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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.
7,262 approved · 1,232 refused · 307 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1 Widdicombe Avenue Poole BH14 9QW
Received 14 Jan 2026Springdale First School, Springdale Road, Broadstone, BH18 9BW
Received 8 Oct 2024Christ The King Catholic Primary School Durdells Avenue Bournemouth BH11 9EH
Received 9 Sept 202567 Keighley Avenue, Broadstone, BH18 8HU
Received 6 Nov 20242 Woodlake Close Poole BH17 9FE
Received 26 Feb 202516 Manor Road Bournemouth BH1 3EY
Received 23 Jan 2026Evesham Court, 44 The Avenue
Received 28 Jan 202562 Queens Park Avenue Bournemouth BH8 9EZ
Received 14 Apr 2025Still Waters 11 Burton Road Poole BH13 6DT
Received 9 Apr 202538A Fitzharris Avenue Bournemouth BH9 1BZ
Received 5 Jan 2026Kings Hotel 18 Castle Street Christchurch BH23 1DT
Received 21 Jul 20254 Centenary Court 19 Burton Road Poole BH13 6DT
Received 16 Jun 2025Bournemouth And Poole College Christchurch Road Bournemouth BH1 3JJ
Received 27 Apr 202680 East Avenue Bournemouth BH3 7DB
Received 9 Apr 20268A Mckinley Road Bournemouth BH4 8AQ
Received 5 Aug 20242 Pearson Avenue Poole BH14 0DT
Received 3 Mar 20266 Hazlebury Road, Poole, BH17 7AU
Received 27 Jan 2025St Mark's Church Of England Primary School Talbot Village Bournemouth BH10 4JA
Received 6 Jun 202523 Oakley Lane Poole Wimborne BH21 1SF
Received 19 Jan 20261 The White House, 326 Sandbanks Road, Poole, BH14 8HY
Received 2 Sept 202425 Hinton Wood Avenue Christchurch BH23 5AB
Received 20 Mar 20257 Mellstock Road Poole BH15 3DN
Received 14 May 202525 Avalon, Poole, BH14 8HT
Received 23 Dec 202412 Marmion Green Christchurch BH23 3DZ
Received 10 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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