Planning application
55 Avenue Road Bournemouth BH2 5LS
Decided. The decision notice on the council portal carries the outcome in full, including any conditions.
Proposal
Application for a Lawful Development Certificate for proposed change of use of ground floor into retail sale also Use Class E.
As published by the council, reference P/25/03843/CLP
Application record
- Reference
- P/25/03843/CLP
- Type
- Certificate of Lawfulness for proposed use or development
- Status
- Application Approved
- Decision
- Lawful
- Received
- 29 Sep 2025
- Validated
- 29 Sep 2025
- Decided
- 21 Nov 2025
- Ward
- Bournemouth Central
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- BH2 5LS
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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29 Sep 2025
Received by Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
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21 Nov 2025
Decision issued: Lawful
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12 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
8 documents on file for this application
A planning file usually holds the application form, drawings and site plans, consultee responses, the officer's report and the decision notice.
Trade members open them from here.
Open the documentsAfter the decision
The process from here
The council has decided this application; the published outcome sits in the record above and the decision notice on the council portal carries the detail, including any conditions.
If permission was granted, work must normally begin within three years of the decision. If it was refused, the applicant can appeal within the statutory time limit or submit a revised scheme.
About lawful development applications
How this application type works
A lawful development certificate is a legal determination, not a planning judgement. It asks the council to confirm either that existing use or works are lawful, often through the passage of time, or that a proposal would not need planning permission at all. The applicant must prove the facts; the merits of the scheme are not considered.
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