Royal Bournemouth Hospital Castle Lane East Bournemouth BH7 7DW Data via plota.co.uk

P/26/01726/FUL - Full Planning Permission Approved

Proposal

Installation of a Portakabin Building system to be used as a remote site welfare unit for ambulance crews. Involves 6 Ambulance parking bays with Vehicle shorelines and hatching. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

Received
12 Jul 2026
Validated
13 Jul 2026
Approved

Approved on · Delegated · Last checked 6 Sept 2026

Site constraints 2

Also on the record
Inside the Bournemouth built-up area; the 1970s provisional farmland map had this area as grade 4, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 11 September 2026. 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
BH7 7DW
Received
12 Jul 2026
Validated
13 Jul 2026
Ward
Littledown & Iford
Parish
Bournemouth Town Council
Case officer
Show
Decision
Granted
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
Show
Agent
Portakabin Ltd

Consultation & key dates

Consultation
13 Jul 2026
Comments by
14 Aug 2026
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