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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.
6,793 approved · 1,164 refused · 279 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Kimbolton Cottage Salisbury Road Christchurch BH23 7AR
Received 20 Jan 2026Flat 1 Radley Hall 50 Kings Avenue Poole BH14 9QJ
Received 27 Apr 2026Unit 6, Knighton Heath Industrial Estate Ringwood Road Bournemouth BH11 8NE
Received 14 Oct 202568 Hinton Wood Avenue Christchurch BH23 5AJ
Received 19 May 202611B Surrey Road Bournemouth BH2 6BP
Received 18 Jul 2025Land Formerly Known as Eastlands Farm Provence Drive Bournemouth BH11 9QJ
Received 16 Apr 202696 Lowther Road Bournemouth BH8 8NS
Received 6 Nov 2024177 Stony Lane Christchurch BH23 7LD
Received 26 Mar 20267 Milton Road Bournemouth BH8 8LP
Received 3 Apr 2025Flat 1 67 Glenferness Avenue Bournemouth BH3 7ER
Received 8 Oct 202442 King John Avenue Poole BH11 9RW
Received 16 Oct 2025St Cross 23 Bodorgan Road Bournemouth BH2 6NQ
Received 12 Mar 202572 Panorama Road Poole BH13 7RG
Received 16 Dec 2025Siemens Plc, Sopers Lane, Poole, BH17 7ER
Received 24 Feb 202661 Corfe Way Poole BH18 9ND
Received 28 Sept 2026Memorial Homes Castle Lane West Bournemouth BH8 9TP
Received 1 Nov 20246A Cavendish Place Bournemouth BH1 1RQ
Received 22 Jul 202424 Hurn Court Hurn Court Lane Christchurch BH23 6BH
Received 10 Sept 202614-16 Holdenhurst Road Bournemouth BH8 8AD
Received 16 Sept 202516 Berkeley Avenue Poole BH12 4HZ
Received 10 Jun 202540 Dunkeld Road Bournemouth BH3 7EW
Received 11 May 2026Harbour Side 1 Brudenell Avenue Poole BH13 7NW
Received 5 Jun 202593 Blandford Road, Poole, BH15 4AT
Received 20 Aug 202428 Winston Road Bournemouth BH9 3EG
Received 27 Jan 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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