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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.
6,053 approved · 1,039 refused · 252 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
111 Poole Lane Bournemouth BH11 9DZ
Received 7 Aug 202559B Scarf Road Poole BH17 8QJ
Received 10 Sept 20266 Walcott Avenue Christchurch BH23 2NG
Received 25 Nov 2024Poole High School Wimborne Road Poole BH15 2BW
Received 21 Jan 2026216 Kinson Road Bournemouth BH10 5EW
Received 10 Apr 20263 Canford Cliffs Road Poole BH13 7AG
Received 18 Aug 2025Montacute Special School, 3 Canford Heath Road, Poole, BH17 9NG
Received 17 Dec 20242 Preston Lane Christchurch BH23 7JU
Received 26 Mar 202521 Bury Road Poole BH13 7DE
Received 26 May 202626A Western Avenue, Poole, BH13 7AN
Received 31 Oct 202435 Harbeck Road Bournemouth BH8 0AH
Received 21 Oct 2025Bournemouth University Fern Barrow Poole BH12 5BB
Received 3 Nov 2025Fountain Court, 13 The Avenue
Received 12 Feb 2025Canford School Canford Magna Poole BH21 3AD
Received 2 Jan 20266 Avon Road East Christchurch BH23 2DE
Received 16 Jan 2026Flat 10 Jacey House 30 Bath Road Bournemouth BH1 2PP
Received 26 Jun 202517 Frankland Crescent Poole BH14 9PX
Received 10 Feb 202677 Wimborne Road Bournemouth BH3 7AN
Received 12 Jun 2025Gracious 11A Greenwood Avenue Poole BH14 8QD
Received 16 Feb 20266 Cotton Close, Broadstone, BH18 9AJ
Received 22 Oct 202419 Viewpoint 7 Sandbourne Road Bournemouth BH4 8JP
Received 6 Oct 202535 Terrington Avenue Christchurch BH23 4RJ
Received 15 Nov 202427 Clover Drive Poole BH17 7US
Received 6 Mar 202510 Shelton Road Bournemouth BH6 5EZ
Received 1 Dec 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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