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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.
7,395 approved · 1,256 refused · 313 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land at Former Hillbourne School And Nursery, Kitchener Crescent, Poole, BH17 7HX
Received 19 May 202689 Ensbury Park Road Bournemouth BH9 2SH
Received 1 Sept 20262 Little Fosters, 25 Chaddesley Glen, Poole, BH13 7PB
Received 27 Jan 202527 St Swithuns Road Bournemouth BH1 3RG
Received 12 May 20266 Forest Close Christchurch BH23 4QF
Received 18 Feb 2025153 Queens Park Avenue Bournemouth BH8 9HB
Received 16 Apr 202567 Blackbird Close, Poole, BH17 7YB
Received 11 Apr 202497 Alumhurst Road Bournemouth BH4 8HR
Received 18 Jun 2024Cloud Hills 5 Munster Road Poole BH14 9PS
Received 4 Sept 2026Melbury 14 Lindsay Road Poole BH13 6AT
Received 23 Oct 2025311-313 Ashley Road, Poole, BH14 0AP
Received 7 Aug 2024Flat 1 15 Blair Avenue Poole BH14 0DA
Received 25 Mar 202621 Grasmere Road Poole BH13 7RH
Received 15 Sept 202626 Harbour View Road Poole BH14 0PE
Received 8 Sept 2026Verno House West Lyndhurst Road Christchurch BH23 4SG
Received 19 Feb 202618 De Mauley Road, Poole, BH13 7HE
Received 5 Aug 2024Aruba Bournemouth Pier Pier Approach Bournemouth BH2 5AA
Received 26 Mar 2025St Johns Vicarage 5 Macaulay Road Poole BH18 8AR
Received 4 Aug 2025Templewood 140 Canford Cliffs Road Poole BH13 7ER
Received 31 Jul 2025395 Castle Lane West Bournemouth BH8 9TJ
Received 22 Jul 20264 Western Road Poole BH13 7BJ
Received 4 Aug 202516 Fenton Road Bournemouth BH6 5EY
Received 12 Jan 2026Avonbourne College Harewood Avenue Bournemouth BH7 6NY
Received 21 Mar 2025Surrey Bells 71 Surrey Road Poole BH12 1HG
Received 22 Oct 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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