Planning application
16 Wharncliffe Road Bournemouth BH5 1AH
Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.
Proposal
Change of Use from Friends Meeting House (Use Class F1) to Nursery (Use Class E) including retention of existing caretaker flat to be let out privately.
As published by the council, reference P/25/03483/FUL
Application record
- Reference
- P/25/03483/FUL
- Type
- Full Planning Permission
- Status
- Application Refused
- Decision
- Refused
- Received
- 9 Sep 2025
- Validated
- 9 Sep 2025
- Decided
- 16 Feb 2026
- Ward
- Boscombe West
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- BH5 1AH
Site history
Applications at this address on the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole register
This site has had 2 applications since 2025: 1 approved, 1 refused.
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P/26/02240/FUL Granted
16 Wharncliffe Road Bournemouth BH5 1AH
Change of Use from Friends Meeting House (Use Class F1) to Nursery (Use Class E) including retention of existing caretaker flat to be let out privately.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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9 Sep 2025
Received by Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
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16 Feb 2026
Decision issued: Refused
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12 Aug 2026
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Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
37 documents on file for this application
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