Block Management in Broadstone
Untouched by any Environment Agency flood area, with surface water incidents logged on named streets.
We provide block, estate and leasehold management in Broadstone for residents' management companies, RTM companies and freeholders under BCP Council. Not one of the 79 Environment Agency flood areas within fifteen kilometres overlaps the town. Surface water flooding is on record, though, at Greensleaves Avenue, Delph Road and Mansfield Road in February 2014. All nine radon squares sit in the lowest band, and no Article 4 direction applies.
What We Would Put First for a Block in Broadstone
Check Drainage on the Recorded Flooding Streets
The council records surface water flooding at Greensleaves Avenue, Delph Road and Mansfield Road on 14 February 2014, and a blockage or capacity failure on Fairview Road in July 2010. For a block on those streets we would build gully and drain checks into scheduled inspections.
InspectionsPlace Insurance on the Clean Flood Record
None of the 79 Environment Agency flood areas within fifteen kilometres overlaps Broadstone, and no gauged watercourse runs through it. We would put that record, together with the recorded surface water incidents, to insurers so cover is priced on the real exposure.
InsuranceRead the 2009 Appraisal Before External Works
Ridgeway and Broadstone Park, and Tudor Road and Golf Links Road, share one character appraisal and management plan. For a block inside either area we would check it, and the March 2023 design guide, and obtain any consents before specifying works.
ConsentsRecord the Low Radon Position
All nine one-kilometre squares over the built-up area are in the lowest band, and the published advice is that radon measurement is not advised. We would note that in the compliance record and keep the budget for risks the facts support.
ComplianceManaging a Block in Broadstone at a Glance
- Local authority
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council
- Authority type
- Unitary
- Building control
- BCP Council Building Control
- County
- Dorset
- Fire and rescue service
- Dorset and Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service
- Water and sewerage
- Bournemouth Water or Wessex Water for supply depending on the address, with Wessex Water for sewerage
- From our Plymouth office
- About 98 miles in a straight line
- Setting
- Inland
What It Costs to Move a Block in Broadstone to Us
Management is a fixed annual fee, quoted for the building and agreed before we start. We take no commission and no third-party incentives, so the fee is the whole of what we earn from the building. Taking a block on carries a one-off start-up fee, set by size:
| Block size | Fee |
|---|---|
| Start-up fee, up to 10 units | £420.00 |
| Start-up fee, up to 25 units | £540.00 |
| Start-up fee, 50 units and above | £660.00 |
Taken from our published Additional Services price list, PBM Form #01-27 rev.6, effective 23 June 2025. All fees quoted are inclusive of VAT. See the full price list and how a handover works.
No Flood Area Touches Broadstone, but Surface Water Has
No Environment Agency flood area touches Broadstone. None of the 79 areas within fifteen kilometres overlaps it: the Lower Stour tributaries alert stops 202 metres away and the Poole Harbour tidal alert 517 metres away. No gauged watercourse falls inside it either. The council's flood risk assessment lists 24 proposed and under-construction schemes across the wider authority, and none is at Broadstone. Its tables of key flood risk management infrastructure contain no Broadstone asset. The record shows surface water and drainage incidents rather than river or sea flooding. There was flooding at Greensleaves Avenue, Delph Road and Mansfield Road on 14 February 2014, and a blockage or capacity failure on Fairview Road on 12 July 2010. Surface water affected Lower Blandford Road on 22 January 2008. The council also lists Blandford Road at Broadstone among the notable flooding locations in Poole. Its own review found the 2021 surface water model overestimated risk in the Broadstone catchment, so the Environment Agency's national mapping was used there instead. Broadstone sits close to tidal water without any frontage on it. The harbour edge at Holes Bay is in adjoining wards, and none of the nine shoreline management plan units on that shoreline includes Broadstone. For a block, drainage and gully maintenance matter more than river or sea defences, particularly on the streets with recorded incidents.
Fewer Than One Household in Ten Lives in a Flat
All 33 of the Broadstone ward's census output areas fall inside the urban area, so the published ward figure describes the place directly. There were 4,275 households at the 2021 Census, with 402 in flats, 9.40 per cent. Of these, 335 were in purpose-built blocks, 35 in a converted or shared house, 3 in another converted building and 29 over commercial premises. The population is older than the authority average, at 31.4 per cent aged 65 or over against 21.6 per cent, but younger than the Christchurch side of the district. For a block, that age profile is relevant to personal evacuation planning and access to communal areas.
