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1247 Christchurch Road Bournemouth BH7 6BP

P/25/04987/FULFull Planning PermissionRefused
Full

Refused on 1 June 2026

Delegated (officer decision)2 reasons for refusal

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

Proposal

Change of use from C1 to Sui Generis - 11 bedroom HMO.

Received
3 December 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Littledown & Iford
  1. Received3 Dec
  2. Validated19 Jan
  3. Consult.26 Feb
  4. Target
  5. Decided1 Jun

Decided in 133 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 1247 Christchurch Road Bournemouth BH7 6BP. BCP has handled 4,721 applications of this type. This one was decided in 180 days, 17 weeks longer than BCP's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 63 applications across Littledown & Iford. We hold 97 applications in total for the BH7 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. By virtue of insufficient communal facilities, the proposal is considered to offer an unacceptable standard of residential amenity. The communal garden, kitchen and living room are considered of insufficient size for the number of households and occupants proposed leading to a poor living standard for future occupants. The proposal is contrary to Policy CS41 and 6.17 in this respect.
  2. The proposed bin storage and collection areas will obstruct the highway access for No. 1247A to and from Christchurch Road, which is a County Distributor Road, resulting in highway safety issues by virtue of vehicles having to stop in the carriageway to remove the obstruction. The proposal is accordingly contrary to Policy 8.1 of the Bournemouth District Wide Local Plan (2002, Saved Policies), CS41 of the Bournemouth Core Strategy (2012) and the NPPF (2024).

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
BH7 6BP
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 January 2026
Consultation expiry
26 February 2026
Consultation start
19 January 2026
Consultation end
26 February 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
32 Strouden Avenue BOURNEMOUTH Dorset BH8 9HX

Additional information

Documents
8

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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