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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.
5,949 approved · 1,022 refused · 250 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
33 Sandringham Gardens Bournemouth BH9 3QW
Received 19 Sept 20256 Steepleton Road Poole BH18 8LH
Received 2 Sept 2026124 River Way Christchurch BH23 2QT
Received 23 May 2025144 River Way Christchurch BH23 2QU
Received 17 Apr 2026254 Lymington Road Christchurch BH23 5ET
Received 16 Sept 202621 Berkeley Avenue Poole BH12 4HZ
Received 7 May 2026133 Longfleet Road Poole BH15 2HS
Received 6 Aug 2025573 Charminster Road Bournemouth BH8 9RG
Received 10 Jun 202555 Corhampton Road Bournemouth BH6 5NX
Received 21 Mar 202518 Hazel Close Christchurch BH23 4PS
Received 30 Mar 202622 Caledon Road, Poole, BH14 9NN
Received 15 Jan 20251 Acton Burnell 7 Merlewood Close Bournemouth BH2 6JQ
Received 6 May 20254 The Shrubbery 70 East Howe Lane Bournemouth BH10 5JF
Received 12 Jan 2026122 Wallisdown Road Bournemouth BH10 4HY
Received 10 Dec 2024263 Windham Road Bournemouth BH1 4RE
Received 18 Dec 2025Purbeck House 5-7 Oxford Road Bournemouth BH8 8ES
Received 15 Sept 2026Former Christchurch Civic Offices Bridge Road Christchurch BH23 1AZ
Received 5 Nov 202546 Prince Of Wales Road Bournemouth BH4 9HF
Received 21 Aug 202566A Lilliput Road Poole BH14 8LA
Received 1 Dec 20258 Sevenoaks Drive Bournemouth BH7 7JG
Received 22 Jul 202532 and part of 34 St Swithun's Road Bournemouth BH1 3RH
Received 17 Dec 202432 Wortley Road Christchurch BH23 5DT
Received 14 Oct 202444 Tollard Close, Poole, BH12 4AU
Received 14 Feb 202512 Swift Close Poole BH17 7UZ
Received 27 Aug 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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