Pavement o/s Old Town Market, 7 Dear Hay Lane, Poole BH15 1NZ Data via plota.co.uk

P/26/01805/ADV - Consent to display an Advertisement Refused

Proposal

Advertising consent for 2no. digital 75" LCD display screens, one on each side of the Street Hub unit Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
21 Apr 2026
✓
Validated
22 Apr 2026
✗
Refused
1 Jul 2026
✗
Appeal dismissed
22 Sept 2026

Refused on 1 Jul 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 30 Sept 2026

Documents 21

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 9

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.
Town Centre Heritage conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
Council document ↗
In flood zones plus climate change
Inside the extent flood zones 2 and 3 could reach with climate change: the Central allowance for the 2080s on rivers, the Upper End allowance for sea level rise to 2125. From the sea. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Councils use it to decide when a flood risk assessment and the sequential test are needed. It is indicative and does not show whether a particular property will flood.
Flood map ↗
Heritage at risk: Town Centre, Poole
On the register of historic places assessed as at risk.
A designated building, monument, park or conservation area assessed as at risk from neglect, decay or development. Proposals that secure its future are looked on favourably.
Historic England ↗
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
18 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: 18 Hill Street, Grade II, about 36 m from the postcode pin · 1 Grade I, 17 Grade II
The site itself is not listed. Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
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Historic England ↗
Also on the record
Ramsar wetland about 354 m away: Poole Harbour; SSSI about 354 m away: Poole Harbour SSSI; Inside the Poole built-up area.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. 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
BCP
Application type
Consent to display an Advertisement
Postcode
BH15 1NZ
Received
21 Apr 2026
Validated
22 Apr 2026
Ward
Poole Town
Parish
Poole Town Council
Case officer
Show
Decision
Refused
Decision date
1 Jul 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Appeal
Dismissed · 22 Sept 2026 · Written Representations · Inspectorate case 6012919 ↗
Applicant
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Agent
Mitie

How this decision compares

Decided in 70 days from validation, 14 days slower than BCP's median of 56 for signs and adverts. Refused, as 24% of signs and adverts here are.

60%decided within 8 weeks
76%approved
116decided in the last year

Plota live figures for signs and adverts decided by BCP in the last twelve months, from validation. BCP decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Consultation
22 Apr 2026
Comments by
17 Jun 2026
BCP
Planning Authority Score
1.7/10
Poor
#279 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Other 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