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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.
10,576 approved · 2,000 refused · 491 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
30 Evesham Close Bournemouth BH7 7HN
Received 1 Feb 202356 East Avenue Bournemouth BH3 7DA
Received 19 Mar 2024Lark Cottage 59 Martins Hill Lane Christchurch BH23 7NW
Received 25 Jun 202577 Creekmoor Lane, Poole, BH17 7BW
Received 29 Jul 202295-97 Wimborne Road, Poole, BH15 2BP
Received 16 May 2024Richmond Gardens Multi-storey Car Park Richmond Gardens Bournemouth BH1 1JE
Received 21 Mar 2024Land to side of 12 Felton Road Poole BH14 0QS
Received 10 Mar 20255 Oratory Gardens Poole BH13 7HJ
Received 25 Mar 2025Christchurch Harbour Hotel 95 Mudeford Christchurch BH23 3NT
Received 28 Oct 2025Highmoor Farm Road Poole BH10 4JA
Received 15 Jun 202638 Elgin Road, Poole, BH14 8QX
Received 25 Mar 2024Oakwood 2 Roslin Road South Bournemouth BH3 7EF
Received 24 Jan 202438 St Clements Road Poole BH15 3PD
Received 12 Mar 2025637-645 Wimborne Road Bournemouth BH9 2AR
Received 27 Sept 2024Court View 2 Branksome Wood Road Bournemouth BH2 6BY
Received 2 Jun 202630 Twin Oaks Close Poole Broadstone BH18 8JF
Received 14 Apr 20252 Jellicoe Drive Christchurch BH23 3SL
Received 10 Oct 202446 Brackendale Road Bournemouth BH8 9JA
Received 20 Feb 2026692 Wimborne Road Bournemouth BH9 2EG
Received 13 Dec 202415 Culliford Crescent Poole BH17 9DZ
Received 29 Dec 2025288-292 Old Christchurch Road Bournemouth BH1 1PH
Received 20 Dec 20245 Crispin Close Christchurch BH23 5BT
Received 27 Oct 202518 Richmond Road, Poole, BH14 0BS
Received 8 Apr 202416 Rothesay Drive Christchurch BH23 4LB
Received 8 May 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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