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Hengistbury Head Visitor Centre Hengistbury Head Footpath Bournemouth BH6 4EW

P/26/00810/CLPCertificate of Lawfulness for proposed use or developmentApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 1 May 2026

Council decision: LawfulDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Lawful Development Certificate for proposed awning in the Visitor Centre Courtyard.

Received
24 February 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
East Southbourne & Tuckton
  1. Received24 Feb
  2. Validated9 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided1 May

Decided in 53 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is an outline application at Hengistbury Head Visitor Centre Hengistbury Head Footpath Bournemouth BH6 4EW. BCP has handled 792 applications of this type. This one was decided in 66 days, 3 days longer than BCP's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 119 applications across East Southbourne & Tuckton. We hold 441 applications in total for the BH6 postcode area.

76% of outline 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
BH6 4EW
Application type
Certificate of Lawfulness for proposed use or development
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Hengistbury Head Visitor Centre Barn Cottage Hengistbury Head Nature Reserve Bournemouth BH64EW

Additional information

Documents
9

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 3: High probability (rivers and sea)
  • Green belt: Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

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, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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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