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South Western House Fir Vale Road Bournemouth BH1 2NA

P/25/03853/FULFull Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 25 February 2026

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)16 conditions

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

Proposal

Change of use of Ground and Lower Ground floor accommodation from night club use and ancillary spaces to provide 2 no. cluster flats (10 bed spaces) and 3 no. studio flats with external changes to fenestration including new ramp. (Amendment to planning permission 7-2024-1958-DT)

Received
30 September 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Bournemouth Central
  1. Received30 Sep
  2. Validated30 Sep
  3. Consult.9 Feb
  4. Target
  5. Decided25 Feb

Decided in 148 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at South Western House Fir Vale Road Bournemouth BH1 2NA. BCP has handled 4,721 applications of this type. This one was decided in 148 days, 12 weeks longer than BCP's typical decision time. 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 2NA
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
30 September 2025
Consultation expiry
9 February 2026
Consultation start
19 January 2026
Consultation end
9 February 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
41a High Street Nailsea Bristol BS48 1AS

Additional information

Documents
25

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Brownfield land register: Glen Fern 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 (21)

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 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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