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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.
6,545 approved · 1,123 refused · 268 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Chine Grange 8 Chine Crescent Road Bournemouth BH2 5LL
Received 10 Feb 202614 Talbot Avenue Bournemouth BH3 7HX
Received 22 May 2025East Dorset Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club Salterns Road Poole BH14 8BL
Received 2 Oct 20254 Larkspur Close Christchurch BH23 4FQ
Received 28 Apr 202612B Western Avenue Poole BH13 7AL
Received 20 Apr 202616 Wychwood Grange 50 52 Braidley Road Bournemouth BH2 6JY
Received 22 Apr 20268 Wilson Road Bournemouth BH1 4PH
Received 28 May 2025145 Commercial Road Poole BH14 0JD
Received 28 Jul 20268 Wallace Road Poole Broadstone BH18 8NG
Received 10 Oct 202565A Richmond Wood Road Bournemouth BH8 9DQ
Received 16 Jul 20251 Whitehall Christchurch BH23 1DE
Received 5 Feb 202587 East Avenue Bournemouth BH3 7BU
Received 15 Aug 202582 Merley Lane, Wimborne, BH21 1RZ
Received 20 Sept 20249-11 Knole Road Bournemouth BH1 4DQ
Received 17 May 2024Manington Hall 16 Portarlington Road Bournemouth BH4 8BY
Received 18 Feb 20269 Denby Road Poole BH15 2JP
Received 18 Nov 20251 - 35 Ballam Grove Poole BH12 3AY
Received 23 Dec 2025186 Old Christchurch Road Bournemouth BH1 1NU
Received 11 Nov 2025LeAF Studio Holloway Avenue Bournemouth BH11 9JW
Received 31 Mar 20252 Thornbury Road Bournemouth BH6 4HP
Received 16 Dec 202532 Lancaster Drive Poole Broadstone BH18 9EL
Received 19 Feb 2026Alumhurst Day Centre Alumhurst Road Bournemouth BH4 8ER
Received 16 Oct 2025Henley Court 146 Richmond Park Road Bournemouth BH8 8TW
Received 28 Feb 2025United Reform Church, Higher Blandford Road, Broadstone, BH18 9AB
Received 11 Dec 2024Records 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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