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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.
7,057 approved · 1,202 refused · 291 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
20 Post Office Road Bournemouth BH1 1BA
Received 11 Feb 2025Lilliput Court, 7 Kimberley Road
Received 2 Jul 202497 Higher Blandford Road, Broadstone, BH18 9AE
Received 22 Oct 2024Land At 5 Highmoor Road, Poole, BH14 8SZ
Received 6 Feb 202589A Kings Avenue Poole BH14 9QH
Received 21 Apr 202618 Wimborne Road Bournemouth BH2 6NT
Received 18 Sept 202436 Parley Road Bournemouth BH9 3BB
Received 25 Oct 202417 Tarrant Close Poole BH17 9DN
Received 26 Feb 2026Eden End 41 Rothesay Drive Christchurch BH23 4LD
Received 2 Jul 2025116 Canford Cliffs Road Poole BH13 7AE
Received 30 Dec 2025Port House, 18 Crichel Mount Road, Poole, BH14 8LT
Received 28 Aug 20241 Claremont Avenue Bournemouth BH9 3EY
Received 12 Dec 202544 Links Road Poole BH14 9QS
Received 23 Sept 202546 Ringwood Road Christchurch BH23 5RD
Received 30 Oct 2025311 Mudeford Sandbank Hengistbury Head Footpath Bournemouth BH6 4EW
Received 29 Sept 20269 Rufford Gardens Bournemouth BH6 3HX
Received 30 Sept 202574 Lilliput Road Poole BH14 8FF
Received 6 Nov 2025Wollaston Heights 4 Wollaston Road Bournemouth BH6 4AR
Received 30 Aug 2024Bourne Pines 16A Dean Park Road Bournemouth BH1 1HX
Received 29 Jan 2025South Western Mansions 142 Holdenhurst Road Bournemouth BH8 8AS
Received 15 Sept 202512 Laurel Drive Poole Broadstone BH18 8LJ
Received 20 Jan 202626 Belfield Road Bournemouth BH6 4JB
Received 15 Dec 202522 Spencer Road Poole BH13 7EU
Received 25 Nov 2025Christchurch Police Station Barrack Road Christchurch BH23 1PN
Received 3 Apr 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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