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23 Bath Road Bournemouth BH1 2NN

P/26/01995/FULFull Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 22 July 2026

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)2 conditions

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

Proposal

Part change of use of the basement accommodation from ballroom / event space to childrens’ play zone, and café (no external changes).

Received
30 April 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Bournemouth Central
  1. Received30 Apr
  2. Validated30 Apr
  3. Consult.6 Jun
  4. Target
  5. Decided22 Jul

Decided in 83 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 23 Bath Road Bournemouth BH1 2NN. BCP has handled 4,721 applications of this type. This one was decided in 83 days, 3 weeks longer than BCP's typical decision time. The site is in the East Cliff conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 138 applications across 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 2NN
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Bournemouth Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
30 April 2026
Consultation expiry
6 June 2026
Consultation start
1 May 2026
Consultation end
6 June 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Office A12 The Arena Business Park Holyrood Close Poole BH17 7FJ

Additional information

Documents
7

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: East Cliff
  • Brownfield land register: 40 Gervis 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 (20)

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 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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