Planning application
Dorset Smokery Hurn Court Lane Christchurch BH23 6AX
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Change of use of the existing Former Smokery building from its current restricted use as a smokery with ancillary facilities to an alternative provision of an education and training centre. No external alterations.
As published by the council, reference P/26/03739/FUL
Application record
- Reference
- P/26/03739/FUL
- Type
- Full Planning Permission
- Status
- Application Under Consideration
- Received
- 5 Aug 2026
- Validated
- 18 Aug 2026
- Ward
- Commons
- Parish
- Hurn Parish Council
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- BH23 6AX
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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5 Aug 2026
Received by Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
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18 Aug 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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24 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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30 Aug 2026
Status changed to Application Under Consideration
Previously Registered - Awaiting Allocation.
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 13 October 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 61 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
37 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat 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 full applications in a median of 87 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
About full applications
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