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Canford School, Marriotts Canford Magna Poole BH21 3AF

P/26/01060/FULFull Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 22 April 2026

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Installation of a photovoltaic array on two, connected, three-storey girls boarding houses known as Marriotts and DeLacy. The scheme will comprise 140 PV modules set over a variety of south, east and west facing roof pitches.

Received
10 March 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Bearwood & Merley
  1. Received10 Mar
  2. Validated10 Mar
  3. Consult.12 Apr
  4. Target
  5. Decided22 Apr

Decided in 43 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a solar installation at Canford School, Marriotts Canford Magna Poole BH21 3AF. BCP has handled 4,721 applications of this type. This one was decided in 43 days, 3 weeks quicker than BCP's typical decision time. The site is in the Canford Magna conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 137 applications across Bearwood & Merley. We hold 2,298 applications in total for the BH21 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
BH21 3AF
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 March 2026
Consultation expiry
12 April 2026
Consultation start
12 March 2026
Consultation end
12 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Canford School Canford Wimborne Dorset BH21 2SP

Additional information

Documents
19

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Conservation area: Canford Magna
  • Green belt: Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
  • 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 (20)

flood storage 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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