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Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council
Planning applications.
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
Collected application statistics
Collected records · All available dates9,850Searchable applications
681Recorded as pending
85%Approval rate · 7,433 approved or refused records
1,085Refused applications
6,348 approved · 1,085 refused · 265 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 19 Jul 2023 to 2 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 12 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Conservation areas48 mapped area records
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More application records
- Application ApprovedAPP/24/01285/K
Certificate of lawfulness for proposed single storey side extension to existing residential dwelling all finished in materials to match.
42A Upper Golf Links Road, Broadstone, BH18 8BY
Received 25 Nov 2024 - Application ApprovedP/25/03764/TTPO
G11 Mixed Broad Reduce tree 50% - Reduce vegetation within 1m of footpath to 1.5m G14 Himalayan Birch "* Sever Ivy to 1.5m agl reporting all structural defects (x 6 tree) * Crown lift to 5 metres (x 6 tree) - Over road * Prune back from street furniture (x 6 tree)" G18 Jacquemont Birch "* Sever Ivy to 1.5m agl reporting all structural defects * Crown lift to 5 metres" T4 Lime "* Crown lift to 4 metres * Remove dead and diseased wood" T5 Lime * Remove dead and diseased wood T8 Lime Crown Lift to 3m T9 Lime "* Basal/Epicormic growth removal * Crown lift to 3 metres" T13 Lime "* Basal/Epicormic growth removal * Crown lift to 3 metres" T14 Lime "* Basal/Epicormic growth removal * Crown lift to 3 metres" T15 Lime "* Basal/Epicormic growth removal * Crown lift to 3 metres * Crown lift to 5 metres - Over road" T25 Maple Crown Lift to 3m T26 Maple Crown Lift to 3m T60 False Acacia - Fell T67 False Acacia - Fell T82 Norway Maple Crown Lift to 4m T83 Norway Maple Crown LIft to 4m T119 Norway Maple Fell T139 Field Maple Prune back from street furniture T155 Norway Maple * Sever Ivy to 1.5m agl reporting all structural defects T160 Norway Maple * Crown lift to 4 metres - Lift 4m over road T163 Norway Maple * Crown lift to 4 metres - Lift 4m over road T164 Norway Maple * Crown lift to 4 metres - Lift 4m over road T165 Norway Maple * Crown lift to 4 metres - Lift 4m over road T172 Norway Maple * Crown lift to 4 metres - Lift 4m over road T174 Lime "* Basal/Epicormic growth removal * Crown lift to 3 metres" T176 Austrian Pine "* Sever Ivy to 1.5m agl reporting all structural defects * Crown lift to 5 metres - Over road" T177 Lime "* Basal/Epicormic growth removal * Crown lift to 3 metres * Crown lift to 5 metres - Over road" T178 Lime "* Basal/Epicormic growth removal * Crown lift to 3 metres * Crown lift to 5 metres - Over road" T179 Lime "* Basal/Epicormic growth removal * Crown lift to 3 metres * Crown lift to 5 metres - Over road" T180 Lime "* Basal/Epicormic growth removal * Sever Ivy to 1.5m agl reporting all structural defects * Crown lift to 3 metres * Crown lift to 5 metres - Over road" T181 Lime "* Basal/Epicormic growth removal * Crown lift to 3 metres * Crown lift to 5 metres - Over road" T182 Lime "* Basal/Epicormic growth removal * Crown lift to 3 metres" T183 Lime "* Basal/Epicormic growth removal * Crown lift to 3 metres" T184 Lime "* Basal/Epicormic growth removal * Crown lift to 3 metres" T185 Lime "* Basal/Epicormic growth removal * Sever Ivy to 1.5m agl reporting all structural defects" T186 Lime "* Basal/Epicormic growth removal * Sever Ivy to 1.5m agl reporting all structural defects" T187 Lime "* Basal/Epicormic growth removal * Sever Ivy to 1.5m agl reporting all structural defects" T188 Lime "* Basal/Epicormic growth removal * Sever Ivy to 1.5m agl reporting all structural defects * Crown lift to 3 metres * Prune back from street furniture" T189 Lime "* Basal/Epicormic growth removal * Sever Ivy to 1.5m agl reporting all structural defects" T190 Oak "* Sever Ivy to 1.5m agl reporting all structural defects * Crown lift to 5 metres - Lift 5m over road" T191 Oak "* Sever Ivy to 1.5m agl reporting all structural defects * Crown lift to 5 metres - Lift 5m over road" T192 