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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.
5,964 approved · 1,025 refused · 250 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
57 Greensleeves Avenue Poole Broadstone BH18 8BJ
Received 20 Oct 20252 Kirby Way Bournemouth BH6 3HZ
Received 9 Sept 2025Canford School Canford Magna Poole Wimborne BH21 3AD
Received 1 Jul 2025Sunbury Court 21 Marlborough Road Bournemouth BH4 8DD and Clive Court 23 Marlborough Road Bournemouth BH4 8DE
Received 1 Nov 2024109 Meadowsweet Road Poole BH17 7XY
Received 29 Jan 202617 Buccleuch Road Poole BH13 6LD
Received 4 Jun 20265 Southwood Avenue Bournemouth BH6 3QA
Received 6 Jul 2026Land R/O 1A Kirby Close, Poole, BH15 3NF
Received 6 Jan 202549 Alumhurst Road Herbert Day Hospital Approach Road Bournemouth
Received 20 Nov 2024Dorset Lake Manor 155 Sandbanks Road Poole BH14 8EL
Received 18 Jul 202530 Lake Drive Poole BH15 4LT
Received 4 Apr 2025Unit A Mallard Road Retail Park Mallard Road Bournemouth BH8 9PE
Received 18 Jun 202648 Spur Hill Avenue Poole BH14 9PJ
Received 23 Mar 202642 De Lisle Road Bournemouth BH3 7NG
Received 17 Oct 202548 Lake Drive, Poole, BH15 4LU
Received 11 Feb 2025Montacute Special School 3 Canford Heath Road Canford Heath Poole BH17 9NG
Received 22 Jun 202618 East Avenue Bournemouth BH3 7BZ
Received 30 Sept 20255a 5 Southern Fabrications Mannings Heath Road Poole BH12 4NQ
Received 28 Aug 202530 Pound Lane Poole BH15 3PT
Received 10 Jul 202575 Withermoor Road Bournemouth BH9 2NU
Received 24 Oct 20254 De Redvers Road Poole BH14 8TS
Received 29 Sept 202519 De Redvers Road, Poole, BH14 8TS
Received 27 Nov 20242 Woodlake Close Poole BH17 9FE
Received 21 Jul 2025124 Herbert Avenue Poole BH12 4HU
Received 17 Mar 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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