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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.
6,457 approved · 1,104 refused · 266 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
12 Wellington Avenue Christchurch BH23 4HL
Received 20 Oct 20254 Springfield Crescent Poole BH14 0LL
Received 8 Apr 2025375 Wimborne Road, Poole, BH15 3ED
Received 23 Aug 2024Penton Securities Ltd 79A Sterte Avenue West Poole BH15 2AL
Received 5 Jan 20263 Elgin Road Bournemouth BH4 9NL
Received 22 Apr 202621 Broadwater Avenue Poole BH14 8QY
Received 17 Dec 2025Land r/o 394-408 Ashley Road Poole BH14 0AA
Received 24 Sept 202543 Milestone Road Poole BH15 3DR
Received 1 May 2026298 - 304 Charminster Road Bournemouth BH8 9RU
Received 14 Apr 2026Quinn Court 2A Milton Road Bournemouth BH8 8LN
Received 24 Sept 202622-23 Bailey Bridge And Premier Inn Bailey Drive Christchurch BH23 2BN
Received 16 Oct 2024The Willows 27 Grosvenor Road Bournemouth BH4 8BQ
Received 1 Oct 2025The Penthouse Marina Court 34 Banks Road Poole BH13 7QE
Received 29 May 202638 Elgin Road, Poole, BH14 8QX
Received 5 Feb 202536 Cedar Avenue Bournemouth BH10 7EF
Received 26 Sept 2025320-324 Ashley Road, Poole, BH14 9DF
Received 20 Sept 2024Boundary of 13 and 15 Leven Avenue Bournemouth BH4 9LH
Received 15 Jul 2026Balcombe Tower, 6 Balcombe Road
Received 27 Nov 202416 Hillbourne Road Poole BH17 7JB
Received 12 Mar 2025303 Windham Road Bournemouth BH1 4RE
Received 17 Dec 202589 East Avenue Bournemouth BH3 7BU
Received 30 Jun 20258 Dunkeld Road Bournemouth BH3 7EN
Received 28 Jul 202636 Hinton Wood Avenue Christchurch BH23 5AH
Received 16 Apr 2026Kings Walk 19A Knyveton Road Bournemouth BH1 3QZ
Received 21 Mar 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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