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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.
7,734 approved · 1,307 refused · 328 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
13 Earlsdon Way Christchurch BH23 5AU
Received 16 Sept 202432 Stour Way Christchurch BH23 2PG
Received 26 Jun 2026Sea Spray, 1 Gardens Road, Poole, BH14 8JF
Received 30 Sept 2024Robin Court 72 Wimborne Road Bournemouth BH3 7AS
Received 1 Sept 20251 Howard Close Christchurch BH23 3HY
Received 27 Mar 20255 Rothesay Drive Christchurch BH23 4LB
Received 7 Aug 2024217-219 Seabourne Road Bournemouth BH5 2HL
Received 16 Apr 2025146 Wimborne Road, Poole, BH15 2EH
Received 12 Dec 2024Evans 595 Christchurch Road Bournemouth BH1 4AN
Received 19 Nov 202445 Bower Road Bournemouth BH8 9HQ
Received 1 Dec 202575 Canford Cliffs Road, Poole, BH13 7AH
Received 26 Jul 2024W H Smith 9-13 Old Christchurch Road Bournemouth BH1 1DY
Received 20 Nov 202486 St Luke's Road Bournemouth BH3 7LU
Received 30 Jan 202516 - 18 Lindsay Park Lindsay Road Poole BH13 6AU
Received 15 Apr 2025208 Wallisdown Road Bournemouth BH10 4HZ
Received 7 Aug 20251 SUNNYHILL PLACE, POOLE, BH12 2DY
Received 16 Aug 202453 Larch Close Poole BH17 7YL
Received 24 Feb 202514 Walcott Avenue Christchurch BH23 2NG
Received 15 Oct 202415 High Way Poole Broadstone BH18 9NB
Received 10 Mar 2025Kingsgate 7 The Avenue Poole BH13 6AE
Received 26 Mar 202524 Tytherley Green Bournemouth BH8 0PB
Received 9 Sept 202478B Cardigan Road Bournemouth BH9 1BG
Received 3 Dec 202523 Talbot Avenue Bournemouth BH3 7HS
Received 5 Aug 202515D Canford Avenue Bournemouth BH11 8RY
Received 4 Jun 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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