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12 Purewell Christchurch BH23 1EP

8/23/0516/FULFull Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 9 November 2023

Council decision: GrantedPlanning committee

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

Proposal

Demolish existing garages and erect 1 detached garage (AMENDED DESCRIPTION/PLANS)

Received
19 July 2023
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Christchurch Town
  1. Received19 Jul
  2. Validated20 Jul
  3. Consult.25 Sep
  4. Target
  5. Decided9 Nov

Decided in 112 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a garage at 12 Purewell Christchurch BH23 1EP. BCP has handled 4,721 applications of this type. This one was decided in 113 days, 7 weeks longer than BCP's typical decision time. The site is in the Purewell conservation area, with 7 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 129 applications across Christchurch Town. We hold 3,215 applications in total for the BH23 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
BH23 1EP
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Christchurch Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 July 2023
Consultation expiry
25 September 2023
Consultation start
26 July 2023
Consultation end
25 September 2023
Committee meeting
19 October 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Chapel Studios 14 Purewell Christchurch Dorset BH23 1EP

Additional information

Documents
29

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)
  • Conservation area: Purewell

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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