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.
6,977 approved · 1,190 refused · 288 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Chinegate Manor 39 Knyveton Road Bournemouth BH1 3QJ
Received 7 Oct 202520 Broad Avenue Bournemouth BH8 9HG
Received 29 Apr 20258 St Michaels Close Poole BH15 4QT
Received 11 Mar 2026Land at Roeshot Hill North of A35 Christchurch Dorset
Received 10 Jun 2026TEST
Received 29 Oct 20254 Castledene Crescent, Poole, BH14 8DP
Received 23 Dec 202418 Wellington Avenue Christchurch BH23 4HL
Received 5 Nov 202422 Hurstdene Road Bournemouth BH8 0AL
Received 1 Sept 2025Tesco Petrol Station, Mannings Heath, Yarrow Road, Poole, BH12 4NX
Received 26 Jun 20241 Grafton Close Christchurch BH23 3LQ
Received 17 Dec 20259 Silverdale Close Poole BH18 9JD
Received 26 Jan 202611 Fairway Road, Poole, BH14 8QB
Received 3 Sept 202449 De Lisle Road Bournemouth BH3 7NG
Received 15 Dec 202529 Whitehayes Road Christchurch BH23 7PB
Received 4 Aug 202521A Avon Run Road Christchurch BH23 4DY
Received 18 Jul 202511 Gresham Road Bournemouth BH9 1QR
Received 20 Sept 20247 Good Road Poole BH12 3PJ
Received 18 Dec 2025189 Ashley Road Poole BH14 9DL
Received 4 Apr 202595 Charminster Avenue Bournemouth BH9 1RU
Received 24 Mar 20255-11 Sea Road Boscombe Bournemouth BH5 1DB
Received 1 Dec 202521 Alverton Avenue, Poole, BH15 2QF
Received 20 Dec 20241 Seamoor Road Bournemouth BH4 9AA
Received 24 Jul 20243 Beaufort Road Bournemouth BH6 5AJ
Received 31 Jan 202514 Wilderton Road Poole BH13 6EE
Received 2 Oct 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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