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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.
7,140 approved · 1,213 refused · 296 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 17 Jul 2023 to 2 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 13 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
17B Upper Golf Links Road, Broadstone, BH18 8BT
Received 27 Aug 2024104 River Way Christchurch BH23 2QT
Received 8 Sept 202618 Alyth Road Bournemouth BH3 7DF
Received 20 Mar 202628 Thornbury Road Bournemouth BH6 4HS
Received 19 Feb 202519 Montacute Way Poole Wimborne BH21 1UB
Received 9 Apr 2025207 Ashley Road Bournemouth BH1 4NL
Received 16 Dec 2024Unit O Castlepoint, Castle Lane West Bournemouth BH8 9UZ
Received 27 Aug 20265 Alyth Road Bournemouth BH3 7DF
Received 27 Aug 20247 South View Place Bournemouth BH2 5PN
Received 3 Dec 2025359 Castle Lane West Bournemouth BH8 9TH
Received 28 Oct 2025St Winifreds Court 3 St Winifred's Road Bournemouth BH2 6NY
Received 5 May 20261 Dunedin Grove Christchurch BH23 4HN
Received 25 Jul 2025144 York Road Poole BH18 8EY
Received 9 Feb 202626A College Road Bournemouth BH5 2DX
Received 18 Jul 202511 Dulsie Road Bournemouth BH3 7DY
Received 2 Jan 202542 East Cliff Way Christchurch BH23 4EY
Received 6 Dec 2024Innovation Park Technology Road Poole BH17 7DA
Received 29 Oct 202552 Petersfield Road Bournemouth BH7 6QL
Received 10 Feb 2025219 Poole Lane Bournemouth BH11 9EB
Received 2 Jul 2024Royal Bournemouth Hospital Wessex Fields Access Road
Received 7 Apr 202514A New Road Poole BH12 2NQ
Received 13 Apr 2026Adj. 64 Cooke Road Poole BH12 1QB
Received 12 Feb 20262 2 Lavender Place Ashwood Drive Poole BH18 8LN
Received 1 Jun 20262 Queens Gardens Bournemouth BH2 6BH
Received 28 Oct 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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