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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.
6,762 approved · 1,158 refused · 277 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
8 South View Place Bournemouth BH2 5PN
Received 30 Apr 202550 Feversham Avenue Bournemouth BH8 9NL
Received 4 Feb 2026137 High Street Poole BH15 1AS
Received 28 Aug 202628 Brownsea View Avenue Poole BH14 8LQ
Received 15 Sept 202640 Branksea Avenue Poole BH15 4DP
Received 7 Jul 2025Woodhouse 10 The Avenue Poole BH13 6AG
Received 10 Mar 2025709 Christchurch Road Bournemouth BH7 6AF
Received 16 Sept 20242 Clarendon Road Bournemouth BH4 8AH
Received 25 Sept 20243 Fairway Road, Poole, BH14 8QB
Received 15 Aug 202419 Elms Avenue, Poole, BH14 8EE
Received 25 Nov 202427 High Street Christchurch BH23 1AJ
Received 27 May 202628 Portfield Close Christchurch BH23 2AH
Received 20 Mar 20252 Norman Avenue Poole BH12 1JH
Received 3 Nov 2025The Gospel Hall, Churchill Road, Poole, BH12 2LY
Received 5 Dec 202430 Headswell Avenue Bournemouth BH10 6LB
Received 25 Oct 2024Unit S1 Castlepoint Castle Lane West Bournemouth BH8 9UZ
Received 2 Sept 20264 Warren Edge Close Bournemouth BH6 4AY
Received 7 Apr 2025Land adj 1 Stourfield Road Bournemouth BH5 2AR
Received 28 Aug 202529 Stourcroft Drive Christchurch BH23 2PX
Received 3 Sept 202643 New Road Bournemouth BH10 7DW
Received 13 Feb 202619 Marchwood Road Bournemouth BH10 5LA
Received 17 Oct 202428 Mayfield Avenue, Poole, BH14 9NY
Received 15 Oct 202452 Sedgley Road Bournemouth BH9 2JW
Received 2 Sept 2025The Gables, 19 Forest Road, Poole, BH13 6DQ
Received 27 Jan 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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