Have Your Say! BCP Consultation – Local Plan

The  new BCP draft Local Plan for Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole sets out a strategy for how much, where and what type of development will take place across the BCP area up to 2039. It will provide planning policies and site allocations to guide change and new development proposals.

Following our Issues and Options consultation which took place between January and March 2022, we are now consulting on our draft Local Plan (the ‘Publication draft’ or sometimes referred to as the ‘Regulation 19 Plan’).

The purpose of the consultation is to provide an opportunity for representations to be made on the Local Plan before it is examined by a Planning Inspector appointed by the Secretary of State. We need to ask specific questions about the draft Plan. These questions are set by government and are around legal compliance, soundness and how the plan has been prepared.

Have your Say:

The Local Plan documents (External link)can be viewed on the main BCP Council website.

Here you can view the evidence(External link) documents which support the consultation. Please note, the best way of viewing all the information is from a desktop or laptop computer.

Paper copies of the Draft BCP Local Plan, the Policies Maps, the Sustainability Appraisal and the Habitats Regulations Assessment are available for inspection during normal opening hours at:

• BCP Council, Civic Centre, Bourne Avenue, Bournemouth, BH2 6DY;

Paper copies of the Draft BCP Local Plan are also available for inspection during normal opening hours at:

• Christchurch Library, 29 High Street, Christchurch, BH23 1AW;
• Poole Library, Kingland Road, Poole, BH15 1QE;
• Boscombe Library, 32 Hawkwood Road, Boscombe, Bournemouth, BH5 1BY;
• Kinson Library, Wimborne Road, Bournemouth, BH11 9AW;
• Rossmore Library, Herbert Avenue, Poole, BH12 4HR

Representations must be made within the consultation period from 20 March 2024 to 1pm on 3 May 2024.

For more information and to have your say, please visit the BCP website page by clicking HERE