Planning application
15 West Cliff Road Bournemouth BH2 5EX
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Temporary (3 year) change of use of hotel to Sui generis HMO (38 rooms) - part retrospective.
As published by the council, reference P/25/03554/FUL
Application record
- Reference
- P/25/03554/FUL
- Type
- Full Planning Permission
- Status
- Application Approved
- Decision
- Granted
- Received
- 12 Sep 2025
- Validated
- 12 Sep 2025
- Decided
- 7 Apr 2026
- Ward
- Westbourne & West Cliff
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- BH2 5EX
Site history
Applications at this address on the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole register
This site has had 2 applications since 2025: 1 approved, 0 refused.
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P/26/03554/RM Awaiting decision
15 West Cliff Road Bournemouth BH2 5EX
Approval of Reserved Matters application for landscaping in concern of Outline Submission 7-2022-4866-F.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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12 Sep 2025
Received by Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
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7 Apr 2026
Decision issued: Granted
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12 Aug 2026
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Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
16 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole granted permission on 7 April 2026, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.
About full applications
A full application seeks permission for a complete, detailed proposal in one go, with siting, design, access and landscaping all fixed at this stage. More in our guide to planning application types.
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