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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.
10,637 approved · 2,020 refused · 495 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Theme Park Merritown Lane Christchurch BH23 6BA
Received 13 Mar 20244 Florence Road Bournemouth BH5 1HF
Received 22 Jul 20257 Steepleton Road, Broadstone, BH18 8LH
Received 28 Jan 2025Tall Pines 6A Haslemere Avenue Christchurch BH23 5BQ
Received 3 Aug 2026Anfield Lodge 12 Bradburne Road Bournemouth BH2 5ST
Received 20 Jan 202639 Queens Park Avenue Bournemouth BH8 9LH
Received 11 Apr 202535 Seaway Avenue Christchurch BH23 4EU
Received 28 Feb 2024Owners Accommodation Braemar Private Hotel 63 St Michael's Road Bournemouth BH2 5DP
Received 26 Aug 202650 Honeysuckle Lane Poole BH17 7YZ
Received 30 Mar 2026Bournemouth And Poole College Christchurch Road Bournemouth BH1 3JJ
Received 11 Feb 202618 Wallace Road Poole Broadstone BH18 8NG
Received 26 Mar 2025Land to the rear of 40 Potters Way Poole BH14 8QG
Received 10 Apr 202523 Guildhill Road Bournemouth BH6 3EY
Received 28 Feb 2023Poole High School, Wimborne Road, Poole, BH15 2BW
Received 20 Dec 20226 Chewton Common Road Christchurch BH23 5LT
Received 5 Jun 202680 Markham Road Bournemouth BH9 1JA
Received 3 Dec 20255 Gleneagles Avenue Poole BH14 9LJ
Received 1 Oct 2026123-125 High Street, Poole, BH15 1AN
Received 12 Oct 2022104 Charminster Road Bournemouth BH8 8UT
Received 23 May 202430 Oakwood Road Bournemouth BH9 3DF
Received 26 Apr 202416 Castlemain Avenue Bournemouth BH6 5EH
Received 10 Sept 2026Beach Close, 1 Beach Road, Poole, BH13 7BS
Received 15 Aug 202414 Headswell Crescent Bournemouth BH10 6LH
Received 5 Jul 202417 Felton Road Poole BH14 0QR
Received 3 Nov 2025Records 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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