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53 Purewell Christchurch BH23 1EH

P/26/00811/CLPCertificate of Lawfulness for proposed use or developmentRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 17 April 2026

Council decision: Not LawfulDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Lawful Development Certificate for proposed single storey garden room

Received
24 February 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Christchurch Town
  1. Received24 Feb
  2. Validated24 Feb
  3. Consult.31 Mar
  4. Target
  5. Decided17 Apr

Decided in 52 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is an outline application for an outbuilding at 53 Purewell Christchurch BH23 1EH. BCP has handled 792 applications of this type. This one was decided in 52 days, 11 days quicker than BCP's typical decision time. The site is in the Purewell conservation area, with 9 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 129 applications across Christchurch Town. We hold 3,215 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 9 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
BH23 1EH
Application type
Certificate of Lawfulness for proposed use or development
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Christchurch Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 February 2026
Consultation expiry
31 March 2026
Consultation start
10 March 2026
Consultation end
31 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
1 Leven Hall 36 Talbot Avenue BOURNEMOUTH BH3 7HZ

Additional information

Documents
6

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)
  • Conservation area: Purewell
  • Listed building: Grade II: Hengistbury HouseOn or next to this site

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 (20)

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, 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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