Christchurch Police Station DORSET Demolition Soon.

COUNCILLORS have approved plans to redevelop the disused former police station site in the centre of Christchurch for a second time.

BCP Council’s planning committee gave its backing to Aster Homes’ scheme for the site between Barrack Road and Bargates after legal issues saw its initial February decision scrapped.

Despite warnings from objectors that reports provided to them were “biased”, councillors said the development would "provide improvements all round".

Aster Homes’ development will see 130 homes built alongside sheltered accommodation and community facilities on the police station and magistrates’ court site.

The planning committee approved the scheme in February but the application was withdrawn in the face of the threat of a legal challenge over the decision.

A judicial review pre-action protocol letter warned it had been “unlawful”.

It said biodiversity policies had not been complied with, that there had been incorrect advice on the effects of the planned “ecological corridor” and that living space standards for the proposed homes had not been considered.

In a bid to overcome the complaints, Aster submitted an amended set of proposals this summer.

These were brought before the planning committee on Thursday when planning officers again asked that they be approved.

But, speaking at the meeting, Susan Suliman, representing many of the opponents of the development, said there was “a perception of bias” in the reports recommending permission be granted.

“The council stands to gain financially from this,” a statement read out on her behalf said. “It is understandable that in a time of squeezed local authority budgets officers would want – or perhaps feel pressure – to realise income.”


Here is the official redevelopment site webpage:https://www.asterchristchurch.co.uk/




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