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7 Fortescue Road Bournemouth BH3 7JT

P/25/04996/CLECertificate of Lawfulness for existing use or developmentApproved
Lawful development certificate

Approved on 27 January 2026

Council decision: LawfulDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Lawful Development Certificate for existing use of a C4 House in Multiple Occupation (HMO) for more than 10 years

Received
3 December 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Talbot & Branksome Woods
  1. Received3 Dec
  2. Validated3 Dec
  3. Consult.2 Jan
  4. Target
  5. Decided27 Jan

Decided in 55 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 7 Fortescue Road Bournemouth BH3 7JT. BCP has handled 558 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days, 8 days quicker than BCP's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 250 applications across Talbot & Branksome Woods. We hold 161 applications in total for the BH3 postcode area.

70% of amendment 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
BH3 7JT
Application type
Certificate of Lawfulness for existing use or development
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 December 2025
Consultation expiry
2 January 2026
Consultation end
2 January 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
65 Castle Road Salisbury SP1 3RN

Additional information

Documents
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Brownfield land register: 1 Alington RoadRegister site at or near this address
  • 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, 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 and heritage coasts.

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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