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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.
6,769 approved · 1,159 refused · 277 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
63 Bader Road Poole BH17 8PW
Received 16 Jun 20253 Priors Close Christchurch BH23 4EZ
Received 24 Oct 202411 Camelia 19 Earlsdon Way Christchurch BH23 5TB
Received 20 Aug 202610 Gibson Road Poole BH17 8QB
Received 10 Nov 2025Unit D And E, Fleetspoint Business Centre, Willis Way, Poole, BH15 3SS
Received 16 Oct 202452 Upper Road Poole BH12 3EW
Received 28 Apr 202530 Haverstock Road Bournemouth BH9 3HE
Received 8 Jun 202625 Talbot Avenue Bournemouth BH3 7HS
Received 10 Oct 202442 Salterns Road Poole BH14 8BN
Received 11 Jun 202591 Rowan Drive Christchurch BH23 4SH
Received 23 Sept 2025233 Seafield Road Bournemouth BH6 5LL
Received 15 Jan 20259 Tower Road Bournemouth BH1 4LA
Received 23 Oct 202419 Water Tower Road Poole Broadstone BH18 8LL
Received 6 Oct 2025Second Floor Bournemouth House 17-19 Christchurch Road Bournemouth BH1 3LH
Received 16 Jun 2025Flat B1 Midland Heights 51 Norwich Avenue West Bournemouth BH2 6AJ
Received 12 Aug 2024Flat 1 27 Glenferness Avenue Bournemouth BH4 9NE
Received 24 Jun 202547 Merley Gardens, Wimborne, BH21 1TA
Received 27 Aug 202427 Wellesley Avenue Christchurch BH23 4SU
Received 28 Aug 2026Poole Bridge to Hunger Hill Poole
Received 21 Apr 202618 Ashwood Drive Poole BH18 8LN
Received 7 Sept 202669 Mudeford Christchurch BH23 3NQ
Received 22 Sept 20254B Spencer Road Poole BH13 7EU
Received 15 Dec 2025Packwood House 49 Portchester Road Bournemouth BH8 8JU
Received 4 Nov 2025Land North of Salisbury Road Burton Christchurch BH23 7NZ
Received 7 Sept 2026Records 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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