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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.
7,232 approved · 1,226 refused · 304 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
33C Abbotsbury Road Poole BH18 9DB
Received 16 Sept 2026114 Haymoor Road Poole BH15 3NU
Received 21 May 2025Russell Cotes Art Gallery And Museum Russell Cotes Road Bournemouth BH1 3AA
Received 19 Jun 202545 Endfield Road Christchurch BH23 2HT
Received 22 Apr 2025St Mary's Maternity Hospital St Marys Road Poole BH15 2BH
Received 9 Sept 202650 East Avenue Bournemouth BH3 7DA
Received 6 Mar 2026Soriano 42 West Cliff Road Bournemouth BH4 8BB
Received 3 Jun 20255 Lake Crescent Poole BH15 4NJ
Received 4 Apr 202543 Manor Avenue Poole BH12 4LB
Received 6 Aug 202683 The Grove Bournemouth BH9 2TY
Received 16 Sept 202444 Hurn Road Christchurch BH23 2RW
Received 30 Dec 2024Westover Retail Park Castle Lane West Bournemouth BH9 3JS
Received 30 Jun 20258 Beechwood Avenue Boscombe BH5 1LX
Received 16 Feb 20263 The Moorings 2 Willow Way Christchurch BH23 1JJ
Received 1 Apr 202567 Keeble Road Bournemouth BH10 7HX
Received 13 Nov 202482 Victoria Avenue Bournemouth BH9 2RP
Received 28 Jan 202626 Spur Hill Avenue Poole BH14 9PH
Received 12 May 2025Pinehurst Hall, 23 Burton Road, Poole, BH13 6DT
Received 29 Nov 202451 Fitzmaurice Road Christchurch BH23 2DY
Received 24 Apr 202513 Chester Road Poole BH13 6DE
Received 22 May 202533 Windham Road Bournemouth BH1 4RW
Received 17 Oct 2025RNLI, Lifeboat Support Centre West Quay Road Poole BH15 1HZ
Received 21 Jul 202635 Leven Avenue Bournemouth BH4 9LJ
Received 28 May 202584 Petersfield Road Bournemouth BH7 6QN
Received 17 Feb 2025Records 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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