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.
8,350 approved · 1,432 refused · 362 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
54 Marshwood Avenue Poole BH17 9EP
Received 8 Dec 20256 Troon Road Poole Broadstone BH18 9BA
Received 5 May 2026757 Christchurch Road Bournemouth BH7 6AN
Received 27 Mar 20256 Kinson Park Road Bournemouth BH10 7HQ
Received 26 Mar 20249 Withingham Road Poole BH13 6BU
Received 16 Jul 20257 Elms Close, Poole, BH14 8EP
Received 21 Jun 202451 R L Stevenson Avenue Bournemouth BH4 8ED
Received 12 May 2025Canford School Lovell Building Canford Magna Poole BH21 3AD
Received 29 Jul 20253 Crawshaw Road, Poole, BH14 8QZ
Received 16 Sept 202427-29 Chine Crescent Bournemouth BH2 5LB
Received 21 Aug 202411 Ventry Close Poole BH13 6AW
Received 2 Jun 202537-43 Westover Road Bournemouth BH1 2BZ
Received 24 Oct 202526 Milestone Road, Poole, BH15 3DS
Received 17 Apr 20242 Dalkeith Road, Poole, BH13 6LQ
Received 28 Mar 2024NatWest 1-5 Old Christchurch Road Bournemouth BH1 1DU
Received 22 Jan 202553 Slepe Crescent, Poole, BH12 4DH
Received 18 Apr 20249 -13 Old Christchurch Road Bournemouth BH1 1DY
Received 19 Dec 20247B Cromer Road Bournemouth BH8 9BW
Received 19 Jul 20243 The Lane Lowther Gardens Bournemouth BH8 8NE
Received 13 Mar 202511 The Tarrants 6 Branksome Wood Road Bournemouth BH2 6BY
Received 15 May 20241 Gerald Road Bournemouth BH3 7JY
Received 1 Jul 2024Talbot Heath School Rothesay Road Bournemouth BH4 9NJ
Received 8 Oct 20257 Cranemoor Avenue Christchurch BH23 5AN
Received 13 May 20246 Wilkinson Drive Bournemouth BH8 0JY
Received 13 Jan 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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