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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.
10,152 approved · 1,906 refused · 459 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
38 Portchester Road Bournemouth BH8 8JY
Received 19 Dec 2024The Manor 28 Cavendish Road Bournemouth BH1 1RG
Received 7 Jul 20258 Merriefield Drive Poole Broadstone BH18 8BP
Received 25 Mar 202526 Southey Road Christchurch BH23 3EH
Received 18 Aug 202520 Southlands Avenue Bournemouth BH6 4HJ
Received 11 Mar 2024Sandhill Holiday Park Mudeford Christchurch BH23 4AL
Received 30 May 2025Flat 6 The Hollies 59 Lansdowne Road Bournemouth BH1 1RN
Received 12 Dec 2022Vue Cinema Tower Park Yarrow Road Poole BH12 4NY
Received 3 Sept 202536 Worgret Road, Poole, BH15 3EN
Received 21 Aug 202411 Creekmoor Lane Poole BH17 7BN
Received 16 Jun 202516 Upton Way Poole BH18 9LY
Received 13 Aug 2025Burling Terrace 338 Poole Road Poole BH12 1AT
Received 17 Sept 2026Keythorpe 27 Manor Road Bournemouth BH1 3ER & Solent Pines 29 Manor Road Bournemouth BH1 3HS
Received 6 Dec 2022St Swithuns House 21 Christchurch Road Bournemouth BH1 3NS
Received 25 Oct 2022Poole General Hospital Longfleet Road Poole BH15 2JB
Received 8 Sept 202528 High Trees Avenue Bournemouth BH8 9JX
Received 20 Feb 2024Bournemouth And Poole College Of Further Education North Road Poole BH14 0LS
Received 4 Sept 20261 Cawdor Road Bournemouth BH3 7DN
Received 19 Aug 202615 Dereham Way, Poole, BH12 1LZ
Received 30 Jan 202339 Portchester Road Bournemouth BH8 8JU
Received 4 Nov 202547 Smugglers Lane North Christchurch BH23 4NQ
Received 20 Aug 20241A Gerald Road Bournemouth BH3 7JY
Received 17 Jan 2024364 Ashley Road, Poole, BH14 9DQ
Received 24 Jan 2025Parley Court Golf Course Parley Green Lane Christchurch BH23 6BB
Received 29 Jan 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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