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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.
6,511 approved · 1,113 refused · 268 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Villa Riva 9 Marlborough Road Bournemouth BH4 8DB
Received 20 Mar 202586 Lake Drive Poole BH15 4LU
Received 6 Nov 202531 Cooke Road, Poole, BH12 1QB
Received 18 Feb 20254 Nairn Road Bournemouth BH3 7BD
Received 2 Oct 202615 Countess Gardens Bournemouth BH7 7RR
Received 18 Aug 2025Beachwood St Aldhelms Close Poole BH13 6BW
Received 4 Mar 2026Burnside Cornford Way Highcliffe Christchurch
Received 28 Jan 2025208 Lower Blandford Road, Broadstone, BH18 8DT
Received 9 Oct 2024122 Clarendon Road Poole Broadstone BH18 9HZ
Received 21 Jan 202623 Queens Road Christchurch BH23 3HH
Received 14 Jul 202567 Penn Hill Avenue, Poole, BH14 9LY
Received 21 Nov 20248A Parr Street Poole BH14 0JY
Received 20 Feb 202529 Napier Road Poole BH15 4LX
Received 3 Jul 2025Land Adj to 200-204 Blandford Road Poole BH15 4BH
Received 15 Oct 202541 Widworthy Drive Poole BH18 9BD
Received 22 Apr 202515A Upper Golf Links Road, Broadstone, BH18 8BT
Received 23 Jan 202522 Higher Blandford Road, Broadstone, BH18 9AQ
Received 28 Oct 2024137 Stanpit Christchurch BH23 3LY
Received 13 Feb 2025137 Stanpit Christchurch BH23 3LY
Received 3 Dec 2024Chester House 16 Durley Chine Road Bournemouth BH2 5JG
Received 27 Jun 202544 Suffolk Avenue Christchurch BH23 2SQ
Received 12 May 202529 Cranemoor Avenue Christchurch BH23 5AN
Received 25 Sept 202519 Sandford Way Poole BH18 9NW
Received 14 Sept 202678 Dulsie Road Bournemouth BH3 7EB
Received 4 Sept 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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