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Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole planning applications
PlanningTrack collects planning applications and decisions from the public planning register of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal. Official Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole website
Collected application statistics
Collected records · All available dates20,448Searchable applications
906Recorded as pending
84%Approval rate · 16,144 approved or refused records
2,634Refused applications
13,510 approved · 2,634 refused · 658 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 27 Feb 2020 to 23 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 24 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Local planning information
Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026Planning information Planning and building controlContact planning Building controlLocal plan Local Plan consultationsConservation areas Trees in conservation areas
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- Planning enquiries01202123321Council source
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Conservation areas and Article 4 directions
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.
Conservation areas48 mapped area records
Article 4 direction areasNo boundary records available in this collection
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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.
More application records
- Application ApprovedAPP/22/01160/F
Rear extension, raise roof to form first floor, front porch, detached garage/store.
153 Rossmore Road, Poole, BH12 2HG
Received 18 Aug 2022 - Application ApprovedTP/24/00141/X
T1 - Oak - Reduce and reshape by 3 meters down to the live sections as the tops are mostly dead. this will leave the tree looking a little stumpy but will remove the deadwood down to a safe level whilst maintaining the safety of the highway. T2 - Oak - Fell to ground level -
17 Brudenell Avenue, Poole, BH13 7NW
Received 29 Feb 2024 - Application Approved7-2022-28683
Erection of a single storey front extension
22 Venning Avenue Bournemouth BH11 9QF
Received 6 Sept 2022 - (Split) Appeal Decision Split7-2024-22886-R
T1 - Beech - Reduce height by 3 metres and reduce crown sides by 2 metres
1 Hampton Mews 23a Poole Road Bournemouth BH4 9DF
Received 26 Jan 2024 - Split DecisionTP/24/00850/X
T1 - Silver Birch: Fell to ground level and replant with x1 nursery growth stock 1.5-2m Silver Birch. T2 - Silver Birch: Fell to ground level. T3 - Silver Birch: Fell the co-dominant stem to the branch junction. T4 - Silver Birch: Fell to ground level. T5 - Scots Pine: Fell to ground level. G2 - Lawson Cypress: Reduce all trees within the group by no more than 1.5m from the tips inwards.
15B Bury Road, Poole, BH13 7DE
Received 7 Oct 2024 - Application ApprovedP/26/04424/TTPO
T1- Strawberry tree - Fell to ground level
Clifton, United World School Of English St Peter's Road Bournemouth BH1 2LT
Received 11 Sept 2026 - Application Under ConsiderationP/26/04550/REG14
T1 - Deadwood - Removal
Leven House 11 Leven Avenue Bournemouth BH4 9LH
Received 1 Sept 2026 - Application RefusedAPP/22/00443/K
Certificate of Proposed Use or Development for change of use from open land to private garden; erect 2 metre boundary fence for security; construct an integrated double garage.
Land adjacent to 21 Burbridge Close, Poole, BH17 8PX
Received 1 Apr 2022 - No Objections RaisedTP/22/00208/DDD
2x Dead Scots Pines
Parkstone Golf Club, 49A Links Road, Poole, BH14 9QS
Received 14 Mar 2022 - No Objections RaisedTP/23/00109/DDD
Removal; of Imbalanced multi-stem Holm Oak - loss of multiple branches in recent storm.
Poole Park Crazy Golf, Poole Park, Poole
Received 1 Feb 2023 - No Objections Raised7-2024-24820-D
Tree 1 - Silver Birch - fell Tree 2 - Crab Apple - fell
18 Taylor Drive Bournemouth BH8 0PZ
Received 28 May 2024 - Application ApprovedP/26/01096/FUL
Divide one ground floor retail unit to 2 units and install new shopfronts
329-331 Holdenhurst Road Bournemouth BH8 8BT
Received 11 Mar 2026 - Application ApprovedAPP/24/01091/J
Certificate of lawfulness for existing use or operation to confirm use of Flat I as self-contained dwelling
Flat I, 74 Parkstone Heights, Poole, BH14 0RZ
Received 30 Sept 2024 - Application Under ConsiderationP/26/04473/FUL
Part Retrospective: Erection of a garden treatment outbuilding to be used for a waxing business. Part change of use.
7 Todber Close Bournemouth BH11 8PH
Received 15 Sept 2026 - Application ApprovedP/25/01557/HOU
Convert/Extend garage to form living accommodation
77 Norton Road Bournemouth BH9 2PZ
Received 21 May 2025 - Application Approved7-2024-23427-E
Internal reconfiguration with Ground, 1st and 2nd Floor Extensions to existing building. Reducing units from 7 to 5.
3 Methuen Close Bournemouth BH8 8NA
Received 21 Jun 2024 - Application ApprovedP/25/01114/PNHH
Single storey rear extension which would extend beyond the rear wall of the original semi-detached dwelling house by 6.00 metres, for which the maximum height would be 2.90 metres and for which the height at the eaves would be 2.90 metres.
145 King John Avenue Bournemouth BH11 9SB
Received 24 Apr 2025 - Application RefusedP/25/03253/HOU
Erection of new/ part replacement pitched roof over raised eaves enclosing first floor accommodation with a pair of side dormers and flush roof lights to side and front hip. Pitched and rear end gable with inset balcony. (Amended application)
336 Wallisdown Road Bournemouth BH11 8PP
Received 26 Aug 2025 - Application Refused7-2024-13437-C
Single storey rear & side extension, internal modifications & re-roof
9 Cringle Avenue Bournemouth BH6 4HX
Received 9 Sept 2024 - Application ApprovedTP/22/00761/X
Silver Birch (T1) that died five years ago (no leaves since). The tree was approximately 85 years old and has come to the end of its life and is now dropping branches, which could be dangerous. The tree needs to be felled for safety purposes. Two trees have been planted in the garden recently, a prunus Royal burgundy and a prunus serr. Shirotae.
32 Canford Cliffs Avenue, Poole, BH14 9QN
Received 23 Sept 2022 - Application Under ConsiderationP/26/04666/TTPO
T24 Copper beech tree- Crown lift above driveway and road to a height of 5m. Reduce limb which grows into the Common beech by 2m, to separate. Reduce x2 limbs which grows into the neighbour's Holm oak by 2m, to separate. Works are for clearances.
1 Westover Mews 4 Portarlington Road Bournemouth BH4 8BT
Received 28 Sept 2026 - Application ApprovedAPP/24/01204/F
Proposed loft conversion with hip-to-gable and increase in ridge height. Side dormers, rooflights and juliet balcony to the rear
60 Darbys Lane, Poole, BH15 3ET
Received 1 Nov 2024 - Application ApprovedP/25/00903/LB
Listed Building Consent for internal modifications to upgrade existing non-compliant fire doors; to remove corridor doors and expand fire lobby areas to include disabled refuges and the modification of a first floor stairwell to remove a washroom
Aecc University College 13- 15 Parkwood Road Bournemouth BH5 2DF
Received 10 Apr 2025 - Application ApprovedP/25/02829/FUL
Temporary storage use and siting of containers for a period of 5 years (or such shorter period should the storage use cease). Following cessation of the storage use, the land shall revert to its current use to allow for completion of extant permission ref. 7/2023/8952/AV as varied by application ref. 7/2025/8952/AX
Land at Yeomans Industrial Park Yeomans Way Bournemouth BH8 0BJ
Received 31 Jul 2025
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What these statistics cover
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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