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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.
7,312 approved · 1,244 refused · 311 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Pines, 24 Ridgeway, Broadstone, BH18 8EA
Received 4 Dec 202433 Lakeside Road Poole BH13 6LS
Received 9 Jul 202617 Western Avenue Poole BH13 7AN
Received 9 May 20255 Darwin Avenue Christchurch BH23 2JA
Received 23 Jul 2025127 Beaufort Road Bournemouth BH6 5AX
Received 18 Oct 2024Earls Court 9 Gervis Road Bournemouth BH1 3ED
Received 3 Mar 2025Burford Court 2 Manor Road Bournemouth BH1 3HT
Received 18 Dec 2025Silverwood Arrowsmith Road Poole BH21 3BE
Received 3 Jun 202541 Hurn Way Christchurch BH23 2NX
Received 24 Jun 20263 Larkspur Close Christchurch BH23 4FQ
Received 20 Apr 202655 Highfield Road Bournemouth BH9 2SE
Received 14 Oct 20242 Parsonage Close Christchurch BH23 2GB
Received 1 Aug 2025Stirling Court 20 Portarlington Road Bournemouth BH4 8BY
Received 16 Oct 202556 Allens Road Poole BH16 5BX
Received 9 Jan 202641 Chaddesley Glen Poole BH13 7PB
Received 24 Dec 202540 Johnston Road, Poole, BH15 3HT
Received 24 Sept 2024Poole Museum, 4 High Street, Poole, BH15 1BW
Received 12 Jun 2024119 Western Avenue Bournemouth BH10 6HQ
Received 14 Apr 202631 Apsley Crescent Poole BH17 7LX
Received 2 Jul 202586 Gussage Road, Poole, BH12 4AZ
Received 25 Sept 202462 Dorset Road Christchurch BH23 3DF
Received 5 Aug 2024Plot 19 Tall Trees 7 Matchams Lane Christchurch BH23 6TT
Received 29 Aug 202457 High Street Christchurch BH23 1BB
Received 11 Jun 2025Trevanion House, 15 Church Road, Poole, BH14 8UF
Received 24 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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