Two Conservation Areas and Four Grade II Buildings
Two conservation areas fall wholly inside Broadstone, and neither is named after it: Ridgeway and Broadstone Park, and Tudor Road and Golf Links Road. Both were designated in 2004 and extended in December 2008. They share a single character appraisal and management plan, published in 2009. Its consultation draft was issued on 4 July 2008 and ran for eight weeks, and the document was adopted on 2 December 2008. Between them the two areas cover about 5.2 per cent of the built-up area. The national register holds no designation dates for either; the dates here come from the council's own list. For a block inside either area, the appraisal should be read before external works are specified.
Four listed buildings stand in Broadstone and all four are Grade II: Yaffle House with its attached screen wall, the Broadstone Park war memorial, the water tower and Brookdale. There is no Grade I and no Grade II* building, no scheduled monument and no registered park or garden. The council publishes downloadable lists of its listed buildings but no count and no grade split for any area; the figures here come from Historic England's data. For most blocks in Broadstone, listed building consent will not be a factor, but conservation area status may be.
All Nine Radon Squares Sit in the Lowest Band
All nine one-kilometre squares covering the built-up area are in the lowest class. There, all parts of the square are in the lowest band of radon potential, with under 1 per cent of homes at or above the action level. The published advice is that radon measurement is not advised. For a block, the low radon position can be noted in the compliance record and the budget kept for other risks.
That is national advice about the ground, not about the building. The same map excludes basements, cellars and underground spaces at every band, so an enclosed plant room, undercroft or lower-ground flat is still worth a look even here, and whatever is found belongs with the compliance record.
A New Town Council and a Neighbourhood Plan Under Review
Planning decisions are made under the Poole Local Plan, adopted 28 November 2018 and running to 2033, together with the Broadstone Neighbourhood Plan and the joint minerals and waste plans. The Broadstone Neighbourhood Plan, covering 2013 to 2033, was made on 27 June 2018 by the then Borough of Poole, before the current authority existed. Its referendum result is not published, as the council's referendum results only go back to 2019. The plan is under review. A Broadstone residential design guide and design codes was published in March 2023. It covers Springdale Road, High Park Road and Roman Road, the Clarendon Road to Upton Way corridor and the Golf Links Road area. The neighbourhood forum was dissolved on 18 May 2026, and its responsibilities passed to a new Broadstone Town Council. The town council was first elected on 7 May 2026 on a turnout of 49.77 per cent. A single authority-wide local plan is emerging but not adopted. The 2024 draft was withdrawn and the process restarted, with submission timetabled for 26 May 2028 and adoption indicated for 31 January 2029. No Article 4 direction covers Broadstone. The authority has published nothing to the national Article 4 dataset, so the council's three directions themselves are the record. The direction requiring planning permission to convert a house into a house in multiple occupation applies across the Bournemouth area and at Talbot Village in the Poole area. Broadstone is in neither, so that control does not operate here. For a block, external works should be checked against the 2023 design guide as well as the local and neighbourhood plans.
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Broadstone Questions
Does the Poole HMO Article 4 Direction Reach Flats in Broadstone?
No. BCP Council's direction on converting a house into a house in multiple occupation applies across the Bournemouth area and at Talbot Village in the Poole area, and Broadstone is in neither. The authority has published nothing to the national Article 4 dataset, so the council's own three directions are the record. No Article 4 direction covers Broadstone.
Which Planning Documents Would Apply to Works at Our Block?
The Poole Local Plan, adopted 28 November 2018 and running to 2033, and the Broadstone Neighbourhood Plan made on 27 June 2018, which is now under review. A residential design guide and design codes published in March 2023 covers areas including Springdale Road, High Park Road, Roman Road and Golf Links Road. An authority-wide local plan is emerging but not adopted.
Is Surface Water the Main Flood Concern in Broadstone?
On the record, yes. No Environment Agency flood area overlaps the town and no gauged watercourse falls inside it. The logged incidents are surface water and drainage: Greensleaves Avenue, Delph Road and Mansfield Road in February 2014, Fairview Road in July 2010 and Lower Blandford Road in January 2008. The council also lists Blandford Road at Broadstone among notable flooding locations in Poole.
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