Planning application
Alderney Water Treatment Works Francis Avenue Bournemouth BH11 8NX
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
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.
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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
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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23 Jan 2026
Received by Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
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31 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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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.
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Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
4 documents on file for this application
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