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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.
8,244 approved · 1,410 refused · 352 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 17 Jul 2023 to 2 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 15 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Unit L Arthur Bray Yard, 4 West Quay Road Poole BH15 1HT
Received 15 Dec 20255 Branksome Hill Road Bournemouth BH4 9LD
Received 4 Mar 202513 Wick Lane Christchurch BH23 1HT
Received 18 Oct 2024Four Winds Farm Throop Road Bournemouth BH8 0DQ
Received 28 May 20262 Flambard Road Poole BH14 8SU
Received 7 Sept 202610 Mornish Road, Poole, BH13 7BZ
Received 3 Dec 2024145 Sopwith Crescent, Wimborne, BH21 1SR
Received 11 Oct 202425 Braemar Avenue Bournemouth BH6 4JF
Received 17 Oct 2025151 Bure Lane Christchurch BH23 4HB
Received 13 Jun 20256 Snowdon Road Bournemouth BH4 9HL
Received 2 Apr 20242 Leven Avenue Bournemouth BH4 9LL
Received 21 Jan 202511 Seaward Avenue Bournemouth BH6 3SJ
Received 21 Sept 20262A Colville Road Bournemouth BH5 2AG
Received 3 Jul 20251-2 Elmslie Place 50 Surrey Road Bournemouth BH4 9HT
Received 20 Oct 2025156 Florence Road, Poole, BH14 9JG
Received 22 Nov 2024106 Panorama Road, Poole, BH13 7RG
Received 7 Jun 2024Poole Museum, 4 High Street, Poole, BH15 1BW
Received 3 Feb 2025Aecc University College 13-15 Parkwood Road Bournemouth BH5 2DF
Received 7 May 2024430 Lymington Road Christchurch BH23 5HF
Received 12 Aug 202533 Chessel Avenue Bournemouth BH5 1LQ
Received 19 Jun 202530 Alder Crescent, Poole, BH12 4BD
Received 29 Feb 20241532 and land rear of 1530-1532 Wimborne Road Bournemouth BH11 9AF
Received 24 Jun 20248 Brunstead Road Poole BH12 1EJ
Received 8 Jul 2025land outside 5A Compton Avenue Poole BH14 8PS
Received 4 Jul 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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