Road, Studland, Swanage, BH19 3AH

EIA Scoping Opinion - Redevelopment of Knoll House to include the partial demolition of t…

EA2/2018/0001 18 May 2018

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 5 Jan 2018

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

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

Proposal

Application progress

Documents 137

Statements & assessments 41

Plans & drawings 51

Application forms 1

Consultation & comments 1

Other documents 43

Site constraints 11

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