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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.
7,042 approved · 1,202 refused · 291 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
70 Malvern Road Bournemouth BH9 3AJ
Received 16 Sept 202513 Mckinley Road Bournemouth BH4 8AG
Received 21 May 20251 Bognor Road Poole BH18 9HA
Received 17 Sept 20252 Princess Avenue Christchurch BH23 1DB
Received 10 Dec 202420 Denham Drive Christchurch BH23 5AT
Received 17 Dec 2024108 Howeth Road Bournemouth BH10 5NS
Received 10 Mar 20252 Woodpecker Drive Poole BH17 7SY
Received 12 Nov 2025Butchers Coppice Holloway Avenue Bournemouth BH11 9JW
Received 5 Mar 2026579-587 Christchurch Road Bournemouth BH1 4AN
Received 17 Mar 202564B Christchurch Road Bournemouth BH1 3PF
Received 30 May 202542 Covena Road Bournemouth BH6 5LW
Received 1 Jul 20255 Hove To, 5 Highmoor Close, Poole, BH14 8TG
Received 4 Oct 2024Flat 1 25 Mckinley Road Bournemouth BH4 8AG
Received 27 Sept 20241 Wellwood Close Poole BH13 6EL
Received 25 Feb 202529 Links Road Poole BH14 9QS
Received 20 May 202517 Imber Drive Christchurch BH23 5BE
Received 3 Oct 2025Flat A 58 West Overcliff Drive Bournemouth BH4 8AB
Received 15 Sept 2025Cottage 38, 48, 58 Wallisdown Road Bournemouth BH10 4HX
Received 31 Mar 20265-9 Commercial Road Bournemouth BH2 5RH
Received 4 Sept 202429 Dunyeats Road Poole Broadstone BH18 8AB
Received 31 Mar 2025Phase 1 Land North of Bearwood, Magna Road & Knighton Lane Poole BH11 9NB
Received 31 Oct 202521 Lindsay Road, Poole, BH13 6AN
Received 24 May 2024Holdenhurst Water Purification Works Riverside Avenue Bournemouth BH7 7ES
Received 19 Feb 202634 East Lake Avenue Poole BH12 3DG
Received 26 Feb 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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