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Minutes of a ‘Zoom’ Meeting of the Committee held at the Invitation of

Paul at 7.00pm on Monday 26th April 2021

Present: Ken Mantock (Chairman), Jean Bird (Vice Chairman), Elaine Cooper, Jean-Daniel Kursner, John Soane (Built Environment Officer and Paul Newsome (Minutes Secretary,

Apologies: John Barker (President), Sally McGrath (Membership Secretary) Hilda Brownlow and Phil Stanley-Watts.

  1. Minutes. The minutes for the meeting held on 22nd March were agreed.

2. Matters Arising from the Minutes. No matters arising.

  1. Built Environment.

  • Viking Court, 47 Southbourne Overcliff Drive. Foundations were in and the building rising.

  • Boscombe Area Town Development. The Society will maintain a watching brief.

  • Transforming Lansdowne. Work progressing well.

  • Local Plan Study Group Survey. Ken had spoken with David Kelsey and now undertstood a panel of 6 Councillors were working on the draft Local Plan. The Society will maintain a watching brief and be able like others to feed in comments at a later stage.

  • The Regeneration of Bournemouth. Ken had sent the Society’s views on The Big Plan and regeneration of Lansdowne, Boscombe and the Town Centre to the Leader of the Council, reply awaited. He had also discussed this with Cllr Kelsey.

  • 16-20A Belle Vue Road. There were very many objections to the proposals and so the outcome of the lastest plan would be known I the next month,

  • 12 Foxholes Road. The latest plans had been rejected.

  • 5 Seafield Road. Plans rejected

  • Garth Carbery, Tuckton Road. Email received concerning its history.

  • Open Space near 63 St Clement Road. Email from Jack Maguire, Ken to reply.

  • Cleaner, Greener, Safer Bournemouth. Ken had emailed Councillors Mellor and Anderson concerning John Soane’s letter regarding graffiti. Reply awaited.

  1. Heritage and Conservation.

  • Throop Mill. Information awaited, To be raised with Caroline Peach.

  • Blue Plaque for Margo Durrell. Need to chase Michael Stead but would raise with Caroline Peach.

  • Hicks Farm SANG. John S was following this up.

  • VCs in Bourneouth and Dorset. More emails received offering help so Rod Cooper was liaising and would try to contact Roger West again.

  1. Planning. See John Soane’s written reports for March:

  • 3 Walpole Road. An application to build a two-storey extension to a 19th Century house originally used as a hotel. The Society considers that the extension would be too massive for the site and should be refused.

  • 663 Christchurch Road. An application to make minor alterations to a three-storey retail/residential property. There was also a plan to convert store rooms to an amenity space. The Society considers the alterations to be acceptable but does not understand the purpose of the amenity area and that it should be deferred for further discussion

  • 61 Harewood Avenue. An application to construct a two-storey extension to the side of a detached family house. The Society considers that this fall short of the Council’s townscape policies and should be deferred for further discussion.

  • 30 Firs Glen Road. A proposal to demolish a bungalow and build two detached houses. Despite good design the Society considers the plans to be too massive for the site and recommends the construction of one house and that the application should be deferred for further discussion.

  • 142 Alma Road. An application to extend an HMO by constructing a joined two and one storey extension. The Society considers this to be excessive and spoiling the visual urban perspective of this part of Alma Road and should be refused.

  • 10-14 Portman Terrace. A proposal to convert a car showroom into three one bedroom flats. Because the bedrooms would be illuminated indirectly the Society considers the application should be deferred for further discussion.

  • 41-43 Burleigh Road. An application to build a single storey extension to an existing house and in a long narrow garden a pair of two-storey houses. The Society considers that the plan to build residential facilities in an unsuitable space with no room for a garden or parking is unacceptable and should be refused.

  • 37 Southbourne Coast Road. An application to demolish a bungalow and replace it with a chalet bungalow. The Society considers that the design fails to respect the area and should be deferred for discussion.

  • 66 Harwood Avenue. A proposal to replace an existing conservatory with a single storey orangery and convert the garage into an office/amenity space. These proposals comply the Council’s townscape policies and should be allowed.

  • 38 Corhampton Road. An application to build a block of five flats to replace an existing property. Although the new building is larger than the one it replaces the Society considers that the difference is acceptable and the plan should be allowed.

  • 520 Charminster Road. An application to build a two-storey extension to a family house. The Society considers that this would make the building too large for the site and the application should be refused.

  • 379-383 Wimborne Road. An application to build a three storey block of student flats to the rear of existing two-storey shops. The Society considers that this is too big for the site and would be a massive intrusion in height on neighbouring properties and should be refused.

  • Hotel Riviera, 5 West Cliff Gardens. An application to demolish nthe existing hotel and replace it with a 5/6 storey block of 18 flats. The footprint would not differ significantly but the building comes within the West Cliff and Poole Hill conservation Area. The Society considers that it would fit reasonably well with the area but it could be considered over-bearing in relation to West Cliff Gardens buildings away from the sea. The Society considers that it should be moved back from the existing footprint and reduced by one storey and that it should be deferred for further discussion.

  • 17 Tregonwell Place. An application to construct two additional storeys on to an existing three storey house. The Society is surprised that such an inept design could be suggested and considers that it should be refused.

  1. Planning Board Observations

  • 129-139 Princess Road. 119 Flats approved

  • 8-10 Knyveton Road. 24 flats approved.

  • Duck Lane. 12 flats approved.

  1. Communications Timetable. Next Newsletter would be published in June.

  1. Civic Voice. Membership renewed and insurance confirmed.

  1. Membership Officer’s Report. No report

  2. Webmaster’s Report. All good and up to date, all enquiries being followed up.

11. Treasurer’s Report:

  • Current Account. £45,817.12 including an extra £9,732.13 from the Keith Barnes bequest.

  1. Caroline Peach Meeting. The zoom invitation and agenda for the meeting at 2pm on Friday 30th April were awaited – Ken would remind Caroline that these were needed.

  1. Any Other Business. There was no other business.

Next Meetings

Monday 24th May via ‘Zoom’ and starting at 7.00pm – Paul to be responsible for arrangements. The venue and arrangements for the meeting on 28th June to be agreed when changes to the ‘road map’ due on 21st June are known.

Ken Mantock

24th May 2021 Chairman

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