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109-111 Commercial Road Bournemouth BH2 5RT

P/25/04030/PNCBDPrior Notification (Part3.MA: Commercial, Business and Service (Use Class E) to DwellinghouseRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 9 December 2025

Delegated (officer decision)4 reasons for refusal

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

Proposal

Prior Notification for a change of use of the ground floor and Lower ground floor from commercial (Class E) into a one-bedroom flat on the ground floor and a studio flat on the lower ground floor. (Class C3)

Received
8 October 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Bournemouth Central
  1. Received8 Oct
  2. Validated14 Oct
  3. Consult.20 Nov
  4. Target
  5. Decided9 Dec

Decided in 56 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at 109-111 Commercial Road Bournemouth BH2 5RT. BCP has handled 792 applications of this type. This one was decided in 62 days. The site is in the West Cliff and Poole Hill conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 139 applications across Bournemouth Central. We hold 160 applications in total for the BH2 postcode area.

76% of outline 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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Why it was refused

  1. The proposal fails to meet Permitted Development Criteria 3 (9A)(b) of The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 as it fails to comply with the nationally described space standard issued by the Department for Communities and Local Government on 27th March 2015.
  2. Furthermore, the applicant has failed to demonstrate that the noise produced by surrounding commercial sources in the area would not impact the occupants of the proposed flats. The proposal would also alter the character of the Conservation area. Accordingly, the proposal would be contrary to the requirements of Class MA MA.2 (2)(d) and (e) of Part 3 to Schedule 2 of the Town & Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended).
  3. In addition to the above, the proposal would also fail to meet MA MA.2 (2)(f) as it fails to provide adequate natural light in all habitable rooms of the proposed flats.
  4. The proposed scheme therefore fails to satisfy the required conditions and criteria as set out in Class MA of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development etc.) (England) (Amendment) Order 2021

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
BH2 5RT
Application type
Prior Notification (Part3.MA: Commercial, Business and Service (Use Class E) to Dwellinghouse
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 October 2025
Consultation expiry
20 November 2025
Consultation start
16 October 2025
Consultation end
20 November 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
The Ericas pinehurst Road Southampton SO167FZ

Additional information

Documents
15

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Conservation area: West Cliff and Poole Hill
  • 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, 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2025
    22 Oct

    Conversion of a commercial unit into two contemporary apartments. To enable a functional internal layout…

    WithdrawnFull Planning PermissionRelatedP/25/04268/FUL
  2. 2025
    8 Oct

    Prior Notification for a change of use of the ground floor and Lower ground floor from commercial (Class E)…

    This applicationRefusedOutlineP/25/04030/PNCBD

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