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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.
9,365 approved · 1,681 refused · 417 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 14 Jun 2022 to 16 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 17 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
3 Brunstead Place Poole BH12 1EW
Received 15 Jul 202619 Hinton Wood Avenue Christchurch BH23 5AB
Received 21 May 202626 Floral Farm, Wimborne, BH21 3AU
Received 10 Jan 202520 Dunbar Road Bournemouth BH3 7BA
Received 19 Jun 202473 Newstead Road Bournemouth BH6 3HL
Received 6 Jan 202312 Avalon Poole BH14 8HT
Received 20 Oct 2025387 Castle Lane West Bournemouth BH8 9TH
Received 8 Sept 2026Sandykeld House 51 Christchurch Road Bournemouth BH1 3PA
Received 27 May 202662 Harewood Avenue Bournemouth BH7 6NH
Received 20 Jan 2025Seaway Court 52 Banks Road Poole BH13 7QF
Received 28 May 20254 Brunstead Road Poole BH12 1EJ
Received 5 May 2026336 Wallisdown Road Bournemouth BH11 8PP
Received 22 Apr 202510A Nairn Road Poole BH13 7NQ
Received 26 May 2026Unit D And E, Fleetspoint Business Centre, Willis Way, Poole, BH15 3SS
Received 14 Aug 202412 Brunstead Road, Poole, BH12 1EJ
Received 20 Jan 20254 Lytham Road Poole BH18 8JS
Received 12 Jun 2026247 Sandbanks Road, Poole, BH14 8EY
Received 2 Mar 2023Dutch Cottage 1 Haven Cottages Mudeford Quay Christchurch BH23 4AB
Received 31 Jul 202416 Riverside Lane Bournemouth BH6 3LD
Received 20 Feb 202611C Upper Golf Links Road, Broadstone, BH18 8BT
Received 11 Jul 202452 Frances Road Bournemouth BH1 3SA
Received 26 Mar 2026AFC Bournemouth Canford Training Ground Knighton Lane Wimborne BH21 3AS
Received 3 Dec 20253 Elgin Road Bournemouth BH4 9NL
Received 6 Feb 202612 Talbot Meadows Poole BH12 5DG
Received 1 Sept 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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