3-5 Strand Street Poole BH15 1SB Data via plota.co.uk

P/26/04059/PNCBD - Prior Notification (Part3.MA Approved
Change of useNew homes

Proposal

Prior Approval to renovate and make internal alterations to the whole building 3-5 Strand Street in order to make it suitable for use as a single residential dwelling. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
24 Aug 2026
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Validated
2 Sept 2026
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Approved
26 Oct 2026

Approved on 26 Oct 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 28 Oct 2026

Documents 20

Decision & officer reports 1

PDF Decision Notice Document · 26 Oct 2026 View ↗

Statements & assessments 4

PDF Flood risk assessment Reports/Statements · 12 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF Flood risk assessment Reports/Statements · 12 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF Statement from applicant Reports/Statements · 7 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF Statement from applicant Reports/Statements · 7 Oct 2026 View ↗

Plans & drawings 9

IMG Existing ground floor plan Plan · 7 Oct 2026 View ↗ IMG Existing first floor plan Plan · 7 Oct 2026 View ↗ IMG Proposed ground floor plan Plan · 7 Oct 2026 View ↗ IMG Proposed first floor plan Plan · 7 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF Location Plan Plan · 2 Sept 2026 View ↗ IMG Floor Plan A Plan · 24 Aug 2026 View ↗ IMG Floor Plan B Plan · 24 Aug 2026 View ↗ IMG Floor Plan C Plan · 24 Aug 2026 View ↗ IMG Floor Plan D Plan · 24 Aug 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF Prior Approval - Change of Use Application Form · 24 Aug 2026 View ↗

Consultation & comments 2

PDF Consultee Response Highways Response · 22 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Environmental Health Response Consultee Response · 21 Sept 2026 View ↗

Other documents 3

PDF Reports/Statements Planning report · 26 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF Evidence of vacancy Reports/Statements · 7 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF Evidence of vacancy Reports/Statements · 7 Oct 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 11

Flood zone 3, rivers and sea
High chance: a 1 in 100 or greater annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 from the sea. Any development here needs a flood risk assessment. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Homes in zone 3 must also pass the sequential test. Surface water flooding is a separate map.
Flood map ↗
Nutrient neutrality catchment: Poole Harbour SPA/Ramsar
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.
Ramsar wetland about 127 m away: Poole Harbour
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.
SSSI about 127 m away: Poole Harbour 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.
61 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: 25 and 27 High Street, Grade II, about 40 m from the postcode pin · 1 Grade II*, 59 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 ↗
Scheduled monument about 136 m away: Scaplen's Court
Its setting is a consideration for work nearby.
Nationally important archaeology protected by the Secretary of State. Work that affects the monument or its setting is rarely permitted.
Historic England ↗
Conservation area about 13 m away: Town Centre Heritage
The edge of the area; work outside it can still affect its setting.
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
Heritage at risk about 13 m away: Town Centre, Poole; Nature improvement area: Wild Purbeck; Inside the Poole built-up area.
Not affected
Not green belt

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.

Sales history 1

Last sold for £525,000 in April 2026. Flat or maisonette, freehold.

30 April 2026£525,000

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

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Important details

Council
BCP
Application type
Prior Notification (Part3.MA
Postcode
BH15 1SB
Received
24 Aug 2026
Validated
2 Sept 2026
Ward
Poole Town
Parish
Poole Town Council
Case officer
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Decision
Granted
Decision date
26 Oct 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 54 days from validation, about the council's usual 56 days. Approved, as 74% of changes of use here are.

51%decided within 8 weeks
74%approved
123decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Consultation
8 Sept 2026
Comments by
29 Sept 2026

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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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.