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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.
11,355 approved · 2,172 refused · 533 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 27 Feb 2020 to 20 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 21 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
90 Smugglers Lane North Christchurch BH23 4NL
Received 23 Jun 2025377 Ringwood Road, Poole, BH12 4LT
Received 11 Jan 202338 Oakley Hill Poole Wimborne BH21 1QH
Received 27 Mar 202570 Malvern Road Bournemouth BH9 3AJ
Received 19 Feb 2025Knoll Manor 26 St Valerie Road Bournemouth BH2 6PL
Received 9 Mar 202631 St Brelades Avenue, Poole, BH12 4JR
Received 25 Nov 2024Crag Head 77 Manor Road Bournemouth BH1 3JF
Received 28 May 2025Masters Court 2 Queens Road Bournemouth BH2 6BE
Received 10 Sept 2024Hoburne Verno Lane Christchurch BH23 4UQ
Received 22 Aug 2022135 Wimborne Road, Poole, BH15 2BG
Received 12 Jan 202325 Austin Avenue Poole BH14 8HD
Received 12 Nov 20251 Ken Road Bournemouth BH6 3ET
Received 14 Dec 20224 Withingham Road, Poole, BH13 6BX
Received 30 Sept 2022Frizzell House, 49 Lindsay Road, Bournemouth, BH1 2NF
Received 2 Nov 20222 Walsford Road Bournemouth BH4 9NA
Received 2 Aug 202211 Knyveton Road Bournemouth BH1 3QG
Received 6 May 202691 Craigmoor Avenue Bournemouth BH8 9LR
Received 22 Sept 2025The Bridge 947 Christchurch Road Bournemouth BH7 6AZ
Received 1 Feb 20248 Dragoon Way Christchurch BH23 2TT
Received 25 Jul 202251 Clarendon Road Christchurch BH23 2AB
Received 6 Mar 20263-5 Bridge Street Christchurch BH23 1DY
Received 5 Aug 2025Land to the rear of 948/950/952 Ringwood Road (High Howe Lane) Bournemouth BH11 9LA
Received 15 Dec 2022Woodland rear of 44-66 Bear Cross Avenue Bournemouth BH11 9NX
Received 17 Apr 2026Richmond Gardens Bournemouth BH1 1UE
Received 20 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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