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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.
10,424 approved · 1,970 refused · 483 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 30 May 2022 to 16 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 19 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
7 Footners Lane Christchurch BH23 7NT
Received 2 Mar 202377 Queens Park Avenue Bournemouth BH8 9LJ
Received 5 Oct 2026116 Hankinson Road Bournemouth BH9 1HX
Received 20 Sept 2022Madeira Medical Centre 1A Madeira Road Poole BH14 9ET
Received 15 Dec 2025Talbot Woods Lodge Care Home 64 Wimborne Road Bournemouth BH3 7AR
Received 18 Feb 2025115 Foxholes Road Poole BH15 3NE
Received 22 Jul 202563 Walcott Avenue Christchurch BH23 2NQ
Received 2 Oct 20241 East Avenue Bournemouth BH3 7BW and 7 Berwick Road Bournemouth BH3 7BB
Received 28 Jan 202542 Compton Avenue, Poole, BH14 8PY
Received 18 Feb 20253 Westheath Court 3 Westheath Road Poole Broadstone BH18 8EB
Received 8 Jun 202637 Catalina Drive Poole BH15 1UZ
Received 28 Sept 2026St Luke's Church St Luke's Road Bournemouth BH3 7LR
Received 17 Jun 2024Track behind The Meridians
Received 21 Nov 202543 Canford Cliffs Road Poole BH13 7AQ
Received 3 Sept 202523 Greenways Christchurch BH23 5BB
Received 28 Sept 202647 Southbourne Grove Bournemouth BH6 3QT
Received 5 Feb 202510 Lindum Court, 330-332 Poole Road, Poole, BH12 1AS
Received 27 Jun 202246 South Road Bournemouth BH1 4PA
Received 8 May 202615 Heath Avenue Poole BH15 3EJ
Received 14 Aug 2025156 Barrack Road Christchurch BH23 2BD
Received 28 May 2025Kensington Lodge 25 Chine Crescent Bournemouth BH2 5LB
Received 17 Jun 2025Rear Garden of 17 Branksome Dene Road Bournemouth BH4 8JW
Received 15 Jun 2026The Cliff, 6 Ravine Road, Poole, BH13 7HX
Received 22 Dec 2022The Hadleigh House Practice, 20 Kirkway, Broadstone, BH18 8EE
Received 10 Sept 2024Records 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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