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Flat 3 20 Undercliff Road Bournemouth BH5 1BL

P/26/00511/FULFull Planning PermissionRefused
Full

Refused on 2 April 2026

Delegated (officer decision)1 reason for refusal

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

Proposal

Remove timber balcony and erect a replacement glass balcony and screening panel (part retrospective)

Received
6 February 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Boscombe West
  1. Received6 Feb
  2. Validated10 Feb
  3. Consult.26 Mar
  4. Target
  5. Decided2 Apr

Decided in 51 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Flat 3 20 Undercliff Road Bournemouth BH5 1BL. BCP has handled 4,721 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days, 8 days quicker than BCP's typical decision time. The site is in the Undercliff Road conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 67 applications across Boscombe West. We hold 100 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 replacement glass balcony and screening panel would erode the historic character of the property, unbalance the pair of properties, and detrimentally impact upon the terrace as a whole. As such the work would result in less than substantial harm to character and appearance of this small conservation area which is solely focused on this single terrace. There is no public benefit to outweigh this harm. Furthermore, the replacement glass balcony and screening panel are incongruous features that are not sympathetic to the character and appearance of the host building and would also be contrary to the character and appearance of the area and would cause harm to the locality. As such the development is contrary to Policies CS39 and CS41 of the Bournemouth Core Strategy 2012, policy BAP1 of the Boscombe & Pokesdown Neighbourhood Plan 2019, saved policy 4.4 of the Bournemouth District Wide Local Plan 2002 and Sections 12 and 16 of the National Planning Policy Framework 2024, in particular paragraphs 135 and 215.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

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

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 February 2026
Consultation expiry
26 March 2026
Consultation start
5 March 2026
Consultation end
26 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Anniversary House 23 Abbott Road Bournemouth BH9 1EU

Additional information

Documents
8

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: Undercliff Road
  • 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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