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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.
8,416 approved · 1,447 refused · 364 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
5 Bournemouth Road Poole BH14 0EF
Received 31 Jul 202643 Alton Road Poole BH14 8SW
Received 15 Dec 2025Chine Lodge 80 West Cliff Road Bournemouth BH4 8BG
Received 21 Jan 20268 Fir Vale Road Bournemouth BH1 2JG
Received 19 Feb 202452 Meadowsweet Road Poole BH17 7XT
Received 17 Apr 2025Parkstone Golf Club 49A Links Road Poole BH14 9QS
Received 24 Jul 202528 Belle Vue Road Bournemouth BH6 3DP
Received 19 May 202619 Munster Road Poole BH14 9PS
Received 10 Oct 20252 Bryony Close Poole BH18 9NS
Received 30 Jul 202677 Brixey Road Poole BH12 3EY
Received 1 Apr 2025Arts University Bournemouth, Fern Barrow, Poole, BH12 5BF
Received 13 Nov 20247 Southill Avenue, Poole, BH12 3AT
Received 26 Jul 2024Cumberland Lodge 424 Lymington Road Christchurch BH23 5HF
Received 4 Mar 202424 Ken Road Bournemouth BH6 3EU
Received 16 May 202543 Canford Cliffs Road Poole BH13 7AQ
Received 19 Feb 2026AFC Bournemouth Performance Centre Knighton Lane Wimborne BH21 3FB
Received 16 Sept 2026147 & 149 Hewitt Road Poole BH15 4QE
Received 18 Jun 20251 Ashington Gardens Merley Park Road Poole BH21 3DF
Received 10 Sept 202623 Over Links Drive Poole BH14 9QU
Received 12 Mar 2026Pavement o/s 39 High Street Poole BH15 1EG
Received 24 Jul 2026Land South of Gillett Road, Talbot Village, Poole, BH12 5BF
Received 11 Jun 202564 Portchester Road Bournemouth BH8 8LA
Received 20 Aug 2025124 River Way Christchurch BH23 2QT
Received 20 Dec 20245 East Avenue Bournemouth BH3 7BP
Received 8 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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