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254-256 Barrack Road Christchurch BH23 2BJ

P/26/03463/PNCBMPrior Notification (Part 3.G: Commercial,Business OR Betting/Loan shop to mixed use up to 2 flatsApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Prior approval application for Proposed Change of Use from Class E to C3 of first floor unused shop storage area to form one two-bedroom flat

Received
23 July 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Commons
  1. Received23 Jul
  2. Validated23 Jul
  3. Consult.27 Aug
  4. Target
  5. Decided

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at 254-256 Barrack Road Christchurch BH23 2BJ. BCP has handled 792 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 23 July 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 130 applications across Commons. We hold 3,215 applications in total for the BH23 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
BH23 2BJ
Application type
Prior Notification (Part 3.G: Commercial,Business OR Betting/Loan shop to mixed use up to 2 flats
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Christchurch Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 July 2026
Consultation expiry
27 August 2026
Consultation start
23 July 2026
Consultation end
27 August 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
18 Poole Road Upton Poole BH16 5JB

Planning decision

Decision
Granted

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 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)
  • Brownfield land register: The Stourvale public house 259 Barrack RoadRegister site at or near this address

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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