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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.
7,766 approved · 1,309 refused · 330 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
41-43 Southill Court Southill Road Poole BH12 3AW
Received 11 May 202638 Ivy Road Poole Wimborne BH21 1RT
Received 27 Oct 202532 Merriefield Drive, Broadstone, BH18 8BP
Received 1 May 20243 Holnest Road, Poole, BH17 9WD
Received 12 Aug 2024Canford Place, 59 Cliff Drive, Poole, BH13 7JX
Received 17 Sept 20243 Brunstead Place, Poole, BH12 1EW
Received 29 Oct 202470 St Osmunds Road Poole BH14 9JX
Received 23 Jun 2025Blakewood House Merley Park Road Poole BH21 3DB
Received 19 May 2026Kimbolton Cottage Salisbury Road Christchurch BH23 7AR
Received 4 Mar 202667 Banks Road Poole BH13 7PP
Received 5 Jun 202624 Namu Road Bournemouth BH9 2QU
Received 22 Apr 20263, 3a, 5, 5a and 9a Stafford Road Bournemouth BH1 1JH
Received 11 Sept 202561 Rugby Road Poole BH17 7HL
Received 21 Apr 2026Chessel Court 1A Chessel Avenue Bournemouth BH5 1LQ
Received 5 Dec 2025St John The Baptists Church Macaulay Road Poole BH18 8AR
Received 23 Apr 2025Abbeyfield 55 Portchester Road Bournemouth BH8 8JU
Received 10 Oct 20251 Ventry Close Poole BH13 6AW
Received 17 Mar 2026Laceys Solicitors 9 Poole Road Bournemouth BH2 5QR
Received 7 Oct 2024Flat 2, 28 Nairn Road, Poole, BH13 7NH
Received 2 Sept 2024Southern Distribution Centre Broom Road Poole BH12 4NR
Received 2 Mar 2026Flat 3 11 Alumdale Road Bournemouth BH4 8HX
Received 17 Dec 2025The Harbour Hospital St Marys Road Poole BH15 2BH
Received 19 May 20264 Airetons Close Poole Broadstone BH18 8LF
Received 5 Aug 20251169 Ringwood Road Bournemouth BH11 9JZ
Received 12 Mar 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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