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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.
6,371 approved · 1,087 refused · 265 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 19 Jul 2023 to 2 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 12 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
20 Priory View Road Christchurch BH23 7HQ
Received 8 Sept 20261 Vale Heights, Vale Road, Poole, BH14 9AJ
Received 9 Sept 2024Shell Darbys Corner 13-17 Waterloo Road Poole BH17 7JX
Received 30 Oct 20254 Chessel Avenue Bournemouth BH5 1LH
Received 7 Mar 2025Pavement o/s 144-146 High Street Poole BH15 1DN
Received 24 Jul 202636 Forest Road Poole BH13 6DH
Received 2 Jun 2025St Peters Church Hall 10 Chapel Road Poole BH14 0JU
Received 28 Mar 202529 Links Road Poole BH14 9QS
Received 30 Jun 202518 Valette Road Bournemouth BH9 3JB
Received 29 Jul 202524 Castle Avenue Christchurch BH23 4LL
Received 9 Dec 2024105 Wick Lane Bournemouth BH6 4LB
Received 21 Jul 202519 Central Avenue, Poole, BH12 2ER
Received 23 Jan 202512 Gardens View Bournemouth BH1 3QA
Received 19 Feb 2025Bournemouth Sands Hotel West Cliff Gardens Bournemouth BH2 5HR
Received 1 Jul 2025575 Christchurch Road Bournemouth BH1 4AH
Received 7 Feb 2025Blenheim 6 The Avenue Poole BH13 6AG
Received 15 Dec 2025Hazel Court 119 Broadway Lane Bournemouth BH8 0AB
Received 7 Feb 2025Burnside Shelley Park Highcliffe Christchurch BH23 4QZ
Received 3 Oct 20249 Talbot Avenue Bournemouth BH3 7HR
Received 10 Oct 20247 Vecta Close Christchurch BH23 4EJ
Received 5 Nov 2024157 Rossmore Road Poole BH12 2HG
Received 9 Jan 2026Seabrook Cottage 99 Mudeford Christchurch
Received 18 May 2026Le Beau Arrowsmith Road Poole Wimborne BH21 3BE
Received 22 Apr 2025117 Carbery Avenue Bournemouth BH6 3LP
Received 26 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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