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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.
6,412 approved · 1,095 refused · 266 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
46 Baring Road Bournemouth BH6 4DT
Received 5 Feb 202512 Western Road, Poole, BH13 7BW
Received 19 Feb 202531 & 33 Tower Road Bournemouth BH1 4LA
Received 25 Feb 2025Springfield House 34 Glenferness Avenue Bournemouth BH4 9NQ
Received 6 Oct 20252 Westbourne Park Road Bournemouth BH4 8HG
Received 31 Mar 20259 Market Street, Poole, BH15 1NA
Received 21 Jan 20254 Benellen Road Bournemouth BH4 9LZ
Received 14 Oct 2024211 Queens Park Avenue Bournemouth BH8 9HD
Received 31 Mar 2025Eco Composting Ltd Chapel Lane Christchurch BH23 6BG
Received 27 Nov 2024Elizabeth House Dolbery Road South Poole BH12 4PX
Received 26 Feb 202636 Wimbledon Hall 3 Derby Road Bournemouth BH1 3PS
Received 7 May 202513 Abbott Road Bournemouth BH9 1EU
Received 17 Feb 202539 Portchester Road Bournemouth BH8 8JU
Received 4 Nov 2025Compass Point North Station Road Poole BH15 4FD
Received 24 Oct 2025St Marys Rc Va Combined School Devon Road Poole BH15 3QQ
Received 29 Oct 202551 Banks Road Poole BH13 7PP
Received 30 Apr 202530 Christchurch Road Bournemouth BH1 3PD
Received 8 Apr 202565 Leybourne Avenue Bournemouth BH10 6ET
Received 20 Mar 2026Shak Shak 4A Burton Road Poole BH13 6DU
Received 20 Jan 202620 Bramshaw Gardens Bournemouth BH8 0BS
Received 3 Dec 20245 Dornie Road Poole BH13 7NL
Received 18 Jul 202592 Glenferness Avenue Bournemouth BH3 7EZ
Received 29 Jan 202633 Pearce Avenue Poole BH14 8EG
Received 10 Nov 20251 Sarah Close Bournemouth BH7 7HH
Received 9 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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