Theme Park Merritown Lane Christchurch BH23 6BA
Refused on 10 January 2025
Delegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Retrospective permission for 49 x non-illuminated signs
- Received
- 13 March 2024
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Commons
- ReceivedReceived13 Mar
- ValidatedValidated3 Jun
- Consult.Consultation24 Jun
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided10 Jan
Decided in 221 days (council typically 63)
About this application
This is an advertising consent application at Theme Park Merritown Lane Christchurch BH23 6BA. BCP has handled 181 applications of this type. This one was decided in 303 days, 34 weeks longer than BCP's typical decision time. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 130 applications across Commons. We hold 3,215 applications in total for the BH23 postcode area.
84% of advertising 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 6BA
- Application type
- Consent to display an Advertisement
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Hurn Parish Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 3 June 2024
- Consultation expiry
- 24 June 2024
- Consultation start
- 28 May 2024
- Consultation end
- 24 June 2024
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Tanner & Tilley 4 Beresford Road Bournemouth Dorset BH6 5AA
Additional information
- Documents
- 20
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Green belt: Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- 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, conservation areas, 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.
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Associated applications
- 202413 Mar
Retrospective Change of use to commercial car park and Installation of 2 x anpr cameras and columns, 2 x…
RefusedFull Planning PermissionFiled alongside8/24/0180/FUL - 202413 Mar
Retrospective permission for 49 x non-illuminated signs
This applicationRefusedAdvertisement consent8/24/0181/ADV
Planning history at this site
4 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202521 Oct
Advertising consent for pole entrance sign, directional signs and parking signs
PendingAdvertisement consentP/25/04266/ADV - 202516 Apr
Change of use of family theme park to mixed use incorporating leisure and tourism uses with ancillary café…
PendingFull Planning PermissionP/25/00993/FUL - 202319 May
Change of Use of land from agricultural to leisure facility including formation of car park, construction of…
WithdrawnDischarge of conditions8/23/0349/CONDR - 201726 Jun
Variation of planning application 8/96/0034/C
WithdrawnDischarge of conditions8/17/1763/CONDR
Source: BCP
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- Total Construction (Hampshire) LimitedVerifiedRingwood6.6 mi
- Fairway Construction LimitedChristchurch0.6 mi
- Worksmart Roofing And Building LtdChristchurch0.8 mi
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