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1 Suffolk Road Bournemouth BH2 5SU

P/25/03738/CLECertificate of Lawfulness for existing use or developmentApproved
Lawful development certificate

Approved on 20 November 2025

Council decision: LawfulDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Lawful Development Certificate for existing use of extension as a self-contained flat (The Courtyard Flat) (Amended Description)

Received
23 September 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Bournemouth Central
  1. Received23 Sep
  2. Validated23 Sep
  3. Consult.12 Nov
  4. Target
  5. Decided20 Nov

Decided in 58 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 1 Suffolk Road Bournemouth BH2 5SU. BCP has handled 558 applications of this type. This one was decided in 58 days, 5 days quicker than BCP's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 138 applications across Bournemouth Central. We hold 160 applications in total for the BH2 postcode area.

70% of amendment 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
BH2 5SU
Application type
Certificate of Lawfulness for existing use or development
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 September 2025
Consultation expiry
12 November 2025
Consultation end
12 November 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Anniversary House 23 Abbott Road Bournemouth BH9 1EU

Additional information

Documents
8

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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