Planning application
157 Bournemouth Road Poole BH14 9HT
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 7 bedroom HMO (sui generis use)
As published by the council, reference P/26/04669/CLE
Application record
- Reference
- P/26/04669/CLE
- Type
- Certificate of Lawfulness for existing use or development
- Status
- Application Under Consideration
- Received
- 28 Sep 2026
- Validated
- 28 Sep 2026
- Ward
- Penn Hill
- Parish
- Poole Town Council
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- BH14 9HT
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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28 Sep 2026
Received by Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
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1 Oct 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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6 Oct 2026
Status changed to Application Under Consideration
Previously Registered - Awaiting Allocation.
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 23 November 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.
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