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4 Roumelia Mews Roumelia Lane Bournemouth BH5 1EX

P/26/00237/FULFull Planning PermissionRefused
Full

Refused on 17 April 2026

Delegated (officer decision)1 reason for refusal

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

Proposal

Change of Use of Public Highway to allow for the installation of a canopy to create a covered external seating area with tables and chairs.

Received
20 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Boscombe West
  1. Received20 Jan
  2. Validated9 Feb
  3. Consult.12 Mar
  4. Target
  5. Decided17 Apr

Decided in 67 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 4 Roumelia Mews Roumelia Lane Bournemouth BH5 1EX. BCP has handled 4,721 applications of this type. This one was decided in 87 days, 3 weeks longer than BCP's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 67 applications across Boscombe West. We hold 99 applications in total for the BH5 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 proposed development is of poor design, more akin to a temporary structure than one of the ilk that should be present in a highly visible location to the front of a café impacting on the visual amenity of the streetscene. The use of materials is inappropriate and out of character when compared to the surrounding area and host cafe unit. Regardless of the design, the pavement along the road is narrow and intermittent with regard to its continuation along each sides of the highway. By allowing the use of this part of the pavement, the safe passage of pedestrians is compromised as they will be forced to cross or enter the road to avoid the structure. The design of the canopy offers little to no noise insulation from the change of use of the highway to allow for outdoor seating. In the absence of a noise impact report, it cannot be quantified whether the design of the proposal would be harmful to neighbouring amenity. However, some noise is expected and could be harmful. The bulky, projecting and fixed structure presents a highway traffic collision risk, as well as it obstructing neighbouring vehicular egress visibility arrangements, all such prejudicial to the safety of all highway users, on and off site. Furthermore, the development would obstruct a protected Development Control Line, such being prejudicial to the Local Authority’s aims and policies for this area. The development represents poor design and is contrary to Policy CS41 of the Bournemouth Local Plan Core Strategy (October 2012), Policy 8.43 of the Bournemouth District Wide Local Plan (2002), BAP1 and 2 of the Boscombe and Pokesdown Neighbourhood Plan (2019) and the NPPF (2024).

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
BH5 1EX
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 February 2026
Consultation expiry
12 March 2026
Consultation start
11 February 2026
Consultation end
12 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
HINTON CHAMBERS OFFICE 2 1-3 HINTON ROAD BOURNEMOUTH BH1 2EN

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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