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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.
9,863 approved · 1,826 refused · 439 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 14 Jun 2022 to 16 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 18 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
45 Fernheath Road Bournemouth BH11 8SG
Received 24 Apr 2024Rose Cottage Talbot Village Bournemouth BH10 4JA
Received 2 Apr 202624 Hurst Hill Poole BH14 8LF
Received 26 Jun 202517 Hurn Road Christchurch Dorset BH23 2RJ
Received 23 Apr 202661 Farnham Road, Poole, BH12 1PW
Received 11 Feb 2025First Floor Flat 39 Heron Court Road Bournemouth BH9 1DF
Received 1 Oct 2025Shirley Hotel 81 St Michael's Road Bournemouth BH2 5DR
Received 16 Nov 20227-11 Poole Hill and 39-41 West Hill Road Bournemouth BH2 5PW
Received 5 Sept 202473 Uplands Road Bournemouth BH8 9SR
Received 3 Jul 20255 Brunstead Place Poole BH12 1EW
Received 29 May 2025Talbot Heath School Rothesay Road Bournemouth BH4 9NJ
Received 4 Apr 20247 Alma Road Bournemouth BH9 1AA
Received 12 Jun 2024Silverwood Arrowsmith Road Poole Wimborne BH21 3BE
Received 16 Oct 2025112 Petersfield Road Bournemouth BH7 6QN
Received 17 Dec 2024593 Blandford Road, Poole, BH16 5EB
Received 21 Aug 202411 Seaward Avenue Bournemouth BH6 3SJ
Received 6 Mar 2026482 Castle Lane West Bournemouth BH8 9UD
Received 2 Apr 2026Bournemouth Day Nursery 75 Lansdowne Road Bournemouth BH1 1RW
Received 19 Jan 20234 Cobbs Beck Lane Christchurch BH23 5FH
Received 26 Feb 202623 Over Links Drive, Poole, BH14 9QU
Received 9 Jan 202520 Island View Avenue Christchurch BH23 4DS
Received 2 Feb 2024Loreto 41 Cavendish Road Bournemouth BH1 1QZ
Received 2 Jun 2026157 Alma Road Bournemouth BH9 1AG
Received 21 Aug 2026258 Old Christchurch Road Bournemouth BH1 1PF
Received 4 Feb 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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