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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.
5,910 approved · 1,015 refused · 247 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1 Beaufort Road Bournemouth BH6 5AJ
Received 10 Mar 202522 Hengistbury Road Bournemouth BH6 4DQ
Received 11 Feb 2026130 Panorama Road Poole BH13 7RG
Received 28 Sept 20262 Heysham Road Poole BH18 8LB
Received 7 Jul 202515 Lakeside Road, Poole, BH13 6LS
Received 24 Dec 20242 Northover Gardens 5 Dunbar Road Bournemouth BH3 7AZ
Received 20 May 2025The Beach House Cafe Mudeford Sandbank Bournemouth BH6 4EN
Received 10 Oct 202551 Alcester Road, Poole, BH12 2JW
Received 23 Oct 202434 Sopers Lane Poole BH17 7ES
Received 16 Jun 202512 Western Road, Poole, BH13 7BW
Received 19 Feb 20257 St Michael's Road Bournemouth BH2 5DP
Received 20 May 202639 Salterns Road, Poole, BH14 8BL
Received 12 Nov 202414 Denison Road Poole BH17 7LU
Received 3 Sept 2025Lapis 138 Canford Cliffs Road Poole BH13 7ER
Received 4 Aug 20251 Alington Road Poole BH14 8LX
Received 21 Jan 20269 Church Lane Christchurch BH23 1BS
Received 15 Oct 20246 Cliff Drive Poole BH13 7JD
Received 19 Feb 2026Merley Court Touring Park Merley House Lane Wimborne BH21 3AA
Received 18 Nov 202522 Higher Blandford Road Poole BH18 9AQ
Received 22 Apr 202598 High Street Poole BH15 1DB
Received 5 Dec 202579A Sterte Avenue West Poole BH15 2AL
Received 27 Oct 202522 Queens Park Avenue Bournemouth BH8 9LG
Received 5 Oct 202516 Beaufort Road Bournemouth BH6 5AL
Received 5 May 2026Alum Chine Open Space opposite play area Bournemouth BH4 8AN
Received 7 Nov 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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