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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.
7,623 approved · 1,292 refused · 320 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
9 Spur Hill Avenue Poole BH14 9PH
Received 1 Apr 202692 Alder Road, Poole, BH12 2AH
Received 11 Feb 202585 Compton Avenue, Poole, BH14 8PX
Received 15 Jul 202418-20 Market Street Poole BH15 1NF
Received 10 Mar 2026Harbour Hide 95 Mudeford Christchurch BH23 3NJ
Received 29 Jan 2026129 Alexandra Road Poole BH14 9EL
Received 24 Jul 2026Rear of no.497 Christchurch Road Bournemouth BH1 4AE
Received 29 Sept 2025Marsham Court Hotel 3 Russell Cotes Road Bournemouth BH1 3AB
Received 12 Dec 2024672A Christchurch Road Bournemouth BH7 6BT
Received 10 Feb 20258 Campbell Road Christchurch BH23 7JY
Received 28 Jun 202425 Wingfield Avenue Christchurch BH23 4NR
Received 3 Jun 202612 Iford Gardens Bournemouth BH7 6SQ
Received 19 Aug 20241 Rockley Road Poole BH15 4EY
Received 20 Jul 2026431 Wallisdown Road Poole BH12 5DA
Received 17 Jul 20252 Braemar Drive Christchurch BH23 5NR
Received 3 Nov 2025Forsyte Shades 82 Lilliput Road Poole BH14 8LA
Received 2 Apr 202618 Pickford Road Bournemouth BH9 2RS
Received 6 Oct 20256 Ripon Road Bournemouth BH9 1RD
Received 13 Oct 2025Suites 1 And 2 120 Matchams Lane Christchurch BH23 6AN
Received 1 Nov 2024Former Bournemouth and Poole College Of Further Education, Constitution Hill Road, Poole, BH14 0QA
Received 25 Sept 2024360 Charminster Road Bournemouth BH8 9RX
Received 3 Sept 202442 Wellington Avenue Christchurch BH23 4HL
Received 23 Aug 20243 Frensham Close Bournemouth BH10 6AR
Received 9 Jan 202626 Queens Gardens Bournemouth BH2 6BH
Received 2 Feb 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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