St Catherines Court 35 Christchurch Road Bournemouth BH1 3NS
Approved on 5 November 2026
Council decision: Granted
Proposal
T1. Dead fruit tree. Reasons for works - Dead tree. Proposed works - Section fell to 3ft. Replant with 1 x Himalayan birch. T2. Robinia. Reasons for works - Growing low over the highway and footway. Proposed works - Crown lift to give a 5.5m clearance over the highway from ground level to the lowest foliage and 2.5m over the footway from ground level to the lowest foliate to meet statutory height requirements over the footway and highway. T3. Scot’s pine. Reasons for works - Ivy infested. Low canopy over the lawn. Proposed works - Sever ivy. Crown lift to give a 4m clearance over the lawn from ground level to the lowest foliage. T4. Robinia. Reasons for works - Encroaching onto nos. 33 & 35 Christchurch Road. Proposed works - Reduce and remove tertiary and secondary branches by up to 2m to give a clearance of 2m from the buildings of no 33 & 35 Christchurch road to the closest foliage. T5. Robinia. Reasons for works - Encroaching onto nos. 33 & 35 Christchurch Road. Proposed works - Reduce and remove tertiary and secondary branches by up to 2m to give a clearance of 2m from the buildings of no 33 & 35 Christchurch road to the closest foliage. T6. Dead Holly. Reasons for works - Dead stem with regrowth shoots at the base. Proposed works - Fell dead stem to live growth. T7. Copper Beech. Reasons for works - Heavily encroaching onto the building. Proposed works - Reduce secondary and tertiary branches back by up to 2m to give a clearance of 2m from the building to the closest foliage. T9. Sycamore. Reasons for works - Encroaching onto the building. Proposed works - Reduce secondary and tertiary branches back by up to 2m to give a clearance of 2m from the building to the closest foliage. T12. Sycamore. Reasons for works - Three quarters dead tree with fungus on bark up the main stem. Proposed works - Section fell to ground level. No scope for replant in this location as heavily crowded with trees in this area.
- Received
- 15 September 2026
- Ward
- East Cliff & Springbourne
- ReceivedReceived15 Sep
- ValidatedValidated15 Sep
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided5 Nov
Decided in 51 days (council typically 63)
About this application
This is a planning application at St Catherines Court 35 Christchurch Road Bournemouth BH1 3NS. BCP has handled 358 applications of this type. This one was decided in 51 days, 12 days quicker than BCP's typical decision time. The site is in the East Cliff conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 81 applications across East Cliff & Springbourne. We hold 215 applications in total for the BH1 postcode area.
92% of tree work to tree/s subject to a tpo 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 3NS
- Application type
- Tree work to tree/s subject to a TPO
- Parish
- Bournemouth Town Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 15 September 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- 6 Kings Avenue Christchurch BH23 1NB
Christchurch Housing Society
Company number IP12988R
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Registered society
- Incorporated
- 1 Jan 1981 (45 years old)
- Confirmation statement overdue
3 other planning applications by this company in BCP.
- P/26/04239/CONDR · BCP · Silverways Silver Way Christchurch BH23 4LJ
- P/26/04121/TTPO · BCP · Lansdell Court 1 Birds Hill Road Poole BH15 2QH
- P/25/04828/OUT · BCP · Avondene , 171 Stanpit Christchurch BH23 3LY
Company information from Companies House.
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Charlie Ortt
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Conservation area: East Cliff
- 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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