38 The Meadway Christchurch BH23 4NU

P/26/00749/CLPCertificate of Lawfulness for proposed use or developmentApproved

Outline / PiP

Approved on 17 April 2026

Council decision: LawfulDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Lawful Development Certificate for proposed conversion of former garage into habitable accommodation with associated works

Received: 20 February 2026
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council
Ward: Highcliffe & Walkford

ReceivedReceived20 Feb
ValidatedValidated20 Feb
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided17 Apr

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a garage at 38 The Meadway Christchurch BH23 4NU. BCP has handled 792 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 172 applications across Highcliffe & Walkford. We hold 3,222 applications in total for the BH23 postcode area.

76% of outline applications at Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode: BH23 4NU
Application type: Certificate of Lawfulness for proposed use or development
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Highcliffe & Walkford Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated: 20 February 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address: 92 King John Avenue Bournemouth Dorset BH11 9TG

Additional information

Documents: 5

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.

Source: BCP

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