Source: Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council·Updated daily·Last checked 13 Sept 2026
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Plota holds 3,553 current planning applications from Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council, received since 4 Jan 2026, 1,329 of them in the last 90 days. Behind them, the Plota archive holds 56,944 earlier applications from Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council, 2016 to 2025, searchable by location and keyword. Current records are collected from the council's public register at planning.bcpcouncil.gov.uk and checked every day; the last check was on 13 Sept 2026. Each record carries the council's reference, address, proposal, dates, status and decision, with a map location and Plota's classification by type and procedure added. The council's own record is the authoritative version; every entry here links to it.
Latest application from BCP: 9 Sept 2026. We check the council's portal daily.