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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.
7,240 approved · 1,226 refused · 304 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
14 Lower Golf Links Road, Broadstone, BH18 8BH
Received 30 Jul 2024St Swithuns Church Gervis Road Bournemouth BH1 3ED
Received 13 Jan 202615 Bingham Avenue Poole BH14 8ND
Received 19 May 2026The Glen, 2-8 Powell Road, Poole, BH14 8SG
Received 17 Feb 2025Pinelands 18 Knyveton Road Bournemouth BH1 3QN
Received 17 Mar 2025104 Alder Road Poole BH12 4AB
Received 24 Jun 202538 Shaftesbury Road Poole BH15 2LT
Received 3 Jun 202543 Saxonbury Road Bournemouth BH6 5NB
Received 23 Aug 20248 Coastguard Way Christchurch BH23 3NR
Received 26 Mar 202529 Dunkeld Road Bournemouth BH3 7EN
Received 22 May 2025Zetland Court Nursing Home Zetland Court, 106-128 Alumhurst Road Bournemouth BH4 8HU
Received 12 May 20265 Brackenhill, Poole, BH13 6LT
Received 13 Sept 202443 Bennett Road Bournemouth BH8 8QQ
Received 7 Sept 2026Tourist Information Centre Pier Approach Bournemouth BH2 5AA
Received 14 Oct 2025Hereford House 4 Hinton Road Bournemouth BH1 2EE
Received 10 Oct 20247 The Spinnakers Mount Pleasant Road Poole BH15 1TU
Received 9 Mar 202623 Arcadia Road Christchurch BH23 2JF
Received 13 Nov 2024184 River Way Christchurch BH23 2QX
Received 25 Apr 2025307 Blandford Road Poole BH15 4HP
Received 5 Jun 202631 Norwich Road Bournemouth BH2 5QZ
Received 28 May 202528 Barrie Road Bournemouth BH9 2XE
Received 24 Mar 2025Teak Close, 1 Westminster Road
Received 2 Oct 202462 Lytchett Drive Poole Broadstone BH18 9LB
Received 3 Mar 202557 Alton Road, Poole, BH14 8SP
Received 11 Sept 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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