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57-59 Old Christchurch Road Bournemouth BH1 1EH

P/25/04213/FULFull Planning PermissionDecided
Full

Decided on 3 March 2026

Council decision: Non-determinationDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Change of use from Bank (Class E) to an Adult Gaming Centre (AGC) (Sui Generis)

Received
17 October 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Bournemouth Central
  1. Received17 Oct
  2. Validated17 Oct
  3. Consult.18 Feb
  4. Target
  5. Decided3 Mar

Decided in 137 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 57-59 Old Christchurch Road Bournemouth BH1 1EH. BCP has handled 4,721 applications of this type. The site is in the Old Christchurch Road conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application 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 1EH
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 October 2025
Consultation expiry
18 February 2026
Consultation start
28 January 2026
Consultation end
18 February 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Magdalen House 148 Tooley Street London SE1 2TU

Appeal history

6005523
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 11 August 2026Dev Type: Change of useReason: not_received

Additional information

Documents
52

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: Old Christchurch Road
  • 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
    17 Oct

    Advertisement Consent for 2 Fascia Signs, 1 Projecting or Hanging Sign.

    RefusedAdvertisement consentFiled alongsideP/25/04207/ADV
  2. 2025
    17 Oct

    Change of use from Bank (Class E) to an Adult Gaming Centre (AGC) (Sui Generis)

    This applicationNon-determinationFullP/25/04213/FUL

Source: BCP

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