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Shelley House 39 Hawkwood Road Bournemouth BH5 1DS

P-6998-170225Full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 28 April 2026

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)17 conditions

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

Proposal

Demolition of existing block of 8 flats and erection of block of 12 flats (Use Class C3) with associated infrastructure, landscaping, cycle and refuse storage

Received
17 February 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Boscombe West
  1. Received17 Feb
  2. Validated26 Feb
  3. Consult.1 Oct
  4. Target
  5. Decided28 Apr

Decided in 426 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Shelley House 39 Hawkwood Road Bournemouth BH5 1DS. BCP has handled 4,721 applications of this type. This one was decided in 435 days, 53 weeks longer than BCP's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 67 applications across Boscombe West. We hold 99 applications in total for the BH5 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
BH5 1DS
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Medium
Number of dwellings
12

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 February 2025
Consultation expiry
1 October 2025
Consultation start
24 July 2025
Consultation end
1 October 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Mr James Blake Anniversary House 23 Abbott Road Bournemouth BH9 1EU

Additional information

Documents
48

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.

Source: BCP

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