Land at Former Punshon Church Exeter Road Bournemouth BH2 5AH

P/26/02864/FULFull Planning PermissionRefused

Full

Refused on 26 August 2026

Delegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Continued use of the land as a temporary car park for 5 years

Received: 18 June 2026
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council
Ward: Bournemouth Central

ReceivedReceived18 Jun
ValidatedValidated18 Jun
Consult.Consultation10 Jul
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided26 Aug

Decided in 69 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Land at Former Punshon Church Exeter Road Bournemouth BH2 5AH. BCP has handled 4,721 applications of this type. This one was decided in 69 days, 6 days longer than BCP's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 139 applications across Bournemouth Central. We hold 160 applications in total for the BH2 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: BH2 5AH
Application type: Full Planning Permission
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Bournemouth Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated: 18 June 2026
Consultation expiry: 10 July 2026
Consultation start: 19 June 2026
Consultation end: 10 July 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address: Anniversary House 23 Abbott Road Bournemouth BH9 1EU

Planning decision

Case officer: Darren Henry

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.

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.

Source: BCP

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