55 Highfield Road Bournemouth BH9 2SE Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Change of use from House in Multiple Occupation (Class C4) to seven person House in Multiple Occupation (Sui Generis) and erection of bin and cycle stores Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Refused on 26 Feb 2026 · Committee · Last checked 7 Oct 2026
Planning committee
Decided by BCP Eastern BCP Planning Committee on 19 Feb 2026.
Refused
Against officer advice: officers had recommended approval.
- Officers advised approval because the benefits of an additional room outweighed the existing one-space parking shortfall.
- Residents objected that the HMO would worsen parking, noise, child safety and neighbouring amenity.
- The committee voted 7–4 to refuse permission because of harmful intensification, residential amenity impacts and unsecured mitigation payments.
Source: Plota analysis of BCP's committee minutes of 19 Feb 2026.
Documents 44
Decision & officer reports 3
Statements & assessments 5
Plans & drawings 7
Application forms 2
Consultation & comments 22
Other documents 5
Site constraints 1
Checked on 7 October 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.
Sales history 2
Last sold for £365,000 in October 2024. Detached house, freehold.
Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.
Building
From the energy performance certificate lodged in March 2026, the latest held for this property, matched to this application by its address. The building may have changed since. View the certificate
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Important details
How this decision compares
Decided in 93 days from validation, 11 days slower than BCP's median of 82 for full applications. Refused, as 24% of full applications here are.
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Public comments
100% object · above the UK average of 74%
Last counted 7 Oct 2026
Consultation & key dates
- Consultation
- 27 Nov 2025
- Comments by
- 22 Dec 2025
- Committee
- 19 Feb 2026
Historical activity at this location
30 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Previous applications at this address
Nearby activity
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%).
Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.
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.
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