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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.
11,004 approved · 2,099 refused · 517 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
122 Verity Crescent, Poole, BH17 8TZ
Received 10 Jan 20238A Lower Golf Links Road, Broadstone, BH18 8BG
Received 22 Sept 202273 Alexandra Road Poole BH14 9EW
Received 2 Oct 202551 Berkeley Avenue, Poole, BH12 4HZ
Received 1 Jan 202526 Vale Road Bournemouth BH1 3SZ
Received 20 Sept 202434 Watcombe Road Bournemouth BH6 3LU
Received 26 Aug 20265 Frankland Crescent, Poole, BH14 9PX
Received 16 Jan 202410 Dulsie Road Bournemouth BH3 7EA
Received 7 Nov 202430 Playfields Drive Poole BH12 2EQ
Received 15 May 202611A Whitecliff Crescent Poole BH14 8DT
Received 11 Mar 202565 Littlemoor Avenue, Bournemouth, BH11 8TR
Received 6 Nov 202497 Barrack Road Christchurch BH23 2AL
Received 12 Mar 2026Bournemouth And Poole College Christchurch Road Bournemouth BH1 3JJ
Received 25 Jun 202515 Westminster Road Poole BH13 6JQ
Received 20 Apr 202640 Cavan Crescent Poole BH17 7EY
Received 26 Nov 20251-4 Faith Gardens Poole BH12 3AZ
Received 8 Aug 2025St Antonys 23 West Cliff Road Bournemouth BH4 8BD
Received 5 Nov 2025Tesco Superstore Waterloo Road Poole BH17 7EJ
Received 18 May 2026Christchurch Medical Centre 1 Purewell Cross Road Christchurch BH23 3AF
Received 17 Apr 2024Coral Point 21 Dorset Lake Avenue Poole BH14 8JL
Received 15 Jan 202625 Devon Road, Poole, BH15 3QQ
Received 5 Jan 20244 Burton Road Poole BH13 6DU
Received 5 Jan 2026Land R/O 80 Sycamore Close, Poole, BH17 7YJ
Received 9 Feb 202433 Brownsea Road Poole BH13 7QW
Received 27 Feb 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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