Flat 3 33 Methuen Road Bournemouth BH8 8NB

P/25/01956/FULFull Planning PermissionApproved

Full

Approved on 21 August 2025

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Change of use from a flat (Class C3) to HMO (Class C4) - Existing unauthorised

Received: 12 June 2025
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council
Ward: East Cliff & Springbourne

ReceivedReceived12 Jun
ValidatedValidated17 Jun
Consult.Consultation25 Jul
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided21 Aug

Decided in 65 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Flat 3 33 Methuen Road Bournemouth BH8 8NB. BCP has handled 4,721 applications of this type. This one was decided in 70 days, 7 days longer than BCP's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 81 applications across East Cliff & Springbourne. We hold 327 applications in total for the BH8 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).

Based on decided applications received in the last 3 years.Planning something similar? See what gets approved on your street

Application details

Postcode: BH8 8NB
Application type: Full Planning Permission
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 17 June 2025
Consultation expiry: 25 July 2025
Consultation start: 17 June 2025
Consultation end: 25 July 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address: 3 Lansdowne Crescent Bournemouth BH1 1RX

Additional information

Documents: 9

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.

Source: BCP

Track this application

Get email alerts when there is a planning decision or status change.

Get email alerts near BH8

New planning applications delivered to your inbox daily.

Around this site

Nearby applications

Discuss this application on r/PlanningPermissionUK

For applicants and trades

Contractors near this project

Find contractors for change of use near this site

View all contractors

Planning something similar?

See what the council approved and refused for changes of use on your street. Pick your home and get the evidence before you pay for drawings.

See what gets approved on your street Buying this property? Report on this address