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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.
7,504 approved · 1,274 refused · 317 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
98A Ashington Lane, Wimborne, BH21 3DG
Received 2 Jul 202415 Roundhaye Road Bournemouth BH11 9JB
Received 31 Mar 2026Cooper Dean Cricket Pavilion Cavendish Road Bournemouth BH1 1RB
Received 2 Dec 20257 Nairn Road Poole BH13 7NE
Received 22 Jan 20268 New Street Poole BH15 1JT
Received 20 Jul 202648 Pearce Avenue, Poole, BH14 8EH
Received 22 May 202423 Holdenhurst Road Bournemouth BH8 8EH
Received 6 Oct 2025192 Old Christchurch Road, 15 Wootton Gardens and 1 Glen Fern Road Bournemouth BH1 1PD
Received 23 Jul 202416 Seaward Avenue Bournemouth BH6 3SH
Received 28 May 2025The Noisy Lobster Avon Beach Mudeford Christchurch BH23 4AN
Received 7 Feb 2025The Echo Building Richmond Hill Bournemouth BH2 6HH
Received 11 Nov 202519 Hurn Road Christchurch BH23 2RJ
Received 23 Aug 202420 Seacombe Road Poole BH13 7RJ
Received 20 Mar 202598 Bournemouth Road Poole BH14 9HY
Received 26 Jun 202639 Springfield Road, Poole, BH14 0LG
Received 2 Sept 2024House 4D Wimborne Road Bournemouth BH2 6NG
Received 12 May 2026167 Merley Lane, Wimborne, BH21 3AG
Received 20 Sept 2024Alma Cottage, 15 Glencoe Road, Poole, BH12 2DW
Received 21 Oct 202424 Deacon Road Bournemouth BH11 9ER
Received 29 Oct 2025Rodney Court, Whatleigh Close, Poole, BH15 1RL
Received 30 Aug 2024West Hants Lawn Tennis Club Roslin Road South Bournemouth BH3 7EF
Received 24 Sept 202413 Grove Road Poole BH12 3LG
Received 11 Nov 20251 Cox Avenue Bournemouth BH9 3LY
Received 7 Apr 202684 Knights Road, Bournemouth, BH11 9SY
Received 23 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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