Fresh plans for Old Harbour Office in Poole submitted

The proposal is to convert the first and mezzanine floors into a flat at the Old Harbour Office and keep the ground floor as a shop.

In November, a similar plan was refused for not including a noise impact assessment and details on storage and collection arrangements for bins.

Officers said the developer had failed to show the building ‘is suitable for residential use’ and that future residents ‘would not suffer from noise nuisance and disturbance from the nearby public house’.

In a revised scheme from developer Lambert Pressland, a noise impact statement has been provided.

The developer said it had also spoken to BCP Council’s waste management officer since the decision to discuss options for bin stores.

A heritage statement submitted to the authority said a bin store at the front would be possible, but that it is believed this would be objected to by the conservation officer.

It said: “Whilst there is no available space on the ground floor, there is, fortunately, a large first-floor landing on which a sealed bin back storage solution can be achieved with the bin backs presented for collection on the morning/evening before the relevant collection day.

“Being only a one-bedroom flat, the volume of waste is likely to be limited.”

Inside the building, the plans remain the same as in the previous application, with the ground floor retained in its current form.

On the first floor, a galley area would be added at the front of the building, with the rest of the floor, currently designated as office space, would become living space.

The mezzanine floor, which was recently added in a refurbishment after plans were approved in 2021, would become the sleeping area.

A neighbour consultation on the newly submitted plans will end on December 29, with no date set for a decision on the scheme.