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19 Boscombe Spa Road Bournemouth BH5 1AR

P/26/01639/PNCBDPrior Notification (Part3.MA: Commercial, Business and Service (Use Class E) to DwellinghouseApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 4 June 2026

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)4 conditions

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

Proposal

Prior Approval application for conversion of office/conference building (Class E) to 8 flats (Class C3)

Received
10 April 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Boscombe West
  1. Received10 Apr
  2. Validated10 Apr
  3. Consult.5 May
  4. Target
  5. Decided4 Jun

Decided in 55 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is an outline application at 19 Boscombe Spa Road Bournemouth BH5 1AR. BCP has handled 792 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days, 8 days quicker than BCP's typical decision time. The site is in the Boscombe Spa conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 67 applications across Boscombe West. We hold 100 applications in total for the BH5 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
BH5 1AR
Application type
Prior Notification (Part3.MA: Commercial, Business and Service (Use Class E) to Dwellinghouse
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Bournemouth Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 April 2026
Consultation expiry
5 May 2026
Consultation start
14 April 2026
Consultation end
5 May 2026

Applicant and agent

Architect profile
SHORE ARCHITECTURE LTD
Agent address
1 Grand Parade Poole BH15 1AD
Applicant company

Bluebay Properties Limited

Company number 03840947

Status
Active
Type
Private limited company
Incorporated
14 Sep 1999 (27 years old)
Nature of business
Buying and selling of own real estate
Registered office
Dorset

1 other planning application by this company in BCP.

View on Companies House

Company information from Companies House.

Planning decision

Case officer
Darren Henry

Additional information

Documents
5

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: Boscombe Spa
  • 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, 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, 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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