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Crichel Mount Road in Poole. Picture: BNPS. CONTROVERSIAL plans to replace a Poole home with two five-storey blocks of flats have been approved. Concerns had been raised that the Crichel Mount Road scheme was “beyond laughable”, with criticism of its scale. But BCP Council’s planning committee voted to grant planning permission last week, saying the development was justified given the previous approval to build four houses on the site. The application was submitted by Westcoast D...

The beautiful family home in the Canford Cliffs suburb of Poole in Dorset, could be reduced to rubble to make way for two four-bedroom £1.25million properties, according to a planning application.

CONTROVERSIAL plans to allow a Westbourne restaurant to use its rear garden for customers have been approved. People living nearby to the Lazy Fox and ward councillors said the use “in such a confined area” at the back of the Seamoor Road business was “out of keeping”. But BCP Council’s planning committee such a use by a restaurant, rather than for a pub or bar, was more acceptable. The planning application was submitted at the end of last year as part of efforts by the restau...

A CGI of the proposed replacement for Craven Court in Knyveton Road, Bournemouth MULTI-MILLION pound plans to redevelop a council-owned site in Bournemouth into a block of flats have been approved. BCP Council’s planning committee approved the £5.3 million scheme for Craven Court in Knyveton Road, despite some councillors’ reservations about the modern design of the proposed building. Others said the project would prevent the current building from “crumbling into disrepair” and p...

Keith the thief terrorises his neighbourhood, stealing work boots, tools and even a Corrections officers shirt. A Corrections officer’s shirt, ladies swimsuits, entire washing lines with pegs attached, the local tradie’s steel-toed boots, bras, shoes and live eels. You name it, Keith the kleptomaniac has probably pinched it. In the small hours of the morning, Keith, a five-year-old black cat, roams his quiet street in suburban Christchurch, committing burglary after burglary and lavishing ...

Taxis waiting outside Bournemouth Station in the morning rush hour. .. CONTROVERSIAL plans by BCP Council to “deregulate” the taxi trade have moved a step forward after winning the support of its licensing committee. Members of the committee gave their backing to three new policies on Thursday, saying the scrapping of a cap on licence numbers would improve standards. But industry leaders said they were “horrified” at the proposal and that it could cost drivers tens of thousands of...

A CGI of the planned new LoknStore facility off Castle Lane East PLANS for a new self-storage warehouse on the edge of Bournemouth have been unanimously approved by councillors. Lok’nStore has been granted permission to build a new five-storey on the land between Tesco and Tringham House off Castle Lane East. Despite admitting “disappointment” that the business would only employee five people, members of BCP Council’s planning committee agreed to approve the scheme. The firm, w...