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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.
8,153 approved · 1,387 refused · 348 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 17 Jul 2023 to 2 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 14 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land opposite 17 Viking Way Christchurch BH23 4AQ
Received 3 Oct 2024Kilbride, 43 Lindsay Road, Poole, BH13 6AP
Received 12 Sept 202423A Bingham Avenue Poole BH14 8ND
Received 24 Sept 202625 Baring Road Bournemouth BH6 4DS
Received 29 May 2024Park Cottage 26A Cavendish Road Bournemouth BH1 1RG
Received 7 Jul 2025Wellington Court 10 Poole Road Bournemouth BH2 5QU
Received 15 May 20253 Bournewood Drive Bournemouth BH4 9JP
Received 8 Oct 202450 Twemlow Avenue Poole BH14 8AN
Received 17 Jul 2026Wykeham Lodge 16 Chaddesley Glen Poole BH13 7NZ
Received 22 May 20267 Skipton Close Poole BH18 8HH
Received 3 Nov 20252 Martello Road Poole BH13 7DH
Received 20 May 202686 Churchill Road, Poole, BH12 2LU
Received 12 Feb 202549 The Avenue Bournemouth BH9 2UP
Received 29 Apr 2026Poole Retail Park Redlands Poole BH12 1DN
Received 13 May 202619 Central Avenue, Poole, BH12 2ER
Received 20 Aug 202426A Western Avenue, Poole, BH13 7AN
Received 28 Aug 2024Firkin Shed 279 Holdenhurst Road Bournemouth BH8 8BZ
Received 24 Mar 20265 Sundew Road Poole BH18 9NX
Received 13 Apr 202638 Riverside Road Bournemouth BH6 5NN
Received 24 Jun 202514 Twin Oaks Close Poole Broadstone BH18 8JF
Received 28 Jan 202634 Hinchliffe Road Poole BH15 4ED
Received 4 Sept 202622 St Albans Crescent Bournemouth BH8 9AS
Received 17 Sept 2025253 Sandbanks Road Poole BH14 8EY
Received 8 Jun 202627 The Avenue, Poole, BH13 6LH
Received 26 Jul 2024Records 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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