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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.
7,486 approved · 1,270 refused · 314 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Headmasters House Canford School, Canford Magna Poole BH21 3AF
Received 25 Jul 20254 Martello Road, Poole, BH13 7DH
Received 19 Jun 202421 Dunkeld Road Bournemouth BH3 7EN
Received 2 Jul 202620 Shelley Close Christchurch BH23 4HW
Received 9 May 2024o/s 475 Wimborne Road, Bournemouth, BH9 2AN
Received 9 Apr 202615B Brudenell Avenue, Poole, BH13 7NW
Received 10 Jun 202410 Persley Road Bournemouth BH10 6DX
Received 5 Jun 202535 Sea Road Boscombe Bournemouth BH5 1DJ
Received 7 Aug 202631 Lakeside Road, Poole, BH13 6LS
Received 28 Oct 20246 Newton Road Poole BH13 7EX
Received 29 Apr 2026103 Twin Oaks Close Poole Broadstone BH18 8JE
Received 3 Mar 202614 Priory Road Bournemouth BH2 5DN
Received 5 Nov 202410A Nairn Road, Poole, BH13 7NQ
Received 11 Jun 20246 St Winifred's Road Bournemouth BH2 6NZ
Received 4 Aug 2025Land on the corner of Roscrea Drive and Roscrea Close Bournemouth, BH64LU
Received 23 Feb 2026Brandon Court 308 Poole Road Poole BH12 1AL
Received 12 Feb 202649 Salterns Road, Poole, BH14 8BL
Received 15 Nov 2024Unit D1 Radar Way Christchurch BH23 4FL
Received 6 Nov 202541 Braidley Road Bournemouth BH2 6JY
Received 25 Jun 2024The Hadleigh House Practice 20 Kirkway Poole BH18 8EE
Received 5 Jun 202611 Woodland Avenue Bournemouth BH5 2DJ
Received 30 Dec 202539 Grand Avenue Bournemouth BH6 3SY
Received 21 Oct 20249 Binnie Road, Poole, BH12 2AN
Received 29 Jul 202424 Dorset Lake Avenue Poole BH14 8JD
Received 13 May 2026Records 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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