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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.
6,889 approved · 1,179 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Coppice 9 Lindsay Road Bournemouth Poole BH13 6BJ
Received 14 Apr 20264 Dunedin Grove Christchurch BH23 4HN
Received 21 Jan 20251 Haarlem Mews Christchurch BH23 1JS
Received 7 Nov 2025108 Panorama Road Poole BH13 7RG
Received 4 Mar 2025Russell Mount 28 Branksome Wood Road Bournemouth BH4 9JN
Received 22 Apr 202575 Wentworth Avenue Bournemouth BH5 2EH
Received 11 Feb 202697 East Avenue Bournemouth BH3 7BX
Received 9 Jul 2024Boston Lodge 18 Marlborough Road Bournemouth BH4 8DQ
Received 22 Sept 202688 Pauntley Road Christchurch BH23 3JW
Received 7 Apr 20261 Ventry Close Poole BH13 6AW
Received 15 Sept 20264 Wallace Road Poole BH18 8NG
Received 9 Jul 20251 Nansen Avenue Poole BH15 3DA
Received 23 Feb 202611 Percy Road Bournemouth BH5 1JF
Received 21 Mar 20257-9 Commercial Road Bournemouth BH2 5RH
Received 19 Jan 2026Aquarius 63 Boscombe Overcliff Drive Bournemouth BH5 2EJ
Received 23 Dec 202525 Pottery Road, Poole, BH14 8RA
Received 6 Jan 2025Meon Salisbury Road Christchurch BH23 7AR
Received 10 Mar 202665 Anthonys Avenue Poole BH14 8JJ
Received 10 Sept 202654 Claremont Avenue Bournemouth BH9 3HB
Received 10 Aug 202615 Beechwood Court 4 Cranborne Road Bournemouth BH2 5BR
Received 15 Jun 202685 Bargates Christchurch BH23 1QQ
Received 17 Jul 20246 Spencer Road, Poole, BH13 7EU
Received 1 Oct 20247 St Anthony's Road Bournemouth BH2 6PB
Received 6 Jul 202686 Alexandra Road Poole BH14 9EW
Received 25 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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