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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.
6,377 approved · 1,088 refused · 265 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
10A The Triangle Bournemouth BH2 5RY
Received 23 Dec 202420 Howard Road Bournemouth BH8 9DZ
Received 25 Sept 202615 Hatherden Avenue Poole BH14 0PJ
Received 20 Oct 20252 Dawn Chorus 5A Mill Lane Poole BH14 8RH
Received 25 Mar 20255 Larch Close Poole BH17 7YL
Received 6 Nov 2025Fairmile Service Station 204 Fairmile Road Christchurch Dorset BH23 2LP
Received 24 Aug 2026Land R/O 24 Buckland Road Poole BH12 2NA
Received 31 Mar 20259B Upper Golf Links Road, Broadstone, BH18 8BT
Received 10 Sept 2024Woodrising 2 Brownsea Road Poole BH13 7QP
Received 24 Feb 202515 Elms Avenue Poole BH14 8EE
Received 15 Sept 202520 Western Road Poole BH13 7BP
Received 23 Jun 202526 Chaldon Road Poole BH17 8DB
Received 10 Jul 2026359-375 Lymington Road Christchurch BH23 5EG
Received 14 Jan 202678 Lowther Road Bournemouth BH8 8NS
Received 26 Mar 2026Barn Land to the west of Oakley Hill Poole BH21 1RL
Received 8 May 202554 Magna Road Bournemouth BH11 9NA
Received 7 Apr 202630 Alyth Road Bournemouth BH3 7DG
Received 21 May 202631 Harrier Drive Poole Wimborne BH21 1XE
Received 19 Jan 2026161 Fairmile Road Christchurch BH23 2LD
Received 2 Oct 202521 Lindsay Road Bournemouth Poole BH13 6AN
Received 4 Jun 20266 Avon Road East Christchurch BH23 2DE
Received 19 Nov 202517 Talbot Avenue Bournemouth BH3 7HR
Received 19 Sept 20258 Vale Road Bournemouth BH1 3SY
Received 27 Nov 2025Branksome Chine Cafe Pinecliff Road Poole BH13 6LP
Received 8 Apr 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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