Southbourne Water Tower Seafield Road Bournemouth BH6 3EX Data via plota.co.uk

P/26/02742/FUL - Full Planning Permission Application Under Consideration

Proposal

Upgrade the existing telecommunications site including the removal and replacement of 3 no. existing antennas with 3 no. upgraded antennas on existing support poles, and ancillary development thereto including the installation of 1 no. GPS node Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
12 Jun 2026
✓
Validated
28 Jul 2026
Decision
Target date was 22 Sept 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision by 5 Nov 2026, from BCP's recent full applications.

The consultation period closed on 28 Aug 2026.

Documents 32

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 2

Also on the record
2 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin; 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
Full Planning Permission
Postcode
BH6 3EX
Received
12 Jun 2026
Validated
28 Jul 2026
Ward
East Southbourne & Tuckton
Parish
Bournemouth Town Council
Case officer
Show
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
Show
Agent
Perry Williams Ltd on behalf of KTL

Decision outlook

Day 93, past the statutory target. 57% of full applications in BCP are decided within thirteen weeks; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 25 Oct 2026.

Day 9337 days past the 56-day target
30%decided within 8 weeks
76%approved
758decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Consultation
28 Jul 2026
Comments by
28 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