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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.
9,115 approved · 1,607 refused · 401 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 21 Jun 2022 to 15 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 16 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
150 Wallisdown Road Bournemouth BH10 4HY - woodland protected land in vicinity
Received 28 May 2024Montagu Park Waterford Place Christchurch BH23 5LG
Received 18 Dec 20252 Hamilton Close Christchurch BH23 3LS
Received 6 Jan 20253 Station Approach, Broadstone, BH18 8AX
Received 20 Mar 202460 Pauntley Road Christchurch BH23 3JW
Received 5 Dec 20252 Branksea Avenue, Poole, BH15 4DW
Received 4 Apr 202448 Pearce Avenue, Poole, BH14 8EH
Received 8 Jul 202482 Richmond Park Avenue Bournemouth BH8 9DR
Received 5 Mar 202647A Links Road, Poole, BH14 9QS
Received 3 Oct 202457 Woodpecker Drive Poole BH17 7SB
Received 27 May 202547 Kings Avenue Poole BH14 9QQ
Received 24 Aug 202621 Sopwith Crescent Poole BH21 1SH
Received 10 Mar 2026Pine Lodge 1 Martello Park Poole BH13 7BA
Received 30 Jun 2025Coolmain Admiralty Road Bournemouth BH6 4BJ
Received 1 Feb 20247 Palmerston Road Poole BH14 9HQ
Received 14 Jul 20265 Bryony Close Poole Broadstone BH18 9NS
Received 10 Mar 20255 Alexandra Road Bournemouth BH6 5JA
Received 14 Aug 20255 Sandy Lane Christchurch BH23 2NJ
Received 24 Jul 2024341-343 Lymington Road Christchurch BH23 5EG
Received 18 Aug 202515 West Cliff Road Bournemouth BH2 5EX
Received 12 Sept 20252 Old Barn Lane Old Barn Road Christchurch BH23 2FE
Received 22 Aug 202512 Bosley Way Christchurch BH23 2HF
Received 28 May 202657 Alyth Road Bournemouth BH3 7HB
Received 29 Jul 202623 Links Drive Christchurch BH23 2RE
Received 1 Mar 2023Records 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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