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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.
7,650 approved · 1,295 refused · 322 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land rear of 9 and 10 Loewy Crescent, Poole, BH12 4PQ
Received 16 Sept 2024Chadham Cottage, 8 Martello Road, Poole, BH13 7DH
Received 10 Jan 202553 Leybourne Avenue Bournemouth BH10 6ES
Received 19 Sept 202524 Freshwater Drive Poole BH15 4JE
Received 10 Aug 2026Avon Lee Lodge Rest Home 7 Preston Lane Christchurch BH23 7JU
Received 25 Aug 20269 Huntfield Road Bournemouth BH9 3HN
Received 17 May 2024171 Harewood Avenue Bournemouth BH7 7BJ
Received 5 May 202621 Elphinstone Road Christchurch BH23 5LL
Received 13 Aug 202432 Honeybourne Crescent Bournemouth BH6 4JD
Received 25 Apr 20244 Smithfield Place Bournemouth BH9 2QJ
Received 27 Jan 202513 Glenferness Avenue Bournemouth BH4 9ND
Received 15 Sept 202519A Selwood Park Weymans Avenue Bournemouth BH10 7JU
Received 18 Feb 2026Lawnside 2 Wingfield Avenue Christchurch BH23 4NR
Received 10 Sept 2025126 Carbery Avenue Bournemouth BH6 3LH
Received 2 May 2024Moonbeam 15A Crichel Mount Road Poole BH14 8LT
Received 4 Dec 2025High Trees Arrowsmith Road Poole Wimborne BH21 3BG
Received 30 Sept 2026Shelley Park Theatre Shelley Park Bournemouth BH5 1LX
Received 16 Aug 202419 Sopers Lane, Poole, BH17 7EW
Received 25 Nov 202415 Grasmere Road, Poole, BH13 7RH
Received 5 Jul 202445 Terrington Avenue Christchurch BH23 4RJ
Received 26 Apr 20243 Abingdon Drive Christchurch BH23 5JY
Received 17 Dec 202412 Bridgewater Road, Poole, BH12 2JL
Received 20 May 2024Flat D 30 Hamilton Road Bournemouth BH1 4EH
Received 3 Dec 2024The Anchorage 157 Mudeford Christchurch BH23 4AG
Received 16 Feb 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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