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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.
6,893 approved · 1,179 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
4 Burton Road Poole BH13 6DU
Received 6 Mar 202698 Sycamore Close Poole BH17 7YJ
Received 12 Jan 2026Appledore 57 Arrowsmith Road Poole BH21 3BE
Received 15 Oct 20251 Twynham Avenue Christchurch BH23 1QU
Received 20 Sept 20244 Glenmount Drive, Poole, BH14 0HL
Received 7 Oct 2024Chine Crescent House 12 Chine Crescent Road Bournemouth BH2 5LQ
Received 10 Feb 2026221 Shelbourne Road Bournemouth BH8 8RE
Received 4 Apr 2025Highclere Hall 36 Manor Road Bournemouth BH1 3EZ
Received 15 May 202598 Lake Road Poole BH15 4LN
Received 16 Oct 2025Footpath beside 119 Hillside Drive Christchurch BH23 2SZ
Received 19 Mar 2026Elm Academy Holloway Avenue Bournemouth BH11 9JN
Received 6 Jun 202526 Foxholes Road Bournemouth BH6 3AT
Received 23 Dec 2024204 East Howe Lane Bournemouth BH10 5JQ
Received 1 Sept 202520 Herbert Road Bournemouth BH4 8HD
Received 24 Oct 202524 Western Road Poole BH13 7BP
Received 18 Jul 2025188 Lynwood Drive Poole Wimborne BH21 1UU
Received 5 Mar 20261 Links Road, Poole, BH14 9QP
Received 22 Aug 20241 The Capstans 25 Lagoon Road Poole BH14 8JT
Received 10 Mar 202520 Crichel Road Bournemouth BH9 1JG
Received 21 Jan 202645 Pearce Avenue Poole BH14 8EG
Received 14 May 202644 Huntly Road Bournemouth BH3 7HJ
Received 19 Mar 202650 Purewell Christchurch BH23 1ES
Received 9 Jan 2026Centenary Court 19 Burton Road Poole BH13 6DT
Received 15 Sept 202573 Hengistbury Road Bournemouth BH6 4DJ
Received 9 Mar 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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