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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.
6,954 approved · 1,184 refused · 287 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Rhu Arden 6 Berwick Road Bournemouth BH3 7BB
Received 29 Oct 202413 Dunlin Close Christchurch BH23 4BE
Received 19 Dec 202518 Marlborough Road, Poole, BH14 0HJ
Received 17 Feb 202524 Worbarrow Gardens Poole BH12 3PA
Received 10 Sept 2025Land to the rear of no. 16 Smugglers Wood Road Christchurch BH23 4PL
Received 12 Feb 202532 Covena Road Bournemouth BH6 5LW
Received 5 May 202613 Bracken Way Christchurch BH23 5LW
Received 11 Mar 2025Highcliffe Methodist Church Lymington Road Christchurch BH23 5EG
Received 11 Dec 202434 Ravine Road Poole BH13 7HY
Received 5 Nov 202550 Victoria Road, Poole, BH12 3BB
Received 14 Feb 2025Land at 17 to 19 and 30 to 32 Panorama Road, Poole, BH13 7RW
Received 10 Dec 202439 Sandecotes Road Poole BH14 8PA
Received 22 Apr 202668 Abbotsbury Road Poole BH18 9DD
Received 23 Feb 20263 Holly Gardens Christchurch BH23 7JD
Received 3 Jul 2025Flat 2 18 Cliff Drive Poole BH13 7JD
Received 20 May 2026Hahnemann House Hahnemann Road Bournemouth BH2 5JW
Received 8 Oct 2024Highcliffe Castle Golf Club Lymington Road Christchurch BH23 4LA
Received 28 Aug 202511A Spencer Road, Poole, BH13 7ET
Received 31 Jan 20253A Keswick Road Bournemouth BH5 1LP
Received 17 Nov 2025118 Stanpit Christchurch BH23 3ND
Received 25 Mar 2025Dunholme Manor 55 Manor Road Bournemouth BH1 3EP
Received 24 Apr 202534 Hankinson Road Bournemouth BH9 1HW
Received 3 Dec 20251448 Wimborne Road Bournemouth BH10 7AS
Received 20 Aug 202515 Cranemoor Close Christchurch BH23 5AP
Received 3 Oct 2024Records 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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