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Dismissed21 August 20253354036

Athena House, 612-616 Wimborne Road, Bournemouth, Dorset, BH9 2EN

Planning appeal 3354036 at Athena House, 612-616 Wimborne Road, Bournemouth, Dorset, BH9 2EN (Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole) was dismissed on 21 August 2025 by Inspector Evans J, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of the scheme upon the character and appearance of the area, having particular regard to whether it would preserve the special interest and setting of a nearby listed building and the effect upon the significance of a nearby Non-Designated Heritage Asset.

the demolition of existing office building and replacement with new building to form ground floor commercial and 9 flats

Authority
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Appeal type
minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector
Evans J
Postcode
BH9 2EN

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • The effect of the scheme upon the character and appearance of the area, having particular regard to whether it would preserve the special interest and setting of a nearby listed building and the effect upon the significance of a nearby Non-Designated Heritage Asset
  • The effect upon the living conditions of nearby residents having particular regard to outlook and loss of light
  • The effect upon protected habitat sites

What decided it

The scheme would result in less than substantial harm to the setting and special interest of the listed library and would adversely affect the integrity of protected habitat sites, and these harms could not be overcome by conditions or outweighed by the housing benefits despite the Council's acute supply shortfall.

The provision of nine homes and modest economic benefits weighed in favour of the scheme, but the harm to the designated heritage asset (listed building) and to protected habitat sites, combined with harm to neighbouring living conditions, provided strong reasons for dismissal that outweighed the housing benefits despite the Council's 2.1 year housing land supply position.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
CS21CS39CS40CS41CS33Policy 6.10
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 11

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