Understanding planning · 13 min read
Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
England · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
7,120 approved · 1,212 refused · 295 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 17 Jul 2023 to 2 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 13 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
270 Kinson Road Bournemouth BH10 5JL
Received 15 Jun 20269 Murley Road Bournemouth BH9 1NS
Received 24 Jun 2024Bill Knott Building, RNLI Slip Way, Poole, BH15 1HZ
Received 9 Mar 2026Annexe 28A Derby Road Bournemouth BH1 3QB
Received 3 Apr 2025Broadstone First School, Tudor Road, Broadstone, BH18 8AA
Received 25 Oct 2024Street Record Meredith Close Christchurch BH23 3TX
Received 20 Aug 202656 Braidley Road Bournemouth BH2 6JY
Received 23 Aug 2024Rear of Cumberland Hotel 27 East Overcliff Drive Bournemouth BH1 3AF
Received 18 Dec 202537 Moors Close Christchurch BH23 6AL
Received 8 Sept 2025161 Meadowsweet Road, Poole, BH17 7XY
Received 25 Jun 2024Street Record Cedar Way Poole BH12 2AF
Received 26 Jun 2025South Western House Fir Vale Road Bournemouth BH1 2NA
Received 30 Sept 2025Flat 5 Magnolia Court, 19 Cavendish Road Bournemouth BH1 1QY
Received 1 Apr 20268A Mckinley Road Bournemouth BH4 8AQ
Received 27 Sept 202459 The Grove Bournemouth BH9 2TT
Received 13 May 202629 West Way Poole BH18 9LW
Received 22 May 2025Bournemouth And Poole College Christchurch Road Bournemouth BH1 3JJ
Received 15 May 20251 Lancaster Close, Broadstone, BH18 9EF
Received 11 Feb 202546 Martin Close Poole BH17 7XS
Received 16 Jun 202546 Constitution Hill Road Poole BH14 0QD
Received 3 Mar 202695 Salisbury Road Burton Christchurch BH23 7JR
Received 9 Mar 20265 Coral Point 21 Dorset Lake Avenue Poole BH14 8JL
Received 27 Oct 20253 Smugglers Wood Road Christchurch BH23 4PJ
Received 16 Sept 2024Winton Library Wimborne Road Bournemouth BH9 2EN
Received 13 Aug 2024Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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