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Highcliffe Cliff Top Car Park Waterford Road Christchurch

P/26/00552/FULFull Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 8 May 2026

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)5 conditions

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

Proposal

Temporary change of use from 8 car parking spaces to temporary site compound to use mobile welfare unit/site office and Contractor parking. Regulation 3 application by BCP Council

Received
9 February 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Highcliffe & Walkford
  1. Received9 Feb
  2. Validated11 Feb
  3. Consult.11 Mar
  4. Target
  5. Decided8 May

Decided in 86 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Highcliffe Cliff Top Car Park Waterford Road Christchurch. BCP has handled 4,721 applications of this type. This one was decided in 88 days, 4 weeks longer than BCP's typical decision time. The site is in the Christchurch Central conservation area, with 10 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 173 applications across Highcliffe & Walkford. We hold 3,215 applications in total for the BH23 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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Application details

Postcode
BH23 1DH
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Highcliffe & Walkford Parish Council

Planning application dates

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

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Bourne Avenue Bournemouth Dorset BH2 6DY

Additional information

Documents
2

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: Christchurch Central
  • Listed building: Grade II: The Town HallOn or next to this site
  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: River Avon SACApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation
  • 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 (19)

flood storage areas, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, 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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