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18 Southcote Road Bournemouth BH1 3SR

P/26/01242/CLECertificate of Lawfulness for existing use or developmentApproved
Lawful development certificate

Approved on 15 May 2026

Council decision: LawfulDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
Boundary © HM Land Registry, © Ordnance Survey · details

This information is subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 and is reproduced with the permission of HM Land Registry. The polygons (including the associated geometry, namely x, y co-ordinates) are subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey AC0000851063. Conditions of use.

Proposal

Lawful Development Certificate for existing use or operation for a Larger HMO (sui genres) for 9 people.

Received
19 March 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
East Cliff & Springbourne
  1. Received19 Mar
  2. Validated20 Mar
  3. Consult.24 Apr
  4. Target
  5. Decided15 May

Decided in 56 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 18 Southcote Road Bournemouth BH1 3SR. BCP has handled 558 applications of this type. This one was decided in 57 days, 6 days quicker than BCP's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 81 applications across East Cliff & Springbourne. We hold 215 applications in total for the BH1 postcode area.

70% of amendment 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 3SR
Application type
Certificate of Lawfulness for existing use or development
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 March 2026
Consultation expiry
24 April 2026
Consultation end
24 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
27 Columbia Road Bournemouth Dorset BH10 4DZ

Additional information

Documents
2

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Brownfield land register: Rear of 27-31 Southcote RoadRegister site at or near this address
  • 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 (21)

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 and heritage coasts.

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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