Lower Gardens Bournemouth BH2 5AU Data via plota.co.uk

P/25/02126/FUL - Full Planning Permission Withdrawn

Proposal

Temporary installation of winter event (temporary period from 27 October 2025 to 25 January 2026 including the installation and removal of structures). Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 18 Oct 2026, 06:34

Application progress

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Received

20 Jun 2025

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Validated

5 Aug 2025

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Withdrawn

7 Jan 2026

Withdrawn on 7 Jan 2026 · Committee · Last checked 17 Oct 2026

Planning committee

Decided by BCP Eastern BCP Planning Committee on 20 Nov 2025.

Approved unanimously

Against officer advice: officers had recommended refusal.

Officers advised refusal because required biodiversity net gain information had not been provided after a cherry tree was removed.
A councillor objected, while the applicant, a business representative and several councillors supported the event.
The committee voted unanimously to grant permission subject to resolving biodiversity net gain issues, with authority delegated to officers.

Read how the committee decided The proposed event, site history, officer recommendation, consultation responses, speakers and committee decision.

Source: Plota analysis of BCP's committee minutes of 20 Nov 2025.

Documents 61

Decision & officer reports 1

PDF Final Agenda Committee Report Committee Report · 12 Nov 2025 View ↗

Statements & assessments 19

Plans & drawings 16

Application forms 1

PDF Application Form Full · 20 Jun 2025 View ↗

Consultation & comments 16

PDF The Gardens Trust response Consultee Response · 21 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF Tree Response (third) 29th September Consultee Response · 24 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF LLFA reconsultation Consultee Response · 21 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF Consultee Response Highways Response · 23 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF The Gardens Trust - Comment Consultee Response · 22 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF Environmental Services Response Consultee Response · 17 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF Consultee Response Trees Response · 15 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF Consultee Response Highways Response · 9 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF Response to urban design comments Supporting Document · 8 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF Material annotation and UD response Supporting Document · 8 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF Consultee Response Trees Response · 27 Aug 2025 View ↗ PDF Consultee Response The Gardens Trust · 27 Aug 2025 View ↗ PDF Consultee Response LLFA Response · 22 Aug 2025 View ↗ PDF Urban Design Response Consultee Response · 19 Aug 2025 View ↗ PDF Environmental Health Consultee Response · 15 Aug 2025 View ↗ PDF Historic England - Comment Consultee Response · 12 Aug 2025 View ↗

Site constraints 5

Registered park or garden about 57 m away: Upper, Central and Lower Pleasure Gardens, and Coy Pond Gardens

Its setting is a consideration for work nearby.

Registered parks and gardens, battlefields, world heritage sites and protected wrecks are designated heritage assets: harm needs clear and convincing justification.

Historic England ↗

Also on the record

2 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin; Special protection area about 376 m away: Solent and Dorset Coast; SSSI about 336 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 13 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: BH2 5AU
Received: 20 Jun 2025
Validated: 5 Aug 2025
Ward: Bournemouth Central
Case officer: Show
Decision: Withdrawn
Decision date: 7 Jan 2026
Decision level: Committee
Applicant: Show
Agent: Arena Global Management Ltd

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Consultation: 7 Jul 2025
Comments by: 19 Dec 2025
Committee: 20 Nov 2025

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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

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Decided in 8 weeks

Below avg (63%) #256 of 296

60%

Extended time limit

Above avg (41%) #267 of 296

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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

Lower Gardens Bournemouth BH2 5AU Data via plota.co.uk

Proposal

Application progress

Planning committee

Documents 61

Decision & officer reports 1

Statements & assessments 19

Plans & drawings 16

Application forms 1

Consultation & comments 16

Other documents 8

Site constraints 5

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