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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.
6,287 approved · 1,079 refused · 263 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
23 Stratton Road Bournemouth BH9 3PG
Received 30 Jul 2026Meon Salisbury Road Christchurch BH23 7AR
Received 19 Oct 2025Council Bus Shelters on Gervis Place and Westover Road Bournemouth BH1 2AA
Received 14 May 202627 Primrose Gardens Poole BH17 7BF
Received 6 Mar 2026245 Holdenhurst Road Bournemouth BH8 8DA
Received 13 Mar 2025Harbour Office 20 New Quay Road Poole BH15 4AF
Received 3 Jul 202582 Keith Road Bournemouth BH3 7DX
Received 8 Jul 2026Building A R.N.L.I. West Quay Road Poole BH15 1HZ
Received 10 Feb 2026The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 30B Wimborne Rd Bournemouth BH2 6NU
Received 17 Nov 202511 - 17 Livingstone Road, Poole, BH12 3AH
Received 30 Aug 20245 Badbury Close Poole Broadstone BH18 8LR
Received 24 Feb 20252 Aston Mead Christchurch BH23 2SR
Received 2 Jun 20257 Oratory Gardens Poole BH13 7HJ
Received 12 Jun 20262 Meriden Close, Poole, BH13 7JT
Received 12 Sept 2024Cherry Tree 25 Norwich Avenue Bournemouth BH2 5TG
Received 24 Apr 2025o/s 380 Ashley Road, Poole BH14 9DQ
Received 9 Apr 2026Kings Grange 46 West Cliff Road Bournemouth BH4 8BB
Received 16 Jun 202514B Kemp Road Bournemouth BH9 2PW
Received 29 May 202611 Springwater Drive Christchurch BH23 1LD
Received 13 Feb 2026Flat 1 3 Queens Park Road Bournemouth BH8 9BP
Received 8 Aug 2025Unit 3, Fleetswood Court, 431-441 Wimborne Road, Poole, BH15 3EE
Received 7 Oct 2024263 Verity Crescent Poole BH17 8UB
Received 3 Jun 2025Lilliput Ce Vc Infant School Lilliput Road Poole BH14 8JX
Received 6 Mar 202670 Lilliput Road Poole BH14 8LA
Received 16 Sept 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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