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Mudeford Quay - Highcliffe Beaches

P/25/04730/CLPCertificate of Lawfulness for proposed use or developmentApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 20 February 2026

Council decision: LawfulDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Undertake maintenance repair works along the Christchurch coastal frontage in Spring 2026. Repair and rework ends of failing groynes by reinstalling displaced rock and introducing new Purbeck stone rock armour to raise the top to original functioning height.

Received
17 November 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Mudeford, Stanpit & West Highcliffe
  1. Received17 Nov
  2. Validated10 Dec
  3. Consult.23 Jan
  4. Target
  5. Decided20 Feb

Decided in 72 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is an outline application at Mudeford Quay - Highcliffe Beaches. BCP has handled 792 applications of this type. This one was decided in 95 days, 5 weeks longer than BCP's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 140 applications across Mudeford, Stanpit & West Highcliffe.

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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Application details

Application type
Certificate of Lawfulness for proposed use or development
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Christchurch Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 December 2025
Consultation expiry
23 January 2026
Consultation start
15 December 2025
Consultation end
23 January 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
e5 Civic Centre Bourne Avenue Bournemouth Dorset BH2 6DY

Additional information

Documents
24

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Special Protection Area: Solent and Dorset CoastPart of the site

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, 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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