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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.
8,184 approved · 1,394 refused · 350 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 17 Jul 2023 to 2 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 15 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
33 Cassel Avenue Poole BH13 6JD
Received 30 Apr 202519 Vetch Close Christchurch BH23 4LU
Received 4 Apr 202522 Woodhayes Avenue Christchurch BH23 4RP
Received 2 Jan 202515 Richmond Wood Road Bournemouth BH8 9DG
Received 16 Jun 2025The Hideaway 19 Dover Road Poole BH13 6DZ
Received 8 Aug 2025189-191a Sandbanks Road Poole BH14 8EJ
Received 26 Mar 2025Sports Centre, Canford School, Canford Magna
Received 11 Mar 20245 St Clair Road, Poole, BH13 7JP
Received 15 Jul 20244A Dunbar Road Bournemouth BH3 7BA
Received 13 Sept 202415 Stanfield Road Bournemouth BH9 2NL
Received 22 Dec 202535 Flambard Avenue Christchurch BH23 2NE
Received 3 Aug 20269B Upper Golf Links Road Poole BH18 8BT
Received 20 Jul 202618 Westfield Gardens Christchurch BH23 4SF
Received 16 Apr 2025Unit 1 2-12 Commercial Road Bournemouth BH2 5LP
Received 5 Jun 202649 Corfe Way, Broadstone, BH18 9ND
Received 16 Dec 202428 Beamish Road Poole BH17 8SH
Received 27 Jan 202625 Hinton Wood Avenue Christchurch BH23 5AB
Received 20 Mar 20256 Penn Hill Avenue Poole BH14 9LZ
Received 26 Mar 202666 Merley Ways Poole BH21 1QP
Received 31 Jul 202513 Canford Cliffs Avenue Poole BH14 9QN
Received 7 May 202688 Hankinson Road Bournemouth BH9 1HP
Received 28 Sept 202621 Old Christchurch Road Bournemouth BH1 1DR
Received 17 Mar 2025147-149 Hewitt Road, Poole, BH15 4QE
Received 22 Oct 2024Charnwood 40 Tower Road Poole BH13 6JA
Received 2 Sept 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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