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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.
6,449 approved · 1,102 refused · 266 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
11 Fairview Road Poole BH18 9AS
Received 27 May 20258 Scarf Road Poole BH17 8QQ
Received 7 Jul 20252 Martello Park Poole BH13 7BA
Received 23 Oct 2025THE LINKS, 1 Golf Links Road, BROADSTONE, BH18 8BE
Received 19 Feb 202545 Gravel Hill Poole Wimborne BH21 1RW
Received 30 Apr 202548-50 Pearce Avenue Poole BH14 8EH
Received 10 Jun 20257 Foreland Road Poole BH16 5AT
Received 29 Jul 202637 Maxwell Road Bournemouth BH9 1DQ
Received 30 Sept 2024Theme Park Merritown Lane Christchurch BH23 6BA
Received 16 Apr 202558 Bennett Road Bournemouth BH8 8QQ
Received 24 Nov 202511 Willow Mead Bournemouth BH8 0AF
Received 29 Apr 20252A Davis Road Poole BH12 2BA
Received 3 Dec 202552 Creekmoor Lane Poole BH17 7BT
Received 7 Aug 2025136 York Road, Broadstone, BH18 8EY
Received 12 Feb 20259 Rowena Road Bournemouth BH6 3AE
Received 5 May 2026Shelley Lodge Shelley Lane Bournemouth BH9 3NQ
Received 15 Jun 2026Unit 2, Overstrand Building Boscombe Promenade Bournemouth BH5 1BN
Received 27 Oct 202549 Long Road Bournemouth BH10 5NN
Received 28 Aug 202525 Grange Court Gervis Road Bournemouth BH1 3EF
Received 18 Sept 202541 Widworthy Drive Poole BH18 9BD
Received 10 Nov 2025Beverley Grange 30 Portarlington Road Bournemouth BH4 8BS
Received 8 Sept 2026Willett Arms 2 Oakley Hill Poole BH21 1RN
Received 14 Apr 202513 Court Road Bournemouth BH9 3DL
Received 21 Aug 2024Land at Brake Hill Arrowsmith Road Poole BH21 3BE
Received 4 Nov 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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