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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.
7,629 approved · 1,292 refused · 321 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 17 Jul 2023 to 2 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 14 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
15 Elms Avenue Poole BH14 8EE
Received 22 Jun 2026junction of Hinton wood Avenue, Brookside way and Milverton close Christchurch
Received 9 Jan 2025537 Christchurch Road Bournemouth BH1 4AG
Received 14 Jul 202588 Cranleigh Road Bournemouth BH6 5JL
Received 4 Mar 202622A Allens Road Poole BH16 5BU
Received 17 Apr 2026Hinton Chambers Hinton Road Bournemouth BH1 2EN
Received 23 May 2024Knighton Farm, Knighton Lane, Wimborne, BH21 3AS
Received 4 Sept 2024St George Hotel West Cliff Gardens Bournemouth BH2 5HL
Received 11 Dec 202512 Chewton Common Road Christchurch BH23 5LT
Received 13 Feb 2026Kingsleigh Primary School Hadow Road Bournemouth BH10 5HT
Received 25 Sept 2026Conifers Merley Park Road Poole Wimborne BH21 3DD
Received 16 Apr 20251A Talbot Avenue Bournemouth BH3 7HP
Received 18 Feb 202541 Burley Road Christchurch BH23 7AJ
Received 31 Mar 202556 Whitchurch Avenue Poole BH18 8LP
Received 20 Jun 2025De Mauley Court 3 De Mauley Road Poole BH13 7HN
Received 11 Mar 202515 Frederica Road Bournemouth BH9 2LX
Received 2 Jun 2025167 Merley Lane Poole Wimborne BH21 3AG
Received 17 Mar 202652 Coventry Crescent, Poole, BH17 7HW
Received 27 Aug 202413 Milford Drive Bournemouth BH11 9HL
Received 30 Oct 202521 Ashwood Drive Poole BH18 8LN
Received 20 Jul 202664A Huntly Road Bournemouth BH3 7HJ
Received 29 Aug 20255 Angel Mews St Aubyns Court Poole BH15 1LT
Received 29 May 20268 Mandale Close Bournemouth BH11 8EU
Received 10 Jun 2025St Luke's Church St Luke's Road Bournemouth BH3 7LR
Received 2 May 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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