Oak"* Sever Ivy to 1.5m agl reporting all structural defects * Crown lift to 5 metres - Lift 5m over road" T193 Jacque mont Birch * Crown lift to 5 metres - Lift 5m over road T194 Sycamore * Crown lift to 5 metres - Lift 5m over road T195 Hazel * Fell to ground level and remove all arisings - Coppice 1m agl T196 Hazel * Fell to ground level and remove all arisings - Coppice 1m agl T197 Hazel * Fell to ground level and remove all arisings - Coppice 1m agl T198 Field Maple "* Remove hanging branch/limb * Reduce tree 50%" T199 False Acacia * Sever Ivy to 1.5m agl reporting all structural defects T200 False Acacia * Fell to ground level and remove all arisings T201 False Acacia * Fell to ground level and remove all arisings T202 False Acacia * Crown lift to 5 metres - Over road T203 Himalayan Birch * Fell to ground level and remove all arisings T204 Austrian Pine "* Sever Ivy to 1.5m agl reporting all structural defects * Crown lift to 5 metres - Over road * Prune back from street furniture" T205 False Acacia * Fell to ground level and remove all arisings T206 False Acacia * Fell to ground level and remove all arisings T207 False Acacia * Crown lift to 5 metres - Over road T208 False Acacia * Crown lift to 5 metres - Over road T209 Austrian Pine * Sever Ivy to 1.5m agl reporting all structural defects T214 Jacquemont Birch * Crown lift to 5 metres - Over road T215 Jacquemont Birch * Crown lift to 5 metres - Over road T216 Jacquemont Birch * Crown lift to 5 metres - Over road T217 False Acacia * Crown lift to 5 metres - Over road T218 False Acacia "* Crown lift to 5 metres - Over road * Prune back from street furniture" T219 Common Ash "* Cut back from property by 1.5m * Crown lift to 5 metres - Over road" T220 Jacquemont Birch * Crown lift to 5 metres - Over road T221 Austrian Pine "* Crown lift to 3 metres * Crown lift to 5 metres - Over road and forecourt" T222 Austrian Pine "* Sever Ivy to 1.5m agl reporting all structural defects * Crown lift to 5 metres - Over road" T224 Lime "* Basal/Epicormic growth removal * Crown lift to 2.5 metres" T225 Lime "* Basal/Epicormic growth removal * Crown lift to 2.5 metres" T226 Lime "* Basal/Epicormic growth removal * Crown lift to 2.5 metres" T227 False Acacia Fell to ground level and remove all arisings T228 False Acacia * Crown lift to 5 metres - Over road and forecourt T229 False Acacia "* Cut back from property by 1.5m * Crown lift to 5 metres - Over road and forecourt"
Tesco Extra Riverside Avenue Bournemouth BH7 7DY
Received 25 Sept 2025 - Application ApprovedP/25/03889/TTPO
T2 - Eucalyptus - Reduce regrowth by up to 2m to previous reduction points to compact the crown all round T4 - Bird Cherry - Fell to ground level to remove over encroachment.
18 Guildhill Road Bournemouth BH6 3EY
Received 1 Oct 2025 - Application ApprovedP/26/04372/TTPO
T6-Holm Oak - Prune to clear the building by 3m.
High Pines St Georges Close Christchurch BH23 4LN
Received 8 Sept 2026 - Application ApprovedP/25/05014/FUL
Conversion of a shop to a flat with alterations to the front elevation to include removal of the two retail display windows
Unit 11 The Old Sorting Office, Wick Lane Christchurch BH23 1FB
Received 3 Dec 2025 - Does Not Require Consent8/24/0758/REG14
T1-Scots Pine. Fell dead tree to ground level.
30 Hinton Wood Avenue Christchurch BH23 5AH
Received 6 Nov 2024 - Application ApprovedP/25/03585/HOU
Single storey side extension.
76 Avenue Road Christchurch BH23 2BZ
Received 15 Sept 2025 - Application ApprovedP/25/00649/CLP
Certificate of lawfulness for proposed change of use from an existing office space to a dental practice with 4-5 surgeries on two floors
Unit 10 New Fields Business Park 2 Stinsford Road Poole BH17 0NF
Received 27 Mar 2025 - Application Approved8/24/0611/TTPO
T5 - Oak - reduce small secondary branches only that are touching telephone cable to a clearance of 0.5m. Remove dead branches.
21 Footners Lane Christchurch BH23 7NT
Received 13 Sept 2024 - Application ApprovedTP/24/00754/X
T1 - Sycamore (within group 2 of TPO) - Reduce crown back to previous pruning points
8 Chester Road, Poole, BH13 6DD
Received 23 Sept 2024 - No Objections RaisedP/26/01258/TCA
T1 - Mimosa - Reduce height by 2-3m. Tree is leaning in a very unnatural form.
