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.
7,556 approved · 1,279 refused · 317 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
21 Seaway Avenue Christchurch BH23 4EU
Received 1 Sept 20269 Dalkeith Road Poole BH13 6JG
Received 1 Oct 202659 West Way Bournemouth BH9 3DT
Received 28 Jun 202450-52 Christchurch Road Bournemouth BH1 3PE
Received 20 Aug 2024129 Kingswell Road Bournemouth BH10 5DG
Received 8 Jul 20258 Bankside Road Bournemouth BH9 3EF
Received 7 Apr 20252 Buccleuch Road Poole BH13 6LE
Received 11 May 202633 Branksome Hill Road Bournemouth BH4 9LE
Received 18 Jul 202426 Cotton Close Poole Broadstone BH18 9AJ
Received 14 Jul 202517 Leicester Road Poole BH13 6BZ
Received 23 Jul 202526 Wick Point Mews Christchurch BH23 1NZ
Received 7 Nov 202515 Kitchener Crescent, Poole, BH17 7HU
Received 2 Dec 202440 Montacute Way, Wimborne, BH21 1TZ
Received 6 Jan 202579 Southbourne Coast Road Bournemouth BH6 4DX
Received 13 Mar 202542 Pearce Avenue Poole BH14 8EH
Received 3 Nov 202558 Wallisdown Road Bournemouth BH10 4HX
Received 10 Dec 202421 Tresillian Way Walkford Christchurch BH23 5QP
Received 3 Jul 20258A Parr Street Poole BH14 0JY
Received 22 Apr 2025Public Conveniences Adastral Square Poole BH17 8SA
Received 28 Mar 2025Boscombe Pier Undercliff Drive Bournemouth BH5 1BN
Received 4 Jun 20249 Cowslip Road Poole BH18 9QZ
Received 29 May 2025Sandboy 3 Lakeside Road Poole BH13 6LR
Received 16 Apr 20262 Silverwood Close, Wimborne, BH21 1QZ
Received 8 Oct 202432 Ashmore Avenue, Poole, BH15 4DF
Received 20 Dec 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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