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7 Abbots Close Christchurch BH23 5BH

8/24/0876/HOUHouseholderApproved

Approved on 31 March 2025

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Proposed garage extension and rear extension to the main dwelling.

Received
23 December 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Highcliffe & Walkford
  1. Received23 Dec
  2. Validated23 Dec
  3. Consult.24 Feb
  4. Target
  5. Decided31 Mar

Decided in 98 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a rear extension at 7 Abbots Close Christchurch BH23 5BH. BCP has handled 4,721 applications of this type. This one was decided in 98 days, 5 weeks longer than BCP's typical decision time. The site is in 5 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 173 applications across Highcliffe & Walkford. 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 5BH
Application type
Householder
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Highcliffe & Walkford Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 December 2024
Consultation expiry
24 February 2025
Consultation start
3 February 2025
Consultation end
24 February 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
306 Lymington Road Highcliffe BH23 5ET

Additional information

Documents
11

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 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 (22)

flood storage areas, conservation 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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