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Commercial Unit A1 Nos. 8-11 The Arcade and 24 Old Christchurch Road Bournemouth BH1 1LG

7-2024-4198-VFull Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 12 June 2025

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Reconfiguration of the shopfronts within the Arcade, upgrading of 2 shopfronts and installation of a new doorway to Old Christchurch Rd, along with the installation of plant equipment to internal courtyard.

Received
24 December 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Bournemouth Central
  1. Received24 Dec
  2. Validated24 Dec
  3. Consult.6 May
  4. Target
  5. Decided12 Jun

Decided in 170 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Commercial Unit A1 Nos. 8-11 The Arcade and 24 Old Christchurch Road Bournemouth BH1 1LG. BCP has handled 4,721 applications of this type. This one was decided in 170 days, 15 weeks longer than BCP's typical decision time. The site is in the Old Christchurch Road conservation area, with 8 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 139 applications across Bournemouth Central. We hold 215 applications in total for the BH1 postcode area.

86% of full 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
BH1 1LG
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 December 2024
Consultation expiry
6 May 2025
Consultation start
15 April 2025
Consultation end
6 May 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Studio 2 The Focus Building 1 Crimea Road Bournemouth BH9 1AP

Additional information

Documents
25

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Old Christchurch Road
  • Listed building: Grade II: House of FraserOn this site · +2 more
  • 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 (20)

flood storage areas, 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

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© 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.

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Source: BCP

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