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Unit 11 The Old Sorting Office, Wick Lane Christchurch BH23 1FB

P/25/05014/FULFull Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 28 January 2026

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)4 conditions

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

Proposal

Conversion of a shop to a flat with alterations to the front elevation to include removal of the two retail display windows

Received
3 December 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Christchurch Town
  1. Received3 Dec
  2. Validated3 Dec
  3. Consult.5 Jan
  4. Target
  5. Decided28 Jan

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for window replacement at Unit 11 The Old Sorting Office, Wick Lane Christchurch BH23 1FB. BCP has handled 4,721 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. The site is in the Christchurch Central conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 129 applications across Christchurch Town. We hold 3,225 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 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
BH23 1FB
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Christchurch Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 December 2025
Consultation expiry
5 January 2026
Consultation start
10 December 2025
Consultation end
5 January 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
99 Holdenhurst Road Bournemouth BH8 8DY

Additional information

Documents
17

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Conservation area: Christchurch Central
  • 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, 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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