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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.
8,223 approved · 1,404 refused · 352 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 17 Jul 2023 to 2 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 15 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
19 Hinchliffe Road, Poole, BH15 4ED
Received 19 Nov 2024Land to the rear of 542 and 540 Ashley Road Poole BH14 0AE
Received 10 Jul 202524 Brownsea Road Poole BH13 7QP
Received 12 May 202511 Heathwood Road Bournemouth BH9 2JX
Received 13 Feb 2026Belvoir Park 3 The Avenue Poole BH13 6AD
Received 10 Jun 202621 Cornelia Crescent, Poole, BH12 1LT
Received 1 Aug 20245 Barnes Road Bournemouth BH10 5AQ
Received 18 Mar 20241 The Coppice Christchurch BH23 4EG
Received 8 Apr 20251 Wetherby Close, Broadstone, BH18 8JB
Received 28 Oct 202419 Lulworth Avenue Poole BH15 4DQ
Received 16 Feb 2026Martello Towers 8 Ravine Road Poole BH13 7HX
Received 12 Mar 202534 Bury Road Poole BH13 7DG
Received 10 Jul 20261 Alverton Avenue Poole BH15 2QF
Received 20 May 202681 Garland Road, Poole, BH15 2LD
Received 9 Apr 2024Land rear of 24 Twemlow Avenue
Received 25 Sept 2024Woodrising 2 Brownsea Road Poole BH13 7QP
Received 9 Jun 2025Manor House 34 Manor Road Bournemouth BH1 3EZ
Received 26 Mar 2024Mudeford Quay - Highcliffe Beaches
Received 17 Nov 202520 Pauntley Road Christchurch BH23 3JN
Received 30 Apr 202617 Ferry Road Bournemouth BH6 4BH
Received 15 Aug 2025Vine Cottage Throop Road Bournemouth BH8 0DN
Received 26 Mar 2024Woodland Court 3 Wolverton Road Bournemouth BH7 6HT
Received 17 Dec 2024524 Wallisdown Road Bournemouth BH11 8PT
Received 11 Nov 2024The Neptune Undercliff Drive Bournemouth BH5 1BN
Received 2 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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