Planning application
22 Privet Road Bournemouth BH9 2NS
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Lawful Development Certificate for existing use as a 6 bedroom HMO.
As published by the council, reference P/26/04270/CLE
Application record
- Reference
- P/26/04270/CLE
- Type
- Certificate of Lawfulness for existing use or development
- Status
- Application Under Consideration
- Received
- 3 Sep 2026
- Validated
- 4 Sep 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/26/02586/CLE Refused
22 Privet Road Bournemouth BH9 2NS
Lawful Development Certificate for existing use of premises as a House in Multiple Occupation (Class C4)
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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3 Sep 2026
Received by Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
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4 Sep 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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7 Sep 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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13 Sep 2026
Status changed to Application Under Consideration
Previously Registered - Awaiting Allocation.
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 30 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
4 documents on file for this application
A planning file usually holds the application form, drawings and site plans, consultee responses, the officer's report and the decision notice.
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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 lawful development applications in a median of 56 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
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.
Nearby applications
Within 0.3 miles
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22 Privet Road Bournemouth BH9 2NS
Lawful Development Certificate for existing use of premises as a House in Multiple Occupation (Class C4)
Refused Lawful development 7 docs -
2B Maple Road Bournemouth BH9 2PN
Lawful Development Certificate for existing use of property as 6 bed House in Multiple Occupation (Class C4)
Granted Lawful development 6 docs -
1 Maple Road Bournemouth BH9 2PN
Lawful development certificate for proposed single storey rear extension
Granted Lawful development Extension 9 docsSmall domestic -
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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In Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
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P/26/03823/CLP Granted
21 Rozel Manor 48-50 Western Road Poole BH13 6EX
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P/26/03791/CLP Refused
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Lawful Development Certificate for proposed freestanding garden room, with outdoor seating canopy, enclosed storage shed, and enclosed sitting room.
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P/26/04044/CLE Granted
157 Alma Road Bournemouth BH9 1AG
Lawful Development Certificate for existing use as a House in Multiple Occupation.
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P/26/03307/CLE Granted
173 Columbia Road Bournemouth BH10 4EE
Lawful Development Certificate for existing 5 bed house which has been a HMO since at least 2012 .
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P/26/03220/CLE Granted
297 Columbia Road Bournemouth BH10 4EQ
Lawful Development Certificate for existing use or operation as a 6 bedroom HMO.