Planning application
Pokesdown Railway Station Christchurch Road Bournemouth BH7 6DL
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Prior Approval Network Rail Infrastructure Ltd (Network Rail) seek to carry out ‘External alterations to lift shafts to facilitate conversion from goods to passenger lifts and associated infrastructure to provide step free access from station entrance to platforms’ at Pokesdown Station.
As published by the council, reference P/26/01669/PROTH
Application record
- Reference
- P/26/01669/PROTH
- Type
- Prior Approval Others
- Status
- Application Approved
- Decision
- Granted
- Received
- 13 Apr 2026
- Validated
- 13 Apr 2026
- Decided
- 8 Jun 2026
- Ward
- Boscombe East & Pokesdown
- Parish
- Bournemouth Town Council
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- BH7 6DL
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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13 Apr 2026
Received by Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
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8 Jun 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
28 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 8 June 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 prior approval applications
Prior approval applies where permitted development rights already grant the principle of the work, leaving the council only the specific matters the rules name, commonly within 56 days. More in our guide to planning application types.
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