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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.
9,986 approved · 1,865 refused · 449 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 30 May 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
15 Corfe Way, Broadstone, BH18 9ND
Received 30 Oct 2024Canford School Design and Technology Department Canford Magna Wimborne BH21 3AD
Received 16 Mar 20266 Lagado Close Poole BH14 8LD
Received 4 Jun 2026115 Blandford Road Poole BH15 4AT
Received 2 Mar 202535 Brownsea Road, Poole, BH13 7QW
Received 29 Jul 202417 De Courtenai Close, Bournemouth, BH11 9PG
Received 17 Jan 202418 Birchwood Road Poole BH14 9NP
Received 28 Sept 20267 Munster Road Poole BH14 9PS
Received 12 Aug 202550 Constitution Hill Road Poole BH14 0QD
Received 30 Apr 2025Canford School Canford Magna Poole Wimborne BH21 3AD
Received 28 May 202568 Bennett Road Bournemouth BH8 8RH
Received 24 Nov 2022Caretakers Bungalow Corfe Hills School Higher Blandford Road Poole Broadstone BH18 9AD
Received 22 May 202523 Knyveton Road Bournemouth BH1 3QQ
Received 23 Sept 202622 Lilliput Road Poole BH14 8JZ
Received 22 Apr 20257A Palmerston Road Bournemouth BH1 4FD
Received 3 Nov 2022Culley Outdoor Education Centre, Canford School, Canford Magna, Wimborne, BH21 3AD
Received 5 Mar 202432 Dean Park Road Bournemouth BH1 1HY & The Cottage 32 Dean Park Road Bournemouth BH1 1HY
Received 7 Feb 202374 Portchester Road Bournemouth BH8 8LA
Received 25 Nov 202512 Erpingham Road Poole BH12 1EX
Received 11 Mar 2026Stardaise 10 Windsor Road Poole BH14 8SE
Received 30 Sept 20263A Dover Road, Poole, BH13 6DZ
Received 22 Nov 20225 Dorchester Road, Poole, BH15 3JT
Received 22 Jan 2025St Peter's Primary School Holdenhurst Avenue Bournemouth BH7 6RG
Received 27 May 20265 Orchard Avenue Poole BH14 8AH
Received 8 Jun 2026Records 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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