Film director Guy Ritchie has left neighbours feeling frustrated when he was given permission to build hotel accommodation on his historic Compton Abbas Airfield in Dorset. The historic airfield features a Texas-style smokehouse restaurant and offers flight training sessions.

Recently, he had his planning permission approved to convert staff accommodation into two holiday apartments to cater for overnight stays for visitors, and neighbours are now accusing the Sherlock Holmes director of trying to build an "aviation theme park".

The Compton Abbas Airfield website is already advertising the holiday lets as it read: "Coming soon... your airfield stay! Check in at the Top of the Hill. Perched above the bustling activity of Compton Abbas Airfield, our comfortable accommodation offers unrivalled views across the rolling countryside of North Dorset, and the spectacular landscapes of the Cranborne Chase Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty."

Visitors are expected to immerse themselves in the atmosphere while enjoying a "front row seat" to watch light aircraft come and go. Claimed to offer the "best view of Dorset", the accommodation combines "contemporary comfort within vintage styling". It added: "Experience a truly unique stay at the heart of a working General Aviation airfield, where the timeless romance of flight meets modern comfort."

The accommodation is currently open for registration for provisional bookings. However, neighbour Christopher Dymond argued the planning permission could commercialise the airfield and potentially disturb the local villages.

He told Daily Mail: "Compton Abbas Airfield, until recently, was a polite small grass airfield run for local flying enthusiasts and was managed carefully to reflect the incredibly sensitive location and the proximity of local villages.

"The airfield now is run on a much more commercial basis and largely by stealth is morphing into an aviation theme park with numerous events, shows and visitor attractions. Often, on a summer weekend, entering your garden is like walking onto a WW2 film set with noisy historic aircraft constantly flying overhead."

Philip Cayford, a neighbour and member of the Compton Abbas Airfield Monitoring Group, raised concerns that the approval of accommodation would "constitute one further step in the commercial development of one of hte most sensitive rural landscapes in southern England".

Planning Officer Jamie Francis aruged that there are no reasons to reject the planning application. He said: "The owner has been open that they are seeking to generate additional income streams for the airfield, which would have personal gain, but this is also considered to bring economic benefits to the area.

"A condition has been applied to ensure that the accommodation is used for short term lets only and not for permanent residential accommodation. The conversion of one unit of staff accommodation and one office unit to two units of holiday accommodation is considered acceptable. In addition, two units of accommodation to two units of holiday accommodation are considered acceptable. Therefore, the Council see no reason to refuse the application on this basis."