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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.
6,971 approved · 1,187 refused · 288 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
26 Chapel Road Poole BH14 0JU
Received 10 Mar 2025The Cow, 58 Station Road Parkstone, Poole, BH14 8UD
Received 14 Feb 2025346 Ashley Road, Poole, BH14 9DF
Received 12 Feb 202512 Elgin Road Bournemouth BH4 9NL
Received 14 Apr 20263 Windsor Court 1 Windsor Road Poole BH14 8SE
Received 9 Jun 202522 Lower Golf Links Road Poole Broadstone BH18 8BH
Received 24 Mar 20254 Haig Avenue Poole BH13 7AJ
Received 27 Apr 202665 Compton Avenue Poole BH14 8PX
Received 15 May 2025130 High Street Poole BH15 1DJ
Received 13 Apr 2026Chaldon House Careys Road Bournemouth BH8 0DT
Received 29 Jul 202419 Portman Crescent Bournemouth BH5 2ER
Received 9 Jun 2026302 Iford Lane Bournemouth BH6 5NG
Received 13 Mar 2025Sandhills 40 Banks Road Poole BH13 7QF
Received 17 Mar 2026Lingfield Grange, 9 The Avenue
Received 4 Nov 2024The Winners 71 Panorama Road Poole BH13 7RB
Received 5 Sept 2025893-895 Christchurch Road Bournemouth BH7 6AU
Received 11 Aug 202517 Verona Avenue Bournemouth BH6 3JW
Received 2 Jun 2026Martello Place 3 Martello Road Poole BH13 7DQ
Received 7 Oct 20251 Parish Road, Poole, BH15 2JF
Received 23 Dec 202471 Redhill Drive Bournemouth BH10 6AG
Received 23 Apr 202626 Blake Hill Crescent Poole BH14 8QR
Received 31 Mar 202535 Portchester Road Bournemouth BH8 8JT
Received 15 Nov 2024Kensington Court 9 Burton Road Poole BH13 6DT
Received 24 Nov 2025Beaumont Lodge, 5 Beaumont Road, Poole, BH13 7JJ
Received 11 Jul 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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