4 South View Place Bournemouth BH2 5PN Data via plota.co.uk

P/26/04402/CLE - Certificate of Lawfulness for existing use or development Application Under Consideration

Proposal

Lawful Development Certificate for existing use as a student house. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
10 Sept 2026
✓
Validated
16 Sept 2026
Decision
Expected by 11 Nov 2026

This application is under consideration - no decision has been issued yet. A decision is expected by 11 Nov 2026. Comments are open until 16 Oct 2026.

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Site constraints 4

West Cliff and Poole Hill conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
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
7 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin; SSSI about 468 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 17 September 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 2

Last sold for £230,000 in January 2016. Terraced house, freehold.

12 January 2016£230,000Recorded as a transfer outside a standard sale
29 June 2000£80,000

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
Certificate of Lawfulness for existing use or development
Postcode
BH2 5PN
Received
10 Sept 2026
Validated
16 Sept 2026
Ward
Westbourne & West Cliff
Parish
Bournemouth Town Council
Case officer
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Decision level
Delegated
Freehold owner
Show

Consultation & key dates

Comments by
16 Oct 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

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

Freehold owner: Information produced by HM Land Registry. © Crown copyright 2026. Source: HM Land Registry, UK and overseas companies that own property in England and Wales, September 2026 release.