Land East of Southbourne Crossroads Car Park Southbourne Coast Road Bournemouth BH6 3NN Data via plota.co.uk

P/26/02173/FUL - Full Planning Permission Refused

Proposal

Erection of a detached dwelling with associated works. Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 30 Sept 2026, 21:32

Application progress

✓

Received

12 May 2026

✗

Refused

31 Jul 2026

Appeal

Not lodged

Refused on 31 Jul 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 30 Sept 2026

Documents 45

Decision & officer reports 4

PDF APPEAL DECISION - 6005936.pdf P/25/04045/CONDR Appeal Documentation · 18 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF Decision Notice P2602173ful Appellant Appeal Documents · 11 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF Decision Notice Document · 31 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF Planning Report Officer Report · 31 Jul 2026 View ↗

Statements & assessments 13

PDF Appropriate Assessment Form Land East Of Southbourne Crossroads Car Park Appropriate Assessment · 31 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF Consultee Response Ecology Response · 15 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF Rebuttal Statement - 03.07.26 Reports/Statements · 13 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF C4153_101_Proposed Drainage Strategy and Exceedance Flows.pdf Reports/Statements · 8 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF C4153_Drainage Report.pdf Reports/Statements · 8 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF Consultee Response BNG Response · 12 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF Biodiversity Net Gain Documents Revised BNG Metric · 5 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF BCP Lead Flood Authority Response Consultee Response · 20 May 2026 View ↗ PDF Biodiversity Habitats Plan 652 - 6 - R1 - · 12 May 2026 View ↗ PDF Design & Access Statement Reports/Statements · 12 May 2026 View ↗ PDF Biodiversity Net Gain Statement & Habitat Management & Monitoring Plan Reports/Statements · 12 May 2026 View ↗ PDF Civil Engineering Statement Reports/Statements · 12 May 2026 View ↗ PDF Remediation Statement Reports/Statements · 12 May 2026 View ↗

Plans & drawings 9

Application forms 4

PDF Appeal 6014189 Appeal Form · 11 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF Appellant Appeal Documents Application Form (1) · 11 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF Consultee Response LLFA Feedback · 10 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF Application Form Full Application · 12 May 2026 View ↗

Consultation & comments 6

PDF Llfa Consultation Southbourne Car Park Consultee Response · 29 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF Urban Design Response Consultee Response · 9 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF Consultee Response Highways Response · 8 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF Rights Of Way Officer Comments Consultee Response · 4 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF Principal Geotechnical Engineer Consultee Response · 20 May 2026 View ↗ PDF Consultee - BCP Waste & Recycling Consultee Response · 19 May 2026 View ↗

Site constraints 6

Local nature reserve about 31 m away: Boscombe & Southbourne Overcliff

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.

SSSI about 27 m away: Poole Bay 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.

Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2

Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.

Also on the record

Inside the Bournemouth built-up area; Priority habitat about 27 m away: Maritime cliff and slope; Open access land about 31 m away: Access Land - Combined Open Country, Registered Common Land and Section 16 Dedicated Land. MoD Byelaw, Section 28 Exclusions, Racecourses and Aerodromes and ECP Margin have been removed..

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: Full Planning Permission
Postcode: BH6 3NN
Received: 12 May 2026
Validated: 12 May 2026
Ward: East Southbourne & Tuckton
Parish: Bournemouth Town Council
Case officer: Show
Decision: Refused
Decision date: 31 Jul 2026
Decision level: Delegated
Applicant: Show
Agent: Pure Town Planning

How this decision compares

Decided in 80 days from validation, 14 days slower than BCP's median of 66 for new homes. Refused, as 35% of new homes here are.

This one80d

Council66d

UK59d

37%decided within 8 weeks

65%approved

123decided in the last year

Plota live figures for new homes decided by BCP in the last twelve months, from validation. BCP decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Consultation: 4 Jun 2026
Comments by: 22 Jul 2026

Historical activity at this location

10 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

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Alterations and extensions to roof including dormers & formation of balcony

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BCP

Planning Authority Score

1.7/10

Poor

#279 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Householder 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

Land East of Southbourne Crossroads Car Park Southbourne Coast Road Bournemouth BH6 3NN Data via plota.co.uk

Proposal

Application progress

Documents 45

Decision & officer reports 4

Statements & assessments 13

Plans & drawings 9

Application forms 4

Consultation & comments 6

Other documents 9

Site constraints 6

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