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8 Fir Vale Road Bournemouth BH1 2JG

P/25/03309/FULFull Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 7 October 2026

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)7 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Convert accommodation to a 12 bed HMO with associated access, parking and amenity space.

Received
1 September 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Bournemouth Central
  1. Received1 Sep
  2. Validated5 Sep
  3. Consult.23 Feb
  4. Target
  5. Decided7 Oct

Decided in 397 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application at 8 Fir Vale Road Bournemouth BH1 2JG. BCP has handled 4,721 applications of this type. This one was decided in 401 days, 48 weeks longer than BCP's typical decision time. The site is in the Old Christchurch Road conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded 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 2JG
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 September 2025
Consultation expiry
23 February 2026
Consultation start
21 October 2025
Consultation end
23 February 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
192-194 Alder Road Poole BH12 4AX

Planning decision

Case officer
Chelsey Golledge

Additional information

Documents
19

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Old Christchurch Road
  • Brownfield land register: 118-120 Old Christchurch RoadRegister site at or near this address
  • 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, 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 and heritage coasts.

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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