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.
7,339 approved · 1,251 refused · 312 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
THE CANFORD, 53 Cliff Drive, POOLE, BH13 7JF
Received 4 Nov 202494 Rochester Road Bournemouth BH11 8AH
Received 1 Aug 202454 Walkford Road Christchurch BH23 5QF
Received 20 Nov 20249 Brudenell Avenue Poole BH13 7NW
Received 15 Apr 20265 West Point Westminster Road Poole BH13 6JX
Received 27 Feb 202524A Charminster Road Bournemouth BH8 8UN
Received 17 Aug 20268 Vale Road Bournemouth BH1 3SY
Received 20 Mar 2025St Aldhelms Place, 25 Lindsay Road
Received 13 Feb 202540A Grafton Road Bournemouth BH3 7JS
Received 26 Jan 2026Health Sciences University Parkwood Road Bournemouth BH5 2DF
Received 11 Feb 2025Rushcombe Bottom Land Adjacent Roman Road Corfe Mullen BH21 3JF
Received 31 Mar 2025108 Canford Cliffs Road Poole BH13 7AE
Received 8 May 2026Ambose Cottage 42 Alumhurst Road Bournemouth BH4 8ER
Received 24 Nov 20251 25 Little Fosters Chaddesley Glen Poole BH13 7PB
Received 15 Oct 2025Ettrick House, 10 Ettrick Road, Poole, BH13 6LG
Received 31 May 2024Quay West Marina 23 West Quay Road Poole BH15 1HX
Received 1 Jun 202610A Grasmere Road Poole BH13 7RH
Received 24 Feb 2026216 Muscliffe Lane Bournemouth BH9 3NW
Received 17 Jun 20259 Golf Links Road Poole BH18 8BE
Received 2 Sept 20262 Bure Haven Drive Christchurch BH23 4BS
Received 10 Nov 20253 Mullins Close, Poole, BH12 5EQ
Received 24 Sept 202436 Drew Close, Poole, BH12 5ET
Received 4 Sept 2024100 Chichester Walk Poole BH21 1ST
Received 7 Sept 202615 Arley Road Poole BH14 8DW
Received 2 Jan 2026Records 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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