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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.
10,512 approved · 1,989 refused · 487 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
11 Penn Hill Avenue Poole BH14 9LU
Received 21 Apr 202569 New Road Bournemouth BH10 7DP
Received 23 Apr 202520 Woodend Road Bournemouth BH9 2JQ
Received 6 May 202521 Canford Cliffs Avenue Poole BH14 9QN
Received 29 Jul 202519 Albion Road Christchurch BH23 2JQ
Received 28 Feb 2024171 York Road, Broadstone, BH18 8ES
Received 29 Jun 2022Lawn Court 9 Surrey Road Bournemouth BH2 6BP
Received 5 Dec 20258 Leydene Avenue Bournemouth BH8 9JG
Received 3 Sept 2024Hildene, Pine Drive, Poole, BH13 6EW
Received 26 Nov 202429 Archway Road Poole BH14 9AY
Received 27 Feb 2025Midland House 2 Poole Road Bournemouth BH2 5QY
Received 9 Sept 2026Bournemouth University Fern Barrow Poole BH12 5BB
Received 29 Jan 202610 Hastings Road, Poole, BH17 7JD
Received 11 Oct 20222 Wingfield Avenue Christchurch BH23 4NR
Received 3 Apr 202554 Abbotsbury Road Poole BH18 9DD
Received 2 Feb 20262 Whitecliff Crescent Poole BH14 8DT
Received 4 Feb 202522-24 Nuffield Road Poole BH17 0RB
Received 25 Mar 2026653 Castle Lane West Bournemouth BH8 9TS
Received 16 May 2025Flat 4 Minstrel Lodge 10 St Winifred's Road Bournemouth BH2 6NZ
Received 15 Jul 202417 Rossley Close Christchurch BH23 4RR
Received 18 Oct 20225 Denmead Road Bournemouth BH6 5QH
Received 7 Mar 2025100 High Howe Lane Bournemouth BH11 9QZ
Received 28 May 2024St Aldhelms Vicarage, St Aldhelms Road, Poole, BH13 6BT
Received 27 Nov 2024Majorca Mansions Crescent Road Bournemouth BH2 5SR
Received 11 Jan 2023Records 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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