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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.
5,984 approved · 1,028 refused · 250 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
153 Lower Blandford Road Poole Broadstone BH18 8NT
Received 4 Dec 202519 Holmfield Avenue Bournemouth BH7 6SF
Received 27 May 202520A & 20B Approach Road, Poole, BH14 8BH
Received 31 Oct 2024245 Holdenhurst Road Bournemouth BH8 8DA
Received 24 Jun 202574 Richmond Wood Road Bournemouth BH8 9DJ
Received 24 Dec 202430 Hull Road Poole BH11 9RE
Received 27 Apr 202621 Richmond Park Avenue Bournemouth BH8 9DL
Received 10 Jun 2025The Old Gate Farm, Arrowsmith Road, Wimborne, BH21 3BD
Received 14 Oct 2024Convent Meadows Quay Road Christchurch BH23 1BD
Received 3 Oct 20254 Newton Road Poole BH13 7EX
Received 3 Sept 20262 Wilderton House Wilderton Road Poole BH13 6EE
Received 30 Apr 2026Trevanion House 15 Church Road Poole BH14 8UF
Received 22 Apr 202556 Compton Avenue Poole BH14 8PY
Received 3 Nov 2025160 Hasler Road, Poole, BH17 9AH
Received 7 Nov 202471 Palmerston Road Poole BH14 9HQ
Received 10 Mar 20253 Herons Mead Bournemouth BH8 0DH
Received 22 Dec 202575 Penn Hill Avenue Poole BH14 9LY
Received 22 Apr 202518 Primrose Way Christchurch BH23 4TB
Received 30 Jul 202521 Lindsay Road Bournemouth Poole BH13 6AN
Received 27 Jul 202558 Glenferness Avenue Bournemouth BH3 7EU
Received 2 Jan 202518 Sandbourne Road Bournemouth BH4 8JH
Received 2 Jul 202514 Earlham Drive Poole BH14 0HH
Received 19 Aug 202524 Walton Road Bournemouth BH10 4BJ
Received 26 Mar 2026Poole Road Medical Centre 7 Poole Road Bournemouth BH2 5QR
Received 24 Nov 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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