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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.
5,901 approved · 1,013 refused · 247 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 19 Jul 2023 to 2 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 11 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
24 Chewton Way Christchurch BH23 5LS
Received 29 Oct 20244 Western Avenue Poole BH13 7AL
Received 10 Nov 2025Pine Lodge, 1 Martello Park
Received 22 Nov 202433 Western Avenue Poole BH13 7AN
Received 6 Mar 202688 Glenville Road Christchurch BH23 5PY
Received 25 Nov 2024RNLI Floating Lifeboat Station The Quay Poole BH15 1HA
Received 5 Aug 20264 Bonham Road Bournemouth BH9 1AW
Received 9 Jan 202511 Blake Dene Road, Poole, BH14 8HF
Received 29 Nov 202417 Burngate Road Poole BH15 4HS
Received 22 Apr 2025Poole Grammar School Gravel Hill Poole BH17 9JU
Received 23 Feb 202698A Ashington Lane Poole BH21 3DG
Received 16 Jul 2025Mansfield Court 26 Portarlington Road Bournemouth BH4 8BZ
Received 19 May 202541 Widworthy Drive Poole Broadstone BH18 9BD
Received 7 Oct 202523 Little Forest Road Bournemouth BH4 9NN
Received 23 Jun 202557 Anthonys Avenue, Poole, BH14 8JQ
Received 9 Dec 20242 Dale Valley Road, Poole, BH15 3HU
Received 12 Dec 2024Rear of 241-245a & 239 Columbia Road Bournemouth BH10 4EG
Received 12 Sept 2025Denmark Court, 40 Wimborne Road, Poole, BH15 2FL
Received 20 Dec 202414 Baillie Park, 7-9 Forest Road, Poole, BH13 6DQ
Received 21 Jan 2025110 Petersham Road Poole BH17 7DP
Received 19 Mar 202517 Mudeford Christchurch BH23 3NQ
Received 25 Mar 202630 Little Forest Road Bournemouth BH4 9NW
Received 3 Sept 20251 Priory View Church Lane Christchurch BH23 1BP
Received 19 Aug 20255 Widworthy Drive, Broadstone, BH18 9BD
Received 24 Oct 2024Records 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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