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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.
7,173 approved · 1,217 refused · 297 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
9 Kimberley Road, Poole, BH14 8SQ
Received 25 Nov 20245 Littlemoor Avenue Bournemouth BH11 8PB
Received 2 Apr 202513 Manor Road Christchurch BH23 1LU
Received 4 Oct 202467 Penn Hill Avenue Poole BH14 9LY
Received 3 Mar 20256 Wren Crescent, Poole, BH12 1LD
Received 5 Feb 202524 Chaddesley Glen, Poole, BH13 7PF
Received 25 Sept 2024Flat 5 1 Ardmore Road Poole BH14 8SA
Received 27 Oct 202568 Richmond Park Avenue Bournemouth BH8 9DR
Received 6 Sept 2024Apartment 1, 328 Sandbanks Road, Poole, BH14 8HY
Received 28 Oct 202410 Portman Crescent Bournemouth BH5 2ER
Received 19 Aug 202436 Branksome Wood Road Bournemouth BH4 9LA
Received 6 Jun 20254 Dover Road Poole BH13 6DZ
Received 8 Sept 2026Southern Distribution Centre Broom Road Poole BH12 4NR
Received 20 Oct 20254 Whitecross Close Poole BH17 9HN
Received 12 Jun 202579-81 Lake Drive, Poole, BH15 4LR
Received 22 Jul 20246A Boldre Close Poole BH12 2HP
Received 4 Sept 202518 and 20 Dalmeny Road Bournemouth BH6 4BN
Received 27 Aug 2026Summer Breeze 22 Stourwood Road Bournemouth BH6 3QP
Received 7 Nov 202586 Hinton Wood Avenue Christchurch BH23 5AJ
Received 8 Jan 202624A Lower Golf Links Road Poole BH18 8BH
Received 17 Sept 202628 Belle Vue Road Bournemouth BH6 3DP
Received 24 Sept 202638 Riverside Road Bournemouth BH6 5NN
Received 22 Sept 2025The Barrows, Roman Road, Wimborne, BH21 3EJ
Received 18 Feb 202515 Stevenson Crescent Poole BH14 9NU
Received 23 Sept 2026Records 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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