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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.
6,783 approved · 1,162 refused · 279 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
8 Glenmount Drive Poole BH14 0HL
Received 8 Apr 202546 Gunville Crescent Bournemouth BH9 3QA
Received 13 Nov 2024Land adjacent 18 Church Road, Poole
Received 4 Apr 2025Orchard Cottage Bramble Lane Christchurch BH23 5NB
Received 3 Sept 2026Chestnut Park Harpway Lane Christchurch BH23 7BU
Received 5 Nov 202510 Lascelles Road Bournemouth BH7 6NF
Received 10 Feb 2025Kingsbere Gardens 12 Haslemere Avenue Christchurch BH23 5BQ
Received 9 Oct 20255 Elmstead Road Poole BH13 7EY
Received 1 Dec 202528 Church Road, Poole, BH14 0NS
Received 19 Nov 2024151 Lower Blandford Road Poole Broadstone BH18 8NT
Received 14 May 20251 Norton Grange, 26 Lindsay Road, Poole, BH13 6BD
Received 29 Jan 202529 Benbow Crescent Poole BH12 5AH
Received 18 Mar 202695 Commercial Road, Poole, BH14 0JD
Received 10 Sept 202489 East Avenue Bournemouth BH3 7BU
Received 28 Jul 2025Canford School, Marriotts Canford Magna Poole BH21 3AF
Received 10 Mar 202671 Green Lane Bournemouth BH10 5LE
Received 19 Jul 2024Pine Lodge 1 Martello Park Poole BH13 7BA
Received 5 Nov 202532 Wellesley Avenue Christchurch BH23 4SX
Received 25 Feb 2026Hartford Court 48 Christchurch Road Bournemouth BH1 3BE
Received 14 Feb 202525A The Avenue Poole BH13 6LH
Received 6 Jan 202666 West Way, Broadstone, BH18 9LS
Received 9 Aug 202410 Castleton Avenue Bournemouth BH10 7HP
Received 1 Nov 20246 Minterne Road, Poole, BH14 8NA
Received 18 Nov 202434 Mount Pleasant Drive Bournemouth BH8 9JN
Received 26 Feb 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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