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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.
7,540 approved · 1,279 refused · 317 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
22A Exton Road Bournemouth BH6 5QF
Received 16 Mar 202637 Catalina Drive Poole BH15 1UZ
Received 25 Mar 202612 Western Road Poole BH13 7BW
Received 30 Jul 2026Avon Mews 99A Avon Road Bournemouth BH8 8SH
Received 14 Jun 2024Poole Museum, 4 High Street, Poole, BH15 1BW
Received 12 Jun 2024Avonwood 20 Owls Road Bournemouth BH5 1FB
Received 28 Jul 2025Newton Lodge 2 Newton Road Poole BH13 7EX
Received 11 May 20261 Stourvale Road Bournemouth BH5 2JZ
Received 13 May 20247 Flambard Avenue Christchurch BH23 2NE
Received 3 Jun 202516 Curzon Road Poole BH14 8BE
Received 5 Dec 2025Canford School Canford Magna Poole BH21 3AD
Received 13 Aug 202633 Higher Blandford Road Poole BH18 9AD
Received 9 Apr 2026272 Castle Lane West Bournemouth BH8 9TU
Received 2 Oct 2025191 Sandbanks Road Poole BH14 8EJ
Received 1 May 2026Okeford House 5 Crimea Road Bournemouth BH9 1DS
Received 3 Aug 2026Dean Park Clinic 23 - 25 Ophir Road Bournemouth BH8 8LS
Received 18 Nov 2024Highfield House 23 Courtenay Road Poole BH14 0HE
Received 26 Jan 202621 Broadwater Avenue, Poole, BH14 8QY
Received 7 Jan 202557 Barnes Road Bournemouth BH10 5AH
Received 12 Dec 202432 Upper Golf Links Road Poole BH18 8BY
Received 14 Jul 20255 & 7 Dunkeld Road Bournemouth BH3 7EN
Received 28 Jul 20251 Lewesdon Drive Poole BH18 9HF
Received 21 Sept 2026126 Stony Lane Christchurch BH23 7LD
Received 2 Dec 20256 Wycliffe Road Bournemouth BH9 1JP
Received 14 Apr 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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