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Alderney Water Treatment Works Francis Avenue Bournemouth BH11 8NX

Awaiting decision Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole P/26/00358/SCRN Screening Request - EIA

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Proposal

Variation of condition 1, 2, 6, 7,11,14,15,16, 20, 27, 28 and 29 and Removal of condition 3, 32 and 35 of planning permission 7-2021-16166-P (Proposed improvements at existing Water Treatment Works (necessitated pursuant to Drinking Water Inspectorate regulatory requirements), to include advanced water treatment and processing plant and equipment housed within a new 4 level main operational building, ancillary storage buildings, structures, external tanks, and the erection of a communications mast of approx. 25.67m, together with other ancillary development) for a number of changes in respect to the relocation or omission of some of the approved ancillary process infrastructure, including the retention and re-use of the combined slow sand filter/reservoir structure to the south of the new process building

As published by the council, reference P/26/00358/SCRN

Application record

Reference
P/26/00358/SCRN
Type
Screening Request - EIA
Status
Application Under Consideration
Received
23 Jan 2026
Validated
23 Jan 2026
Ward
Alderney & Bourne Valley
Decision by
Delegated
Postcode
BH11 8NX

Site history

Applications at this address on the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole register

This site has had 2 applications since 2026.

  • P/26/00299/CONDR Awaiting decision

    Alderney Water Treatment Works Francis Avenue Bournemouth BH11 8NX

    Amendment to previous planning permission including Variation of conditions 1, 2, 3, 6, 7,11,14,15,16, 20, 27, 28 and 29 and Removal of conditions 32 and 35 of planning permission 7-2021-16166-P (Proposed improvements at existing Water Treatment Works [necessitated pursuant to Drinking Water Inspectorate regulatory requirements] to include advanced water treatment and processing plant and equipment housed within a new 4 level main operational building, ancillary storage buildings, structures, external tanks, and the erection of a communications mast of approx. 25.67m, together with other ancillary development) - for a number of changes in respect to the relocation or omission of some of the approved ancillary process infrastructure, including the retention and re-use of the combined slow sand filter/reservoir structure to the south of the new process building

    Submitted 23 Jan 2026 Amendments

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 23 Jan 2026

    Received by Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

  2. 31 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  3. Decision

    Awaiting decision

    Decision expected by 20 March 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.

    Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole took a median of 60 days over the applications it decided in the last year.

Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

4 documents on file for this application

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What happens while it is decided

This application is with Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole decided outline applications in a median of 89 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

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    76% historically approved · decision due ~20 Mar

    Amendment to previous planning permission including Variation of conditions 1, 2, 3, 6, 7,11,14,15,16, 20, 27, 28 and 29 and Removal of conditions 32 and 35 of planning permission 7-2021-16166-P (Proposed improvements at existing Water Treatment Works [necessitated pursuant to Drinking Water Inspectorate regulatory requirements] to include advanced water treatment and processing plant and equipment housed within a new 4 level main operational building, ancillary storage buildings, structures, external tanks, and the erection of a communications mast of approx. 25.67m, together with other ancillary development) - for a number of changes in respect to the relocation or omission of some of the approved ancillary process infrastructure, including the retention and re-use of the combined slow sand filter/reservoir structure to the south of the new process building

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