Bournemouth Aviation Museum Merritown Lane Christchurch BH23 6BA

8/23/0073/FULFull Planning PermissionApproved

Full

Approved on 25 July 2023

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Expansion of external display area for Museum

Received: 30 January 2023
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council
Ward: Commons

ReceivedReceived30 Jan
ValidatedValidated30 Jan
Consult.Consultation14 Mar
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided25 Jul

Decided in 176 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Bournemouth Aviation Museum Merritown Lane Christchurch BH23 6BA. BCP has handled 4,721 applications of this type. This one was decided in 176 days, 16 weeks longer than BCP's typical decision time. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 130 applications across Commons. We hold 3,215 applications in total for the BH23 postcode area.

86% of full applications at Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 9 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode: BH23 6BA
Application type: Full Planning Permission
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Hurn Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated: 30 January 2023
Consultation expiry: 14 March 2023
Consultation start: 10 February 2023
Consultation end: 14 March 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent address: Tanner & Tilley Planning Consultants Oatley Cottage Pitmore Lane Sway Lymington SO41 6BX

Additional information

Documents: 10

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

Listed building: Grade II: Merritown Farm HouseOn or next to this site
Green belt: Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions. Ask the council if these matter.

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

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© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

Source: BCP

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