2 Walsford Road Bournemouth BH4 9NA
Received 20 Mar 2026 - Application RefusedAPP/24/01237/F
Permission in Principle application for the erection of a 2 bed detached dwelling with associated parking landscaping following the demolition of an existing garage
Land R/O 24 Buckland Road, Poole, BH12 2NA
Received 12 Nov 2024 - Application ApprovedP/25/04110/TTPO
T2 - Beech - Crown Raise of up to 3m to give building clearance of 2.5m G2 - X2 Lawson Cypress - Crown Raise of up to 3m to give building clearance of 2.5m G1 - Amalanchier, Holm Oak, Laurels, Pittisporum - Reduce branches by up to 1.5m, to cut back to fence T3 - Conifer - Reduce laterals by maximum of 2m back to boundary. T4 - Cypress - Fell (Dead) G1 and T3 are not protected by the TPO (Amended proposal)
Leonard Hackett Court 13-15 St Winifred's Road Bournemouth BH2 6PR
Received 27 Oct 2025 - Split DecisionP/25/01943/TTPO
Leaning Holm oak (within TPO G4) (T1) - Reduce height by approximately 4m. Douglas fir (T2) - Reduce height by 2m & reduce longer extended branches by 1m. Large Monterey pine (TPO 23) - Remove a large broken limb supported within the crown. Sweet chestnut (T3) - Remove re-growth from stems between heights 3-6m, retaining re-growth at tree base. Lesser Works Proposed for T1 and T2: Leaning Holm oak (within TPO G4) (T1) - Reduce height by approximately 2m. Douglas fir (T2) - reduce longer extended branches by 1m.
Branksome Wood Mansions 26 Branksome Wood Road Bournemouth BH4 9JZ
Received 11 Jun 2025 - Application ApprovedP/25/00376/TTPO
T1 SCOTS PINE - Reduce lateral spread over the garage and towards the house and drive by up to 2m. (Please see attached tree spec. ref: 05031)
10 Dover Road Poole BH13 6DZ
Received 18 Mar 2025 - Application ApprovedP/25/05174/HOU
Single Storey rear / side extension
48 Wishart Gardens Bournemouth BH9 3QZ
Received 15 Dec 2025 - Application ApprovedTP/24/00900/X
T1 Oak - Crown lift from ground up to 4m by removing tertiary and secondary branches only. Create a clearance of up to 4m from fabrics of building by removing tertiary and secondary branches.
3 Ash Gardens, Poole, BH15 4DE
Received 23 Oct 2024 - Application Approved7-2025-13842-G
T11 - Monterey Cypress Reduce and reshape all over by 2-3 meters, remove deadwood and broken branches. crown lift to 5 meters all around by removing smaller diameter branches only
6 Leven Avenue Bournemouth BH4 9LL
Received 14 Feb 2025 - Application ApprovedP/26/02606/TTPO
T1 - Box Elder - Crown thin by 20% T2 - Common Beech - 1m Crown reduction, Crown thin by ~20%
18 Springfield Avenue Christchurch BH23 2PE
Received 5 Jun 2026 - Split DecisionP/26/02254/TTPO
T1 Scots Pine - fell. The tree has grown to maturity protected by T4 large Monterey Pine which was removed due to disease. T2 English Oak - fell. T3 Copper Beech - crown lift 4 metres above ground level to provide clearance over driveway/footpath.
12 Dalkeith Road Poole BH13 6LQ
Received 14 May 2026 - Application ApprovedP/26/01071/FUL
Demolition of existing conservatory and replace with extension.
22 Pinecliffe Avenue Bournemouth BH6 3PZ
Received 11 Mar 2026 - Application ApprovedP/25/01447/FUL
Existing 2 storey building with shop unit occupying part of ground floor level and offices remainder of building to convert into 4 x residential flats
15-15A Moor Road Poole Broadstone BH18 8AZ
Received 14 May 2025 - Awaiting sign offP/26/04307/TTPO
G1 - Group of Sycamore trees along left boundary to be pruned on the sides back to previous cuts. This is to help maintain adequate distance between to the trees and building. To also reduce the height down by up to 2m. T1 - Ash tree to be reduced back to previous cuts. This will be removing up to 2m of new growth. G2 - Group of Mixed trees (mostly acacia) along the rear boundary to be reduced in height by up to 2m. This will allow more light to pass over the tree into the garden and flats. To also reduced the sides back to their previous reduction points. G3 - Group of Sycamore trees along the right boundary to be reduced in height but up to 1m and sides reduced by up to 1m. G4 - Group of small Conifers which sit above the garages to be dismantled. These are dying on both sides and top will not recover.
Garden House 3 Meyrick Road Bournemouth BH1 3EB
Received 7 Sept 2026 - Application ApprovedP/25/00243/TTPO
T1 - Oak - Removal all major deadwood - reduce and reshape the limb over the garden by 1-2m.
10 Burton Hall Place Christchurch BH23 7PE
Received 10 Mar 2025
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