Units 5B East and 5B West Roundways Industrial Estate Elliott Road Bournemouth BH11 8JJ Data via plota.co.uk

P/26/04284/CLP - Certificate of Lawfulness for proposed use or development Application Under Consideration

Proposal

Lawful development certificate for proposed change of use from a Class B1 Business Use to a purpose falling within Class E(d) (indoor sport, recreation or fitness) of the Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) Order 1987 (as amended) Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 28 Oct 2026, 04:43

Application progress

✓

Received

4 Sept 2026

Decision

Expected by 30 Oct 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision between 30 Oct 2026 and 10 Nov 2026, from BCP's recent changes of use.

Documents 8

Consultation & comments 4

PDF Supporter’s name hidden Show Neighbour Representation · 18 Sept 2026 View ↗

PDF Supporter’s name hidden Show Neighbour Representation · 11 Sept 2026 View ↗

PDF Supporter’s name hidden Show Neighbour Representation · 9 Sept 2026 View ↗

Site constraints 6

Special area of conservation about 30 m away: Turbary Common

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 35 m away: Turbary and Kinson Commons 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: 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

Inside the Bournemouth built-up area; Priority habitat about 36 m away: Lowland heathland; Open access land about 29 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 · 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: Certificate of Lawfulness for proposed use or development
Postcode: BH11 8JJ
Received: 4 Sept 2026
Validated: 4 Sept 2026
Ward: Kinson
Parish: Bournemouth Town Council
Case officer: Show
Decision level: Delegated
Applicant: Show
Agent: Pure Town Planning

Decision outlook

Day 55 of the 56-day target. BCP usually decides changes of use by day 56.

prediction

Day 551 days to the 56-day target

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 →

Public comments

4comments received

4 supporting

100% support · above the UK average of 16%

Last counted 28 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Historical activity at this location

2 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

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2022 Refused

Unit 2C Roundways Elliott Road Bournemouth BH11 8JJ

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BCP

Planning Authority Score

1.7/10

Poor

#279 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Change of use

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