Wessex Lodge Rest Home 16 Munster Road Poole BH14 9PU Data via plota.co.uk

P/26/03017/FUL - Full Planning Permission Application Under Consideration

Proposal

Demolition of the existing care home, garage, and coach house. Erect 3no. detached houses and a pair of semi-detached houses (5no. in total) with on site car parking, turning area and bin stores. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

Received
5 Jul 2026
Validated
8 Jul 2026
Decision
Expected by 2 Sept 2026

This application is under consideration - no decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision around 29 Sept 2026, from BCP's recent full applications. The consultation period closed on 8 Sept 2026.

Documents 38

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 2

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.
Also on the record
Inside the Poole built-up area.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 11 September 2026. 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
BH14 9PU
Received
5 Jul 2026
Validated
8 Jul 2026
Ward
Penn Hill
Parish
Poole Town Council
Case officer
Show
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
Show
Agent
Darryl Howells Planning Consultancy

Decision outlook

Day 68 of the 56-day target. BCP usually decides full applications by day 83.

Day 6815 days to the predicted decision (day 83)
23%decided within 8 weeks
81%approved
1,028decided in the last year

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

Public comments

4comments received
3 objecting1 neutral

75% object · in line with the UK average

Last counted 6 Sept 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Consultation
18 Aug 2026
Comments by
8 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