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5 Richards Close Bournemouth BH10 4FR

P/26/00289/CLECertificate of Lawfulness for existing use or developmentApproved
Lawful development certificate

Approved on 12 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 of premises as a House in Multiple Occupation (Class C4)

Received
22 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Wallisdown & Winton West
  1. Received22 Jan
  2. Validated28 Jan
  3. Consult.3 Mar
  4. Target
  5. Decided12 Mar

Decided in 43 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 5 Richards Close Bournemouth BH10 4FR. BCP has handled 558 applications of this type. This one was decided in 49 days, 2 weeks quicker than BCP's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 47 applications across Wallisdown & Winton West. We hold 142 applications in total for the BH10 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
BH10 4FR
Application type
Certificate of Lawfulness for existing use or development
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
28 January 2026
Consultation expiry
3 March 2026
Consultation end
3 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
11 Dunedin Gardens Ferndown Dorset BH22 9EQ

Additional information

Documents
6

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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