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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.
11,281 approved · 2,150 refused · 530 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 27 Feb 2020 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Bridge 947 Christchurch Road Bournemouth BH7 6AZ
Received 8 Sept 202531 Pinewood Road Poole BH13 6JP
Received 5 Jan 202631 Springfield Crescent Poole BH14 0LL
Received 17 Apr 202515 Cardigan Road Bournemouth BH9 1BD
Received 22 May 202572 Abbotsbury Road, Broadstone, BH18 9DD
Received 29 Jul 20226A Browning Road, Poole, BH12 2JU
Received 7 Feb 202380 Hinton Wood Avenue Christchurch BH23 5AJ
Received 24 Jan 20256 Bluewater 1 Old Coastguard Road Poole BH13 7RF
Received 30 Oct 20257 Oratory Gardens, Poole, BH13 7HJ
Received 18 Aug 2022Canford School, Canford Magna, Wimborne, BH21 3AD
Received 7 Nov 202442 Murley Road Bournemouth BH9 1NU
Received 19 Jan 202610 Bader Road Poole BH17 8PN
Received 25 Mar 2025Opposite 5 Aston Mead Christchurch BH23 2SP
Received 4 Mar 20258 Chaucer Road, Poole, BH13 7HB & 10 De Mauley Road, Canford Cliffs, Poole BH13 7HE
Received 21 Feb 202427 Seaward Avenue Bournemouth BH6 3SJ
Received 22 Aug 20255 Acland Road Bournemouth BH9 1JQ
Received 3 Dec 202553 Lilliput Road, Poole, BH14 8JX
Received 12 Feb 202557 Woodpecker Drive Poole BH17 7SB
Received 31 Jan 2025Templeman Place 15 Leedam road Bournemouth BH10 6HP
Received 4 Sept 20253 Blake Hill Avenue Poole BH14 8QA
Received 7 Jul 202511 Buccleuch Road Poole BH13 6LB
Received 9 Oct 202617 Borley Road, Poole, BH17 7DT
Received 2 Nov 2022154 Hasler Road, Poole, BH17 9AH
Received 21 Feb 2024Beales 36-42 Old Christchurch Road Bournemouth BH1 1LJ
Received 1 Nov 2022Records 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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