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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.
7,709 approved · 1,302 refused · 325 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Canford School, Canford Magna, Wimborne, BH21 3AD
Received 7 Nov 2024Fairhaven Court 34 Sea Road Boscombe Bournemouth BH5 1DG
Received 3 Mar 202635 Frederica Road Bournemouth BH9 2LY
Received 7 May 202611 Rozelle Road, Poole, BH14 0BX
Received 6 Jan 202565 Wentworth Avenue Bournemouth BH5 2EH
Received 24 Jun 2025Evening Barn 7B Alington Road Poole BH14 8LX
Received 21 Apr 20264 Carina Court 137-139 Banks Road Poole BH13 7QQ
Received 4 Sept 20254 Blake Hill Crescent Poole BH14 8QR
Received 16 Oct 202515 Frances Road Bournemouth BH1 3RY
Received 23 May 2025Milne Court 11A Stourwood Avenue Bournemouth BH6 3QD
Received 16 Jun 2025Stourview House Throop Road Bournemouth BH8 0DH
Received 11 Aug 2025123 Lynwood Drive Poole Wimborne BH21 1UU
Received 1 Oct 202520-22 Florence Road Bournemouth BH5 1HF
Received 13 Jun 202544 Amethyst Road Christchurch BH23 3EB
Received 6 Mar 2026St Marys Rc Va Combined School, Devon Road, Poole, BH15 3QQ
Received 19 Feb 2025481 Ashley Road, Poole, BH14 0BB
Received 30 May 2024Land North of Bearwood, Magna Road and Knighton Lane, Poole, BH11 9NB
Received 22 Jan 20268 Buckland Road Poole BH12 2NA
Received 20 Oct 20257 Berwick Road Bournemouth BH3 7BB
Received 26 Mar 202581 Rossmore Road Poole BH12 3NQ
Received 23 Apr 202550 Holdenhurst Avenue Bournemouth BH7 6RF
Received 28 Sept 20262 Heron Court Road Bournemouth BH3 7LJ
Received 26 Mar 2025The Courtyard 1 Prince Of Wales Road Bournemouth BH4 9HA
Received 8 Jan 202540 Cornelia Crescent, Poole, BH12 1LU
Received 30 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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