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Phase 1 Land North of Bearwood, Magna Road & Knighton Lane Poole BH11 9NB

P/26/00600/CONDRRemoval or Variation of ConditionRefused
Discharge / amendments

Refused on 13 July 2026

Planning committee3 reasons for refusal

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

Proposal

Variation of condition 1 (Approved Plans) of planning permission APP/22/00092/R (Reserved Matters application following approval of Hybrid Planning Application APP/19/00237/P for the southern phase of the development shown on Site Location Plan LP01 and comprising of: 269 houses, retail units, office units and a Community Hub Building) to amend wording to facilitate changes including alterations to the Community Building and Hub to remove reference to badminton court, roof pitch to be reduced in height, internal changes removal of the stairs and mezzanine floor, reduced number of WCs, reduced size of stores and internal lobby, increase the size of the outdoor space and areas of soft landscaping, additional trees have been added in the central car parking area, the retail unit beneath the apartments a bin storage and plant storage building has been provided, two visitor spaces within the northern layby have been replaced with a loading bay for deliveries with footpath access to the retail unit.

Received
12 February 2026
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Bearwood & Merley
  1. Received12 Feb
  2. Validated18 Feb
  3. Consult.20 Apr
  4. Target
  5. Decided13 Jul

Decided in 145 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is an application to vary a condition at Phase 1 Land North of Bearwood, Magna Road & Knighton Lane Poole BH11 9NB. BCP has handled 279 applications of this type. This one was decided in 151 days, 13 weeks longer than BCP's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 137 applications across Bearwood & Merley. We hold 664 applications in total for the BH11 postcode area.

87% of conditions 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 proposed variation would materially reduce the scale, quality and usefulness of the approved community hub. The smaller internal hall, lower roof and removal of internal features would leave a less capable building. It would not properly deliver the community hub required to form the heart of the new community, contrary to Policy PP10.
  2. The proposal would reduce the quality and range of indoor sports and recreation opportunities in the community hub by removing the badminton-capable hall arrangement and lowering the roof. The applicant has not provided robust evidence that this provision is surplus to need, nor shown equivalent or better replacement provision. The proposal is therefore contrary to the aims of Policy PP26.
  3. The proposal would remove the requirement for the non-residential floorspace to achieve BREEAM Very Good, contrary to Policy PP37. The proposed replacement condition does not secure a clear, measurable or enforceable equivalent standard for energy efficiency, renewable energy, water use, materials or carbon reduction.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
BH11 9NB
Application type
Removal or Variation of Condition
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
269

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 February 2026
Consultation expiry
20 April 2026
Consultation start
19 February 2026
Consultation end
20 April 2026
Committee meeting
9 July 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Colvedene Court Wessex Business Park Colden Common Winchester

Planning decision

Case officer
Frances Summers

Additional information

Documents
36

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
    12 Feb

    Variation of condition 1 (Approved Plans) of planning permission APP/22/00092/R

    This applicationRefusedDischarge of conditionsP/26/00600/CONDR
  2. 2026
    22 Jan

    Non-material amendment following approval of APP/22/00092/R

    ApprovedNon-material amendmentAmendmentP/26/00283/NMA
  3. 2025
    11 Dec

    Non-material amendment following approval of APP/22/00092/R

    ApprovedNon-material amendmentAmendmentP/25/05132/NMA
  4. 2025
    31 Oct

    Non Material Amendment following approval of Application APP/22/00092/R

    RefusedNon-material amendmentAmendmentP/25/04460/NMA
  5. 2024
    5 Aug

    Non-material amendment following approval of APP/22/00092/R

    ApprovedNon-material amendmentAmendmentAPP/24/00882/F
  6. 2023
    30 Oct

    Non-material amendment following approval of APP/22/00092/R

    ApprovedNon-material amendmentAmendmentAPP/23/01253/F
  7. 2023
    27 Feb

    Non material amendments following approval of APP/22/00092/R

    ApprovedNon-material amendmentAmendmentAPP/23/00256/F
  8. 2022
    19 Jan

    Reserved Matters application following approval of Hybrid Planning Application APP/19/00237/P

    ApprovedReserved mattersPart ofAPP/22/00092/R

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