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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.
7,388 approved · 1,253 refused · 312 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
18 Abingdon Drive Christchurch BH23 5JZ
Received 18 Oct 20246 Wycliffe Road Bournemouth BH9 1JP
Received 20 Feb 2026Quay West Marina, 23 West Quay Road, Poole, BH15 1HX
Received 5 Sept 202439 Merley Ways Poole Wimborne BH21 1QN
Received 10 Feb 20264 Brunstead Road Poole BH12 1EJ
Received 23 Jun 2026The Vicarage 8 Preston Lane Christchurch BH23 7JU
Received 14 Jan 202570 Sunnyhill Road Bournemouth BH6 5HR
Received 13 Jan 20256 Erpingham Road, Poole, BH12 1EX
Received 9 Sept 202427 Talbot Avenue Bournemouth BH3 7HS
Received 15 Nov 202429 Guest Avenue Poole BH12 1JA
Received 15 Sept 20252 Bure Road Christchurch BH23 4ED
Received 1 Apr 202638 Headswell Crescent Bournemouth BH10 6LH
Received 11 Aug 202561 St Brelades Avenue Poole BH12 4JR
Received 17 Sept 202624 Clifton Road, Poole, BH14 9PP
Received 23 Sept 2024Belvedere House 23 Chaddesley Glen Poole BH13 7PB
Received 23 Apr 2026Former Southern Gas Network site Bridge Street Christchurch
Received 11 Feb 2025Park View Court 18 Queens Park West Drive Bournemouth BH8 9DA
Received 15 Sept 2026257-259 Belle Vue Road Bournemouth BH6 3BD
Received 14 Oct 20253 Buccleuch Road Poole BH13 6LB
Received 27 Nov 2025479 Ashley Road Poole BH14 0BB
Received 23 Jul 202540 Alum Chine Road Bournemouth BH4 8DX
Received 29 Jul 202519 Huntly Road Bournemouth BH3 7HF
Received 8 Oct 2025Ashley Road Methodist Church, 502-506 Ashley Road, Poole, BH14 0AD
Received 8 Jan 20252 The Horseshoe Poole BH13 7RW
Received 20 Aug 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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