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.
7,613 approved · 1,290 refused · 320 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 17 Jul 2023 to 2 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 14 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
38 Adams Close Poole BH15 4FF
Received 13 Apr 202630 Island View Avenue Christchurch BH23 4DS
Received 30 Jun 202561-63 Old Christchurch Road Bournemouth BH1 1DT
Received 6 Feb 20264 Taylor Drive Bournemouth BH8 0PZ
Received 6 Jun 202523 Brudenell Avenue, Poole, BH13 7NW
Received 21 Oct 2024Burnham 7 Gervis Road Bournemouth BH1 3ED
Received 29 Jan 20265 Seaway Avenue Christchurch BH23 4EU
Received 26 May 202643 Pearce Avenue Poole BH14 8EG
Received 17 Aug 202685 King John Avenue Bournemouth BH11 9RY
Received 5 Mar 202521 Ripon Road Bournemouth BH9 1QX
Received 21 Jul 202688 Foxholes Road Poole BH15 3ND
Received 22 May 202621 Over Links Drive Poole BH14 9QU
Received 15 May 202667 Littledown Avenue Bournemouth BH7 7AX
Received 7 Nov 20243 Shore Road Poole BH13 7PH
Received 23 Mar 2026Norton Grange 26 Lindsay Road Poole BH13 6BD
Received 22 May 2026105 Dorchester Road, Poole, BH15 3RY
Received 6 Dec 202416 Oban Road Bournemouth BH3 7BG
Received 13 Sept 202430 Rothesay Drive Christchurch BH23 4LB
Received 27 Aug 202646 Bodorgan Road Bournemouth BH2 6NL
Received 12 Feb 202650A Oakwood Road Bournemouth BH9 3DF
Received 10 Oct 202535 Steeple Close, Poole, BH17 9BJ
Received 14 Feb 2025Belle Vue Court, 17 Belle Vue Road
Received 21 Jan 20257 Lynton Crescent Christchurch BH23 2SD
Received 13 Jan 20255 Powell Road Poole BH14 8SG
Received 20 Apr 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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