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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.
6,824 approved · 1,169 refused · 281 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 17 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
6 Avon Run Road Christchurch BH23 4DU
Received 7 Aug 2024248 Bournemouth Road Poole BH14 9HZ
Received 20 Aug 202557 Merley Ways, Wimborne, BH21 1QW
Received 16 Apr 2024101 Orchard Avenue, Poole, BH14 8AH
Received 14 Feb 202517 Beaulieu Road Christchurch BH23 2EA
Received 26 Mar 202520 Sea Road Bournemouth BH5 1DD
Received 22 Aug 20242 Wollstonecraft Road Bournemouth BH5 1JQ
Received 12 Jun 20253 Warwick Road Poole BH14 8SY
Received 10 Dec 20254 Baring Road Bournemouth BH6 4DS
Received 28 Aug 202692-94 Castle Lane West Bournemouth BH9 3JU
Received 1 Sept 20265 Bingham Avenue Poole BH14 8ND
Received 25 Apr 202539 Runton Road Poole BH12 1NX
Received 20 May 202550 Branksome Wood Road Poole BH12 1HR
Received 7 Apr 2025153 Queens Park Avenue Bournemouth BH8 9HB
Received 30 May 202526-28 Knyveton Road Bournemouth BH1 3QR
Received 25 Oct 20247 Sandcastles, 28 Banks Road, Poole, BH13 7QE
Received 13 Nov 202422 Gervis Place Bournemouth BH1 2AL
Received 7 Feb 20253 Alyth Road Bournemouth BH3 7DF
Received 18 Aug 202512 Upper Golf Links Road, Broadstone, BH18 8BU
Received 3 Jan 202520 Rothesay Drive Christchurch BH23 4LB
Received 13 Jun 202550 Gussage Road Poole BH12 4BZ
Received 1 Jul 202524 Ken Road Bournemouth BH6 3EU
Received 24 Feb 202577 Shaftesbury Road Bournemouth BH8 8SU
Received 19 Sept 202578 Haven Road Poole BH13 7LZ
Received 3 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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