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27 Norwich Road Bournemouth BH2 5QZ

P/26/00286/CLECertificate of Lawfulness for existing use or developmentApproved
Lawful development certificate

Approved on 9 March 2026

Council decision: LawfulDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Lawful Development Certificate for existing use or operation to use as a 5 bedroom student house.

Received
22 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Bournemouth Central
  1. Received22 Jan
  2. Validated22 Jan
  3. Consult.25 Feb
  4. Target
  5. Decided9 Mar

Decided in 46 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 27 Norwich Road Bournemouth BH2 5QZ. BCP has handled 558 applications of this type. This one was decided in 46 days, 2 weeks quicker than BCP's typical decision time. The site is in the West Cliff and Poole Hill conservation area, with 5 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 139 applications across Bournemouth Central. We hold 160 applications in total for the BH2 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
BH2 5QZ
Application type
Certificate of Lawfulness for existing use or development
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 January 2026
Consultation expiry
25 February 2026
Consultation end
25 February 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Greenwood House Barnhill Road Wareham Dorset BH20 5BG

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.

  • Conservation area: West Cliff and Poole Hill
  • 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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