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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.
7,271 approved · 1,232 refused · 307 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
17 Swift Close Poole BH17 7UT
Received 29 Sept 202527 Cynthia Road Poole BH12 3JE
Received 22 Sept 202593 Moore Avenue Bournemouth BH11 8AU
Received 16 Jul 2026Seafern House 14 Burton Road Poole BH13 6DU
Received 20 Jan 20263 Hillcrest Close Bournemouth BH9 3JA
Received 30 Jan 202516 Hazel Close Christchurch BH23 4PS
Received 30 Mar 202648 Felton Road Poole BH14 0QS
Received 7 Sept 202617 Nea Road Christchurch BH23 4NA
Received 1 Apr 202618 Dunstans Lane Poole BH15 3NQ
Received 13 Oct 202546 Julyan Avenue Poole BH12 5EB
Received 3 Nov 20255 Manor Road Bournemouth BH1 3ET
Received 6 May 202510 Blackberry Lane Christchurch BH23 3QZ
Received 26 Feb 202523 Water Tower Road Poole BH18 8LL
Received 18 Jul 2025South Lodge 2 Martello Park Poole BH13 7BA
Received 12 Sept 20254 The Orchard King John Avenue Poole BH11 9UW
Received 31 Mar 2026510 Wallisdown Road Bournemouth BH11 8QN
Received 4 Oct 202460 Fenton Road Bournemouth BH6 5BU
Received 9 Sept 2024Rowington Hall 4 Dover Close Poole BH13 6EA
Received 2 Jun 202616 Lynton Crescent Christchurch BH23 2SD
Received 3 Nov 2025AFC Bournemouth Training Facility (former Canford Magna Golf Club), Knighton Lane, BH21 3AS
Received 28 Jun 2024Land at Rockley Park Rockley Park Napier Road Poole BH15 4LZ
Received 10 Dec 202577 Canford Cliffs Road, Poole, BH13 7AH
Received 9 Apr 202460 Wick Lane Bournemouth BH6 4JY
Received 16 Jun 202539 Brudenell Avenue, Poole, BH13 7NW
Received 20 Sept 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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