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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.
7,223 approved · 1,224 refused · 303 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Killock, 7 Martello Park
Received 8 Nov 20243 Spencer Road, Poole, BH13 7ET
Received 18 Dec 2024Maluaka, 11 Westminster Road, Poole, BH13 6JQ
Received 8 Jan 2025Christchurch Harbour Hotel 95 Mudeford Christchurch BH23 3NT
Received 29 Oct 2025Harbour Prospect, 32 Hurst Hill, Poole, BH14 8LF
Received 9 Jul 2024277 Herbert Avenue Poole BH12 4HR
Received 22 Apr 2026165C Ashley Road Bournemouth BH1 4NJ
Received 5 Jun 202492 East Avenue Bournemouth BH3 7DD
Received 5 Jun 202522 Cheam Road, Broadstone, BH18 9HE
Received 3 Feb 202566 Canford Cliffs Road Poole BH13 7AB
Received 17 Oct 20256 Chewton Common Road Christchurch BH23 5LT
Received 30 Mar 2026893 895 Christchurch Road Bournemouth BH7 6AU
Received 3 Dec 20246 Chaddesley Pines Poole BH13 7LL
Received 3 Jul 202617 Dunbar Road Bournemouth BH3 7AZ
Received 12 Mar 2026Flat 2 18 Hambledon Court, Arundel Way Christchurch BH23 5DX
Received 5 Aug 2025Rear of 30 Loders Close Poole BH17 9BF
Received 10 Mar 202613 Elgin Road Bournemouth BH4 9NL
Received 5 Nov 202415 Church Street, Poole, BH15 1JP
Received 6 Sept 202426 Harland Road Bournemouth BH6 4DN
Received 20 Aug 20242 Somerby Road Poole BH15 3RH
Received 24 Aug 2026207 Lower Blandford Road Broadstone Poole BH18 8DN
Received 6 Aug 20254 Lancaster Close Poole Broadstone BH18 9EF
Received 30 Oct 202551 Bournemouth Road, Poole, BH14 0EN
Received 6 Dec 2024259-261 Blandford Road Poole BH15 4HW
Received 22 Jul 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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