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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.
6,930 approved · 1,181 refused · 285 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 17 Jul 2023 to 2 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 13 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Lansdell Court 1 Birds Hill Road Poole BH15 2QH
Received 25 Aug 20264A Spencer Road Poole BH13 7EU
Received 4 Mar 2026Hylton Manor 17 Boscombe Overcliff Drive Bournemouth BH5 1LN
Received 19 Aug 202518 Parham Road Bournemouth BH10 4BB
Received 6 Jul 202626 Broadwater Avenue Poole BH14 8QY
Received 7 Aug 2025Hengistbury Head Outdoors Broadway Southbourne Bournemouth BH6 4EN
Received 24 Mar 2026West Mansions 40 Poole Road Bournemouth BH4 9DX
Received 16 Dec 2024Alderney Water Treatment Works Francis Avenue Bournemouth BH11 8NX
Received 23 Jan 202688 Hurn Way Christchurch BH23 2PD
Received 10 Oct 20256 Water Tower Road Poole Broadstone BH18 8LL
Received 16 Dec 20252 Amberwood Gardens Christchurch BH23 5RT
Received 22 Oct 202518 Crescent Road, Poole, BH14 9AS
Received 6 Aug 202471 Branksome Wood Road Poole BH12 1HR
Received 6 Aug 202515 De Mauley Road Poole BH13 7HD
Received 12 Mar 20269 Markham Road Bournemouth BH9 1HY
Received 6 May 202666 Blake Dene Road Poole BH14 8HH
Received 23 May 202524 Birchwood Road Poole BH14 9NP
Received 12 Jun 202579 Compton Avenue, Poole, BH14 8PX
Received 14 Nov 202489 Penn Hill Avenue
Received 15 Aug 20249 Withingham Road Poole BH13 6BU
Received 4 Aug 202519 Earlham Drive Poole BH14 0HH
Received 31 Mar 2025266 Christopher Crescent Poole BH15 3BY
Received 7 Sept 202611A Tudor Road, Broadstone, BH18 8AP
Received 11 Dec 2024127 Ringwood Road Christchurch BH23 5RB
Received 19 May 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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