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160 Ringwood Road Christchurch BH23 5RQ

P/25/04782/HOUHouseholderRefused

Refused on 2 February 2026

Delegated (officer decision)1 reason for refusal

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

Proposal

Formation of dropped kerb and new vehicle access

Received
19 November 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Highcliffe & Walkford
  1. Received19 Nov
  2. Validated10 Dec
  3. Consult.16 Jan
  4. Target
  5. Decided2 Feb

Decided in 54 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application at 160 Ringwood Road Christchurch BH23 5RQ. BCP has handled 4,721 applications of this type. This one was decided in 75 days, 12 days longer than BCP's typical decision time. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 172 applications across Highcliffe & Walkford. We hold 3,222 applications in total for the BH23 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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Why it was refused

  1. The application proposes a perpendicular parking layout and arrangement that would introduce poor and unsafe vehicular access and egress movements directly on to and off of a designated nationally classified road, all such adverse movements detrimentally affecting the free flow of traffic on the road here as well as all such being prejudicial to the safety of all highway users, on and off site. The development represents poor design. The proposal seeks to remove a substantial amount of vegetation as well a significant portion of wall to allow for the driveway. This, alongside the introduction of a drop kerb and removal of front garden space for the parking area, would constitute poor design and is contrary to the character and appearance of the area. Therefore, the development is contrary to Policies KS11, KS12 and HE2 of the Christchurch and East Dorset Local Plan: Core Strategy (2014), HWNP11 of the Highcliffe and Walkford Neighbourhood Plan (2023), the Parking Standards SPD (2021) and the NPPF (2024).

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
BH23 5RQ
Application type
Householder
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Highcliffe & Walkford Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 December 2025
Consultation expiry
16 January 2026
Consultation start
10 December 2025
Consultation end
16 January 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
M. A Hart Ashphalt & Macadam Ltd Gore Road Industrial Estate New Milton BH25 6SA

Appeal history

6005273
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 26 June 2026Reason: refused

Additional information

Documents
10

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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