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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.
6,716 approved · 1,154 refused · 275 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Camelot Court 73 St Michael's Road Bournemouth BH2 5DR
Received 28 May 2025Unit L Arthur Bray Yard, 4 West Quay Road Poole BH15 1HT
Received 29 May 2026Burton Hall 171 Salisbury Road Burton Christchurch BH23 7JS
Received 20 Mar 202559 Purewell Christchurch BH23 1EN
Received 27 Aug 202651 Clarendon Road Christchurch BH23 2AB
Received 1 May 202664 Blake Hill Crescent, Poole, BH14 8QS
Received 28 Oct 202413 Herbert Road Bournemouth BH4 8HD
Received 18 Mar 2026The Old Gate Arrowsmith Road Poole BH21 3BE
Received 7 Jul 202629-30 The Triangle Bournemouth BH2 5SE
Received 27 Aug 20265 Lancaster Close Poole BH18 9EF
Received 12 Aug 2025Land Southwest of Muscliffe Lane Muscliff Bournemouth
Received 25 Sept 20254 Wallace Road Poole BH18 8NG
Received 22 May 2026Seldown Towers, 47 Mount Pleasant Road
Received 18 Nov 2024Orchard Glen, 60 Queens Park Avenue Bournemouth BH8 9EZ
Received 15 Dec 202513 Mayfield Avenue Poole BH14 9NY
Received 23 Apr 202515 Bingham Avenue Poole BH14 8ND
Received 12 Jan 2026141 Turlin Road Poole BH16 5AQ
Received 26 Mar 2026Penton Securities Ltd, 79A Sterte Avenue West, Poole, BH15 2AL
Received 14 Nov 20244 Bonham Road Bournemouth BH9 1AW
Received 13 Nov 20251-3 Watkin Road Bournemouth BH5 1HP
Received 28 Nov 2024164 Canford Cliffs Road Poole BH13 7ES
Received 10 Sept 202548 Orchard Avenue Poole BH14 8AJ
Received 5 Dec 2025Poole General Hospital Longfleet Road Poole BH15 2JB
Received 21 May 202610 Bloomfield Avenue Bournemouth BH9 1UA
Received 14 Jan 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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