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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.
7,824 approved · 1,317 refused · 330 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Pavement o/s 48-54 Commercial Road, Bournemouth BH2 5LR
Received 22 Jun 2026Hazel Court 119 Broadway Lane Bournemouth BH8 0AB
Received 6 Jun 20256 Lone Pines Close Matchams Lane Christchurch BH23 6LP
Received 3 Jul 202438 Stanley Road Poole BH15 1QY
Received 24 Jul 2025Mulberry House 17 Benellen Avenue Bournemouth BH4 9LX
Received 4 Jul 20257 Moorfields Road Poole BH13 7HA
Received 31 Mar 202550 Chatsworth Road Bournemouth BH8 8SN
Received 19 Jan 20265 Somerville Road Bournemouth BH2 5LH
Received 10 Nov 202572 Baring Road Bournemouth BH6 4DT
Received 17 Jun 202414A Talbot Avenue Bournemouth BH3 7HX
Received 16 Jul 20252B Alumdale Road Bournemouth BH4 8HX
Received 26 Nov 202535 Blake Hill Crescent Poole BH14 8QP
Received 9 Apr 202625 Brackendale Road Bournemouth BH8 9HY
Received 24 Mar 20252 School Lane, Poole, BH15 3DP
Received 5 Feb 2025Flat 1 Sir Peter Thompson House 25 Market Close Poole BH15 1NE
Received 23 Sept 2026Flat 3, Daytona, 5A Alington Road, Poole, BH14 8LX
Received 29 Apr 202428 Bure Homage Gardens Christchurch BH23 4DR
Received 17 Oct 20241 Fabricus Gardens Poole Broadstone BH18 8EL
Received 15 Jul 202516-18 Poole Road Bournemouth BH4 9DR
Received 23 Oct 202528 Bradford Road Bournemouth BH9 3PJ
Received 22 Sept 202629A Gwynne Road Poole BH12 2AR
Received 27 Mar 20255 Bingham Avenue, POOLE, BH14 8ND
Received 7 Oct 202423 St Aubyns Court, Poole, BH15 1LX
Received 29 Oct 202449 Cliff Drive, Poole, BH13 7JF
Received 29 Oct 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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