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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.
7,718 approved · 1,305 refused · 326 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
29 Sheringham Road Poole BH12 1LY
Received 27 Mar 20256 Lynton Crescent Christchurch BH23 2SD
Received 9 Jul 202510 Gladstone Close Christchurch BH23 3TL
Received 7 Oct 202531 Viscount Drive Christchurch BH23 4JN
Received 15 Apr 202685 Harewood Avenue Bournemouth BH7 6NN
Received 19 Jan 202624 Howard Road Bournemouth BH8 9EA
Received 24 Oct 202411 Little Forest Road Bournemouth BH4 9NN
Received 3 Mar 202647 Thistlebarrow Road Bournemouth BH7 7AL
Received 23 Oct 2025St James Court 34 Springfield Road Poole BH14 0AZ
Received 23 Oct 202511 and 11a Westminster Road, Poole, BH13 6JQ
Received 22 Jul 202439 Terrington Avenue Christchurch BH23 4RJ
Received 5 Aug 2026Bournemouth And Poole College Christchurch Road Bournemouth BH1 3JJ
Received 27 Apr 20268 Seaward Avenue Bournemouth BH6 3SH
Received 6 Nov 2025The Ashes 4A Cavendish Road Bournemouth BH1 1RD
Received 25 Sept 2024Chartwell, 8 The Avenue
Received 9 Jan 2025141 Stourvale Road Bournemouth BH6 5HF
Received 10 Apr 2026Former Public Conveniences 1A Adastral Square Poole BH17 8SA
Received 23 Sept 2025Deansleigh House Deansleigh Road Bournemouth BH7 7DU
Received 22 Aug 202414 Spur Hill Avenue, Poole, BH14 9PH
Received 28 Aug 2024Skyline 37-39 Oxford Road Bournemouth BH8 8EY
Received 9 Jan 2025Sanderling Court 37 Wimborne Road Bournemouth BH2 6NB
Received 18 Sept 20256 Rothesay Drive Christchurch BH23 4LB
Received 9 Oct 202461A Lulworth Avenue Poole BH15 4DH
Received 17 Mar 20264 Chichester Walk, Wimborne, BH21 1SN
Received 28 Jan 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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