Planning application
22 Privet Road Bournemouth BH9 2NS
Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.
Proposal
Lawful Development Certificate for existing use of premises as a House in Multiple Occupation (Class C4)
As published by the council, reference P/26/02586/CLE
Application record
- Reference
- P/26/02586/CLE
- Type
- Certificate of Lawfulness for existing use or development
- Status
- Application Refused
- Decision
- Refused As published: Not Lawful
- Received
- 4 Jun 2026
- Validated
- 9 Jun 2026
- Decided
- 4 Aug 2026
- Ward
- Winton East
- Parish
- Bournemouth Town Council
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- BH9 2NS
Site history
Applications at this address on the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole register
This site has had 2 applications since 2026: 0 approved, 1 refused.
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P/26/04270/CLE Awaiting decision
22 Privet Road Bournemouth BH9 2NS
Lawful Development Certificate for existing use as a 6 bedroom HMO.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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4 Jun 2026
Received by Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
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9 Jun 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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31 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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4 Aug 2026
Decision issued: Not Lawful
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
7 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat this refusal means
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole refused this application for the reasons on the decision notice; only the applicant can appeal, and refused schemes often return in revised form. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.
About lawful development applications
A lawful development certificate is a legal determination that existing or proposed works do not need planning permission; the merits of the scheme are not considered. More in our guide to planning application types.
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22 Privet Road Bournemouth BH9 2NS
77% historically approved · decision due ~30 Oct
Lawful Development Certificate for existing use as a 6 bedroom HMO.
Awaiting decision Lawful development 4 docs -
2B Maple Road Bournemouth BH9 2PN
Lawful Development Certificate for existing use of property as 6 bed House in Multiple Occupation (Class C4)
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1 Maple Road Bournemouth BH9 2PN
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11 Hawthorn Road Bournemouth BH9 2QL
76% historically approved · decision due ~21 Sep
Change of use of a single dwellinghouse (Use Class C3) to a house in multiple occupation (Use Class C4) accommodating up to four persons, including internal alterations to convert one ground-floor reception room to a fourth bedroom, with provision of an off-street parking space, cycle storage, and refuse storage within the existing curtilage; all external elevations are to remain as existing with no external changes proposed.
Awaiting decision Full applications 10 docsDomestic -
12 Melville Road Bournemouth BH9 2PL
77% historically approved · decision due ~16 Nov
Lawful Development Certificate for existing use as a 4-bedroom HMO for over 15 years.
Awaiting decision Lawful development 4 docs -
10 Melville Road Bournemouth BH9 2PL
Lawful Development Certificate of existing use. The whole house (6 bedrooms) has been used as an HMO for more than 10 years, with only very brief (less than 2 weeks) breaks in between each tenancy.
Granted Lawful development 6 docs
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P/26/04044/CLE Granted
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P/26/03307/CLE Granted
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P/26/03220/CLE Granted
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