Amberwood Cottage St. Catherines Hill Lane, Christchurch BH23 2NL Data via plota.co.uk

P/26/00392/HOU - Householder Refused

Proposal

Demolish existing conservatory and erect a single storey side extension Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 15 Sept 2026, 15:51

Application progress

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Received

21 Jan 2026

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Validated

2 Feb 2026

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Refused

30 Mar 2026

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Appeal dismissed

28 Jul 2026

Refused on 30 Mar 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 15 Sept 2026

Documents 14

Site constraints 10

Green belt: South West Hampshire

Inappropriate development needs very special circumstances.

Green belt policy allows a short list of exceptions, such as limited extensions and replacement buildings. Anything else needs very special circumstances that clearly outweigh the harm. Some green belt land can count as grey belt, where it does not strongly serve the green belt's purposes. The council decides this in its green belt assessment or on each application, so we do not mark it here.

Read the government guidance ↗

Nutrient neutrality catchment: River Avon SAC

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.

Special area of conservation about 87 m away: Dorset Heaths

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 87 m away: Town Common 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: Other Priority Habitats - NEZ

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

Also on the record

2 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin; National infrastructure project about 1969 m away: Navitus Bay Wind Park; Inside the Christchurch (Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole) built-up area; Priority habitat about 10 m away: Deciduous woodland; Open access land about 9 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 · 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, the Planning Inspectorate 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: Householder
Postcode: BH23 2NL
Received: 21 Jan 2026
Validated: 2 Feb 2026
Ward: Commons
Parish: Christchurch Town Council
Case officer: Show
Decision: Refused
Decision date: 30 Mar 2026
Decision level: Delegated
Appeal: Dismissed · 28 Jul 2026 · Written Representations · Inspectorate case 6010140 ↗
Applicant: Show
Agent: Show

How this decision compares

Decided in 56 days from validation, about the council's usual 56 days. Refused, as 17% of demolitions here are.

This one56d

Council56d

UK56d

59%decided within 8 weeks

83%approved

228decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Consultation: 3 Feb 2026
Comments by: 5 Mar 2026

Historical activity at this location

8 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

This property

Previous applications at this address

2021 Approved

Erection of a garage

8/21/1018/HOU 28 Mar 2022

2019 Refused

Proposed annexe (retrospective)

8/19/1495/HOU 10 Dec 2020

2019 Refused

Erect Garage (retrospective)

8/19/1174/HOU 24 Sep 2020

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2025 Approved

Little Oaks Cottage St Catherines Hill Lane Christchurch BH23 2NL

Repositioning of outbuildings and boundary fence

P/25/01772/HOU 1 Oct 2025

2018 Approved

Mayflower Cottage, St Catherines Hill Lane, Christchurch, Dorset, BH23 2NL

2 storey side extension (Demolish part of existing extension to the original cobb house)…

8/18/1682/HOU 22 Nov 2018

2016 Approved

The Limes St Catherines Hill Lane CHRISTCHURCH BH23 2NL

Erection of a building within the curtilage of existing dwelling house

8/16/2948/CLP 23 Jan 2017

2016 Refused

The Limes St Catherines Hill Lane Christchurch Dorset BH23 2NL

Ancillary accommodation to main dwelling house

8/16/1812/CLP 3 Nov 2016

2016 Refused

The Limes, St Catherines Hill Lane, Christchurch, Dorset, BH23 2NL

Installation of concrete hard standing and stationing of mobile home to act as annexe anc…

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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