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7 Amberwood Drive Christchurch BH23 5RU

P/25/04957/HOUHouseholderApproved

Approved on 27 January 2026

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)3 conditions

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

Proposal

Front porch to provide larger disabled access area, gable to existing flat roof dormer and fenestration alterations.

Received
2 December 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Highcliffe & Walkford
  1. Received2 Dec
  2. Validated2 Dec
  3. Consult.27 Dec
  4. Target
  5. Decided27 Jan

Decided in 56 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a dormer extension at 7 Amberwood Drive Christchurch BH23 5RU. BCP has handled 4,721 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days, 7 days quicker than BCP's typical decision time. 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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Application details

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

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 December 2025
Consultation expiry
27 December 2025
Consultation start
2 December 2025
Consultation end
27 December 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
R Elliott Associates Dennett House Brighton Road Sway SO41 6EB

Additional information

Documents
9

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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