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456 Christchurch Road Bournemouth BH1 4BA

P/26/00434/CLECertificate of Lawfulness for existing use or developmentRefused
Lawful development certificate

Refused on 2 April 2026

Council decision: Not LawfulDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Lawful Development Certificate for existing use as a 9 bedroom House of Multiple Occupation (Sui Generis Use)

Received
2 February 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Boscombe West
  1. Received2 Feb
  2. Validated2 Feb
  3. Consult.2 Mar
  4. Target
  5. Decided2 Apr

Decided in 59 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 456 Christchurch Road Bournemouth BH1 4BA. BCP has handled 558 applications of this type. This one was decided in 59 days, 4 days quicker than BCP's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 67 applications across Boscombe West. We hold 215 applications in total for the BH1 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
BH1 4BA
Application type
Certificate of Lawfulness for existing use or development
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 February 2026
Consultation expiry
2 March 2026
Consultation end
2 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Studio 2 The Focus Building 1 Crimea Road Bournemouth BH9 1AP

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.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    6 Feb

    Alterations, extensions and conversion of the existing 9 bedroom HMO (Sui Generis) to a 7 bedroom HMO (Sui…

    RefusedFull Planning PermissionFiled alongsideP/26/00520/FUL
  2. 2026
    2 Feb

    Lawful Development Certificate for existing use as a 9 bedroom House of Multiple Occupation (Sui Generis Use)

    This applicationRefusedAmendmentP/26/00434/CLE

Source: BCP

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