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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.
6,539 approved · 1,122 refused · 268 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
53 High Street Christchurch BH23 1AS
Received 24 Mar 2026Land at Sterte Avenue West now St Modwen Park Sterte Avenue West Poole BH15 2FU
Received 1 Apr 202610 Blackberry Lane Christchurch BH23 3QZ
Received 9 Jan 2025Land Adjacent to 16 Monks Way Bournemouth BH11 9TR
Received 13 May 20266 Wharncliffe Road Christchurch BH23 5DD
Received 9 Jan 2025Tatnam Farm Playing Fields Stanley Green Road Poole BH15 2DS
Received 17 Feb 2026St Swithuns Church Gervis Road Bournemouth BH1 3ED
Received 13 Jan 202613 Alyth Road Bournemouth BH3 7DF
Received 29 Sept 2026The View 117 Alumhurst Road Bournemouth BH4 8HS
Received 22 Jul 202516 Gerald Road Bournemouth BH3 7JZ
Received 2 Jul 20251466 Wimborne Road Bournemouth BH10 7AS
Received 9 Dec 2025192 Old Christchurch Road & 15 Wootton Gardens Bournemouth BH1 1PW
Received 3 Jul 20257 Whitchurch Avenue Poole Broadstone BH18 8LW
Received 29 Jan 202625 River Way Christchurch BH23 2QQ
Received 10 Jan 2025Redlands 16 Mornish Road Poole BH13 7DA
Received 6 Aug 202514 High Street Poole BH15 1BP
Received 23 May 20252 Links Road Poole BH14 9QP
Received 28 Mar 202521 Wood Lane Bournemouth BH11 9NG
Received 17 Jun 202663 Darbys Lane Poole BH15 3ES
Received 21 Jul 20262 Little Forest Road Bournemouth BH4 9NW
Received 26 Nov 2024Flaghead 22 Cliff Drive Poole BH13 7JD
Received 28 May 202519 Wilderton Road Poole BH13 6ED
Received 9 Jun 202527 Alexandra Road Bournemouth BH6 5JA
Received 17 Sept 2026Tayfield House 38 Poole Road Bournemouth BH4 9DW
Received 8 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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