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.
7,690 approved · 1,300 refused · 325 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Bell Moor 1 Portarlington Road Bournemouth BH4 8BT
Received 5 Nov 2024St Katharine's Church Of England Primary School Rolls Drive Bournemouth BH6 4NA
Received 9 Apr 202699 Mudeford Christchurch BH23 4AE
Received 27 Mar 2026The Maltings 43 Parkstone Road Poole BH15 2NE
Received 30 Jun 202533 Moriconium Quay, Lake Avenue, Poole, BH15 4QP
Received 5 Dec 202422 Amberley Close Christchurch BH23 5AR
Received 6 Sept 202540 Montacute Way Poole Wimborne BH21 1TZ
Received 6 Mar 202642 Bournemouth Road Poole BH14 0EY
Received 27 Jun 202547 Garland Road, Poole, BH15 2LB
Received 16 May 20244 Greenwood Avenue, Poole, BH14 8QD
Received 31 Oct 202421 High Trees Avenue Bournemouth BH8 9JX
Received 22 Aug 202534 Somerley Road Bournemouth BH9 1EN
Received 27 Feb 20252 Merley Gardens, Wimborne, BH21 1TB
Received 4 Jun 202412 Dansie Close Poole BH14 0LN
Received 16 Apr 202629B Western Avenue Poole BH13 7AN
Received 23 Jun 2026Land to rear/side of 11 Barbers Piles, Poole, BH15 1JJ
Received 23 Dec 20244 Pinewood Road Poole BH13 6JS
Received 30 Jul 202634 Anvil Crescent, Broadstone, BH18 9DY
Received 3 Feb 2025Junction of alton road and Broadwater avenue Poole BH14 8SP
Received 30 Sept 202529 West Way Bournemouth BH9 3DT
Received 19 Jun 202619 Parr Street Poole BH14 0JX
Received 20 Jul 20265 Stourwood Lodge 5A Stourwood Avenue Bournemouth BH6 3PQ
Received 12 Jan 202612 Castle Avenue Christchurch BH23 4LL
Received 26 May 20264 Bury Road Poole BH13 7DB
Received 6 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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