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72-74 Palmerston Road Bournemouth BH1 4JT

P/26/02029/FULFull Planning PermissionRefused
Full

Refused on 29 July 2026

Delegated (officer decision)3 reasons for refusal

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

Proposal

Change of use from Class B8 (Storage) to Class E, (Shop) including internal and external modifications

Received
5 May 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Boscombe West
  1. Received5 May
  2. Validated7 May
  3. Consult.29 May
  4. Target
  5. Decided29 Jul

Decided in 83 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 72-74 Palmerston Road Bournemouth BH1 4JT. BCP has handled 4,721 applications of this type. This one was decided in 85 days, 3 weeks longer than BCP's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 67 applications across Boscombe West. 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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Why it was refused

  1. The proposed change of use would result in the loss of a B8 employment use without sufficient evidence to demonstrate that the site is no longer suitable for employment purposes or that the premises have been sufficiently and realistically marketed for a minimum period of 12 months in accordance with Policy CS27 of the Bournemouth Core Strategy (2012). The proposal would therefore result in the unjustified loss of employment land and premises, contrary to Policy CS27 of the Bournemouth Core Strategy (2012) and the objectives of the Boscombe and Pokesdown Neighbourhood Plan (2019).
  2. The proposed retail use represents a main town centre use in an out-of-centre location. In the absence of a sequential test and sufficient evidence demonstrating compliance with the town centre first approach, the proposal fails to demonstrate that there are no suitable, available and viable sites within Bournemouth Town Centre, Boscombe District Centre or edge-of-centre locations. Furthermore, the proposal has not demonstrated that it would not adversely affect the vitality and viability of existing centres. The development is therefore contrary to Policies CS7 and CS9 of the Bournemouth Core Strategy (2012), the objectives of the Boscombe and Pokesdown Neighbourhood Plan (2019) and paragraph 91 of the National Planning Policy Framework.
  3. By reason of the site layout, with the application site positioned immediately behind a frontage building in a separate and differing use, and with the access to the application site through this building, the proposal would result in a congested, cramped and overly intensive use that would be harmful to the prevailing pattern and character of development in the locality which is primarily residential in nature and where development is characterised by a site frontage. For these reasons, the proposal is contrary to Policy CS41 of the Core strategy (2012), BAP2 of the Boscombe and Pokesdown Neighbourhood Plan and the Shopfront Design Guide (2026).

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
BH1 4JT
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Bournemouth Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 May 2026
Consultation expiry
29 May 2026
Consultation start
8 May 2026
Consultation end
29 May 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
27 Columbia Road Bournemouth BH10 4DZ

Additional information

Documents
9

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • 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 (22)

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, 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    5 May

    Change of use from Class B8 (Storage) to Class E, (Shop) including internal and external modifications

    This applicationRefusedFullP/26/02029/FUL
  2. 2026
    5 May

    Prior Approval application for conversion of office use (Class E) to 4 flats (Class C3) and create a cycle…

    RefusedOutlineFiled alongsideP/26/02030/PNCBD

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