Pavilion Theatre Westover Road Bournemouth BH1 2BU Data via plota.co.uk

P/26/03159/FUL - Full Planning Permission Approved

Proposal

Solar panel array on part of roof. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
7 Jul 2026
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Validated
21 Jul 2026
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Approved
23 Oct 2026

Approved on 23 Oct 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 25 Oct 2026

Documents 42

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 6

2 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: The Pavilion Theatre and surrounding raised terrace and steps, Grade II, about 9 m from the postcode pin · 2 Grade II
The site itself is not listed. Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
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Historic England ↗
Registered park or garden: Upper, Central and Lower Pleasure Gardens, and Coy Pond Gardens
Nationally designated heritage. Its significance and setting carry great weight.
Registered parks and gardens, battlefields, world heritage sites and protected wrecks are designated heritage assets: harm needs clear and convincing justification.
Historic England ↗
Special protection area about 219 m away: Solent and Dorset Coast
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.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
SSSI about 434 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
Full Planning Permission
Postcode
BH1 2BU
Received
7 Jul 2026
Validated
21 Jul 2026
Ward
Bournemouth Central
Parish
Bournemouth Town Council
Case officer
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Decision
Granted
Decision date
23 Oct 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
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Agent
Bh Live

How this decision compares

Decided in 94 days from validation, 12 days slower than BCP's median of 82 for full applications. Approved, as 76% of full applications here are.

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
11 Aug 2026
Comments by
23 Sept 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