6 Rosscourt Hotel, Owners Accomodation St John's Road Bournemouth BH5 1EL Data via plota.co.uk

P/26/02275/CLP - Certificate of Lawfulness for proposed use or development Refused

Proposal

Lawful Development Certificate for proposed installation of solar panels on south facing roof of building. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
15 May 2026
✓
Validated
29 May 2026
✗
Refused
23 Jul 2026
Appeal
Not lodged

Refused on 23 Jul 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 30 Sept 2026

Site constraints 6

Boscombe Spa 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 ↗
Also on the record
Local nature reserve about 333 m away: Boscombe Chine; 2 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin; Heritage at risk about 73 m away: Church of St John the Evangelist, Christchurch Road, Bournemouth; SSSI about 496 m away: Poole Bay Cliffs SSSI; Inside the Bournemouth 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
Certificate of Lawfulness for proposed use or development
Postcode
BH5 1EL
Received
15 May 2026
Validated
29 May 2026
Ward
Boscombe West
Parish
Bournemouth Town Council
Case officer
Show
Decision
Not Lawful
Decision date
23 Jul 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
Show
Agent
Rosscourt

How this decision compares

Decided in 55 days from validation, about the council's usual 55 days. Refused, as 24% of lawful development certificates here are.

70%decided within 8 weeks
76%approved
368decided in the last year

Plota live figures for lawful development certificates decided by BCP in the last twelve months, from validation. BCP decision record →

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