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Theme Park Merritown Lane Christchurch Dorset BH23 6BA

8/24/0226/FULFull Planning PermissionRefused
Full

Refused on 17 October 2025

Delegated (officer decision)1 reason for refusal

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

Proposal

Redevelopment of existing stables and land associated with theme park use of Adventure Wonderland to provide Doggy Day Care facility, including reception building and associated play areas and parking.

Received
3 April 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Commons
  1. Received3 Apr
  2. Validated26 Apr
  3. Consult.12 Aug
  4. Target
  5. Decided17 Oct

Decided in 539 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Theme Park Merritown Lane Christchurch Dorset BH23 6BA. BCP has handled 4,721 applications of this type. This one was decided in 562 days, 71 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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Why it was refused

  1. The applicant has failed to provide sufficient information to demonstrate that the proposal could comply with Biodiversity Net Gain requirements. The proposal is therefore contrary to Schedule 7A of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (as inserted by Schedule 14 of the Environment Act 2021) and also ME1 of the Christchurch and East Dorset Core Strategy (Part 1) 2014.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

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

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 April 2024
Consultation expiry
12 August 2024
Consultation start
14 May 2024
Consultation end
12 August 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent address
18-20 EAST STREET BROMLEY BROMLEY BR1 1QU

Additional information

Documents
28

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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: BCP

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