Understanding planning · 13 min read
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.
6,952 approved · 1,182 refused · 286 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 17 Jul 2023 to 2 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 13 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
12 Corfe Way Poole BH18 9NE
Received 3 Mar 2026Existing Base Station at Southbourne Water Tower Seafield Road Bournemouth BH6 3EX
Received 14 Nov 20257 Portmore Close Poole BH18 8BZ
Received 5 Dec 2025Frascati 3 Roslin Road South Bournemouth BH3 7EF
Received 11 Sept 20256 East Cliff Way Christchurch BH23 4EY
Received 6 Feb 20259A Chester Road, Poole, BH13 6DE
Received 22 Jul 20245 Seaway Avenue Christchurch BH23 4EU
Received 9 Feb 2026290A Wallisdown Road Bournemouth BH11 8PN
Received 14 Aug 202418 Cedar Avenue Christchurch BH23 2PR
Received 5 Sept 202455 Richmond Park Avenue Bournemouth BH8 9DN
Received 23 Dec 202460 Cooke Road Poole BH12 1QB
Received 8 Jan 2026The Birches 11 Lindsay Road Poole BH13 6FH
Received 14 Apr 20268 Buckthorn Close, Poole, BH17 7YF
Received 5 Aug 202415 Greenways Christchurch BH23 5BA
Received 15 Dec 202516 Branwell Close Christchurch BH23 2NP
Received 26 Jan 20261 Goldfinch Road, Poole, BH17 7TA
Received 16 Dec 2024Avalon, Ground Floor 26-32 Oxford Road Bournemouth BH8 8EZ
Received 14 Aug 2025110 Horsham Avenue Bournemouth BH10 7JQ
Received 19 Mar 202672 Queens Park Avenue Bournemouth BH8 9EZ
Received 19 Nov 2024The Hideaway, 19 Dover Road, Poole, BH13 6DZ & 17 Dover Road, Poole, BH13 6DZ
Received 29 Jul 202426 Harewood Avenue Bournemouth BH7 6NQ
Received 24 Feb 2025845 Christchurch Road Bournemouth BH7 6AR
Received 26 Nov 20245 Gardens Crescent Poole BH14 8JE
Received 4 Feb 2026Cordons Arrowsmith Road Poole BH21 3BE
Received 13 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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