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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.
9,259 approved · 1,637 refused · 408 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
73 Gwynne Road, Poole, BH12 2AR
Received 31 Jan 202320 Lower Golf Links Road, Broadstone, BH18 8BH
Received 19 Apr 20248 Crichel Road Bournemouth BH9 1JG
Received 7 Apr 2025Plantation Court 41 Plantation Road Poole BH17 9LW
Received 3 Feb 20261 Forest House 1 Russell Cotes Road Bournemouth BH1 3UA
Received 7 Jul 2026Caravan 38 Harbour View Napier Road Poole
Received 17 Dec 202513 Hillside Drive Christchurch BH23 2RS
Received 14 May 202515 De Mauley Road Poole BH13 7HD
Received 5 Aug 202587 Dorchester Road, Poole, BH15 3QZ
Received 23 Jan 20238B Carbery Avenue Bournemouth BH6 3LE
Received 25 Jun 202542 Lancaster Drive, Broadstone, BH18 9EL
Received 4 Jul 20245 Flambard Road Poole BH14 8SU
Received 26 Aug 202511 Moorside Road Bournemouth BH11 8DE
Received 10 Dec 2025Silverwood Arrowsmith Road Poole BH21 3BE
Received 3 Jun 2025The Holy Redeemer Rc Church Kilmington Way Christchurch BH23 5BL
Received 2 Sept 2024Elkins Boatyard Convent Meadows Quay Road Christchurch BH23 1BD
Received 10 Feb 2026Front Garden 2 Carrbridge Gardens Bournemouth BH3 7EL
Received 10 Jun 2026Lifeboat Support Centre, RNLI, West Quay Road, Poole, BH15 1HZ
Received 19 Sept 2024Adjacent 17 Church Street Christchurch BH23 1BW
Received 12 Aug 202435 Eldon Road Bournemouth BH9 2RU
Received 1 Mar 202366 Compton Avenue, Poole, BH14 8PY
Received 25 Apr 20243 Southlands Avenue Bournemouth BH6 4HJ
Received 6 Oct 202620 Horsa Road Bournemouth BH6 3AL
Received 10 Feb 2025Stratfield Lodge 63 Wellington Road Bournemouth BH8 8JL
Received 13 Jan 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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