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Babbacombe Lodge 28 West Hill Road Bournemouth BH2 5PG

7-2023-1663-LOutline Planning PermissionApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 17 April 2025

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)19 conditions

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Outline Submission for demolition of existing building and erection of 23 flats

Received
20 September 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Westbourne & West Cliff
  1. Received20 Sep
  2. Validated20 Sep
  3. Consult.29 Nov
  4. Target
  5. Decided17 Apr

Decided in 575 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is an outline application for demolition at Babbacombe Lodge 28 West Hill Road Bournemouth BH2 5PG. BCP has handled 792 applications of this type. This one was decided in 575 days, 73 weeks longer than BCP's typical decision time. The site is in the West Cliff and Poole Hill conservation area, with 5 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 118 applications across Westbourne & West Cliff. We hold 160 applications in total for the BH2 postcode area.

76% of outline applications at Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 9 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
BH2 5PG
Application type
Outline Planning Permission
Scale / size
Medium
Number of dwellings
23

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 September 2023
Consultation expiry
29 November 2024
Consultation start
3 October 2023
Consultation end
29 November 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Mr Chris Miell MRTPI Studio 2, The Focus Building 1 Crimea Rd Bournemouth BH9 1AP

Additional information

Documents
28

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: West Cliff and Poole Hill
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions. Ask the council if these matter.

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: BCP

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