AJC Group wants to demolish an existing three-storey commercial building at 245-251 High Street North, Poole, and build a five-storey apartment building in its place. The new building would include a commercial unit on the ground floor.
It has submitted an outline planning application to the Bournemouth, Poole, and Christchurch (BCP) Council for this redevelopment. The plan includes 32 apartments, with 28 one-bedroom homes and four two-bedroom apartments.
AJC Group is allocating 10% of the project for affordable housing, with potential to increase this percentage later in the planning process. It also plans to make seven of the apartments ‘accessible and adaptable homes’, following M4(2) regulations, with a lift to provide wheelchair access to all floors.
Christchurch-based ARC Architecture worked on the application, submitting a design that features full-length windows at the front and, on the ground floor, a cycle store, providing one bike space for each apartment, and a bin store.
