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East Cliff Undercliff Drive Bournemouth BH1 3AA

P/26/00933/FULFull Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 17 June 2026

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)9 conditions

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

Proposal

Reprofiling the crest of the cliff to remove the overhang to create a more stable slope. Demolition of the buildings on site. Cast facing of the remaining walls and installation of fencing for safety. Two temporary site compounds, one along East Overcliff Drive and the second along the Undercliff Drive.

Received
4 March 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
East Cliff & Springbourne, Bournemouth Central
  1. Received4 Mar
  2. Validated11 Mar
  3. Consult.15 Apr
  4. Target
  5. Decided17 Jun

Decided in 98 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at East Cliff Undercliff Drive Bournemouth BH1 3AA. BCP has handled 4,721 applications of this type. This one was decided in 105 days, 6 weeks longer than BCP's typical decision time. The site is in the East Cliff conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 1 application across East Cliff & Springbourne, Bournemouth Central. We hold 215 applications in total for the BH1 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
BH1 3AA
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 March 2026
Consultation expiry
15 April 2026
Consultation start
20 March 2026
Consultation end
15 April 2026

Additional information

Documents
21

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

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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