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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.
6,033 approved · 1,036 refused · 252 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
27 Whitehayes Road Christchurch BH23 7PB
Received 21 Aug 202515 Gordon Road Christchurch BH23 5HN
Received 24 Oct 202520 Caledon Road Poole BH14 9NN
Received 10 Feb 2026Higham Heights 49 Mount Pleasant Road Poole BH15 1TU
Received 9 Apr 20268 Grange Road Poole BH18 8LA
Received 29 Dec 20251 Gladys Court 70 Wellington Road Bournemouth BH8 8JG
Received 25 Mar 2026The Dene 17 Forest Road Poole BH13 6DP
Received 3 Sept 202625 Raven Way Christchurch BH23 4BG
Received 9 Feb 202671A Sherwood Avenue Poole BH14 8DJ
Received 19 Mar 2025The Power House 170 Blandford Road Poole BH15 4BH
Received 22 Dec 2025Flat 10 Boston 48 Bournemouth Road Poole BH14 0DW
Received 29 Sept 202536 Upwey Avenue Poole BH15 4HU
Received 6 Mar 202521 Mill Lane Poole BH14 8RH
Received 11 May 20261A Nairn Road, Poole, BH13 7NE
Received 24 Oct 2024Conifers, Merley Park Road, Wimborne, BH21 3DD
Received 5 Nov 2024Harbour House 1 Hamilton Close Christchurch BH23 3LS
Received 19 Dec 2024Wessex Fields Castle Lane East Bournemouth BH7 7DT
Received 9 Jun 202655 Upton Way Poole Broadstone BH18 9LU
Received 12 Jan 202631 Brudenell Avenue Poole BH13 7NW
Received 25 Aug 20265 Manor Road Bournemouth BH1 3ET
Received 13 May 2025Tall Trees 17 Windsor Road Poole BH14 8SF
Received 19 Feb 202615A Holmhurst Avenue Christchurch BH23 5PG
Received 13 Mar 2026Coach House To the rear of 579–581 Wimborne Road Bournemouth BH9 2AR
Received 17 Nov 202549 Countess Close Poole BH21 1UJ
Received 24 Oct 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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