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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.
7,569 approved · 1,280 refused · 318 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
2c Flat 1a Beresford Road Bournemouth BH6 5AA
Received 2 Sept 20257 Mckinley Road Bournemouth BH4 8AG
Received 30 Jan 20256 Birchwood Road, Poole, BH14 9NP
Received 24 Oct 2024Ravenshall 21 West Cliff Road Bournemouth BH4 8AT
Received 13 Jan 2026West Hants Lawn Tennis Club Roslin Road South Bournemouth BH3 7EF
Received 3 Sept 202535 Canford Cliffs Road Poole BH13 7AQ
Received 28 Sept 2026342 Sandbanks Road Poole BH14 8HY
Received 4 Sept 202521 The Triangle Bournemouth BH2 5RQ
Received 15 Jan 2025Frestonia, 3A Chester Road, Poole, BH13 6DE
Received 6 Jun 202424 Doulton Gardens Poole BH14 8RG
Received 3 Apr 2025Cerne Abbas 46 The Avenue Poole BH13 6HF
Received 12 Aug 20258 Ipswich Road Bournemouth BH4 9HZ
Received 17 Jul 202578 Pauntley Road Christchurch BH23 3JW
Received 3 Oct 202417 Wilderton Road, Poole, BH13 6ED
Received 21 Oct 202421B Gorse Hill Road, Poole, BH15 3QH
Received 3 May 2024Otterbourne 5-7 Surrey Road Bournemouth BH2 6BP
Received 16 Sept 202638 Wordsworth Avenue Bournemouth BH8 9NS
Received 31 May 202443 Canford Cliffs Road Poole BH13 7AQ
Received 3 Apr 202511 Beechey Road Bournemouth BH8 8LL
Received 25 Apr 2025132 Leybourne Avenue Bournemouth BH10 6HA
Received 1 Aug 20258 St Clair Road Poole BH13 7JR
Received 6 Aug 202631 Chine Crescent Bournemouth BH2 5LB
Received 27 Nov 202424 Holdenhurst Village Bournemouth BH8 0EE
Received 16 Dec 202547 Braidley Road Bournemouth BH2 6JY
Received 10 Jun 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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