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.
5,920 approved · 1,020 refused · 248 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 19 Jul 2023 to 2 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 11 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
158 Fairmile Road Christchurch BH23 2LW
Received 16 Sept 2025Hylton Manor 17 Boscombe Overcliff Drive Bournemouth BH5 1LN
Received 22 May 20262-6 Cromer Road Poole BH12 1NB
Received 19 Sept 202557 Kings Avenue, Poole, BH14 9QH
Received 4 Dec 2024158 Fairmile Road Christchurch BH23 2LW
Received 22 Dec 202587 Ringwood Road Poole BH14 0RH
Received 19 Jan 2026West Cliff Green Bournemouth BH4 8AB
Received 12 Jun 2025Flats 30A and 30B Salterns Way Poole BH14 8JR
Received 12 Jun 2026Street Record Latch Farm Avenue Christchurch
Received 7 Jul 20269 Mountbatten Road Poole BH13 6JE
Received 26 Mar 202519 Wayne Road Poole BH12 3LF
Received 14 Oct 202511 Torbay Road Poole BH14 9JQ
Received 28 Jul 20267 Fitzmaurice Road Christchurch BH23 2DY
Received 4 Feb 20255 Park Lake Road Poole BH15 1TR
Received 20 Apr 20264 Burton Road Poole BH13 6DU
Received 9 Sept 20252 Seaton Road Christchurch BH23 5HW
Received 25 Nov 2025250 Rempstone Road Poole Wimborne BH21 1SZ
Received 9 Oct 20253 Whitehall Christchurch BH23 1DE
Received 3 Nov 2025Port St James 15 The Quay Poole BH15 1HS
Received 21 Oct 2025893-895 Christchurch Road Bournemouth BH7 6AU
Received 3 Sept 202633 Western Avenue Poole BH13 7AN
Received 6 Nov 2025Roxborough 9 Portarlington Road Bournemouth BH4 8BU
Received 28 Jul 202544A Anthonys Avenue Poole BH14 8JH
Received 16 Jul 202638 Elgin Road Bournemouth BH3 7DH
Received 11 Aug 2025Records 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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