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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.
10,933 approved · 2,086 refused · 508 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 20 May 2021 to 19 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 20 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
44 York Road, Broadstone, BH18 8ET
Received 2 Feb 2023Kingsleigh Primary School Hadow Road Bournemouth BH10 5HT
Received 21 Sept 202252 Pearce Avenue BH14 8EH
Received 18 Aug 202620 Bury Road, Poole, BH13 7DF
Received 17 Jan 2023Yeomans Industrial Park Yeomans Way Bournemouth BH8 0BJ
Received 12 Feb 202515 Salterns Way, Poole, BH14 8JR
Received 24 Jan 2024157 Bournemouth Road Poole BH14 9HT
Received 28 Sept 2026257-259 Belle Vue Road Bournemouth BH6 3BD
Received 22 Mar 20244 The Shrubbery 70 East Howe Lane Bournemouth BH10 5JF
Received 5 Aug 202528A Sopers Lane Christchurch BH23 1JE
Received 2 Sept 202510 Rothesay Drive Christchurch BH23 4LB
Received 17 Dec 2024Priory Court Wick Lane Christchurch BH23 1HX
Received 31 Jul 202611 Pine Crescent Christchurch BH23 4LH
Received 29 Jul 2024Four Winds Throop Road Bournemouth BH8 0DQ
Received 3 Mar 202548 Runnymede Avenue Bournemouth BH11 9SE
Received 4 Feb 20264 Palm Court 38 Christchurch Road Bournemouth BH1 3PD
Received 21 Jan 202511 Flambard Road Poole BH14 8SU
Received 14 Sept 2026San Remo Towers Sea Road Boscombe Bournemouth BH5 1JR
Received 31 Mar 202674 Baring Road Bournemouth BH6 4DT
Received 1 Jul 202419 Chessel Avenue Bournemouth BH5 1LQ
Received 16 Feb 202446 Winston Avenue, Poole, BH12 1PF
Received 9 Feb 2023192 Iford Lane Bournemouth BH6 5NE
Received 11 Nov 202549 Dunyeats Road Poole Broadstone BH18 8AB
Received 22 Feb 20258 Forest Road Poole BH13 6DH
Received 15 Sept 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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