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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.
7,715 approved · 1,304 refused · 325 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
40A Grafton Road Bournemouth BH3 7JS
Received 4 Feb 202570 Southill Road, Poole, BH12 3AS
Received 2 Sept 202454 Elms Avenue Poole BH14 8EF
Received 4 Mar 202658 Sopers Lane Christchurch BH23 1JF
Received 8 Aug 2025Flood Defence Wall, East Quay (Running alongside 'The Quay' road) Poole BH15 1HJ
Received 20 Aug 202519 Dunbar Road Bournemouth BH3 7AZ
Received 5 Dec 2025Cliffhanger Waterford Road Christchurch BH23 5JA
Received 21 Sept 2026108 South Kinson Drive Bournemouth BH11 8AD
Received 30 Jan 202517 Little Forest Road Bournemouth BH4 9NN
Received 23 Sept 20255 Colemore Road Bournemouth BH7 6RZ
Received 14 Jul 202510 Stanley Green Road Poole BH15 3AF
Received 26 Mar 202559 Penn Hill Avenue Poole BH14 9LY
Received 31 Mar 202619 Chester Road Poole BH13 6DE
Received 20 Mar 202629 Whitchurch Avenue Poole Broadstone BH18 8LW
Received 15 Sept 20252 Beechwood Avenue Bournemouth BH5 1LX
Received 29 May 202410 Leicester Road Poole BH13 6BZ
Received 14 Aug 202581 Wimborne Road Bournemouth BH3 7AN
Received 21 Apr 2026Hengist Caravan Park Wick Lane Bournemouth BH6 4LE
Received 29 Dec 2025St Swithuns Church Gervis Road Bournemouth BH1 3ED
Received 16 Apr 202615 Waterside Christchurch BH23 3NZ
Received 30 May 20258 Pickering Close Poole Broadstone BH18 8JL
Received 1 Sept 202618 Frederica Road Bournemouth BH9 2LZ
Received 20 Jun 20249 Oakley Hill Poole Wimborne BH21 1RL
Received 20 Oct 202519 Bath Road Bournemouth BH1 2EP
Received 16 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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