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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.
7,775 approved · 1,309 refused · 330 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1 York Close Christchurch BH23 2DB
Received 14 May 2026Latimer Court, 22 Tower Road, Poole, BH13 6HW
Received 2 May 202416 Ibbett Road Bournemouth BH10 5HP
Received 20 Jan 2026Former Southern Gas Network Site Bridge Street Christchurch BH23 1AZ
Received 22 May 202632 Chaddesley Glen Poole BH13 7PF
Received 1 Sept 20267 Lodge Close Poole BH14 9BD
Received 27 Feb 202515 Labrador Drive, Poole, BH15 1UX
Received 25 Nov 202434 Burnham Drive Bournemouth BH8 9EX
Received 22 Apr 2026Christian Science Reading Room 85 Commercial Road Poole BH14 0JD
Received 5 Feb 202639A Wimborne Road Bournemouth BH2 6NB
Received 12 Sept 202539 Ashwood Drive Poole Broadstone BH18 8LN
Received 1 Sept 20252 Dover Road, Poole, BH13 6DZ
Received 13 Nov 202417 Links Road, Poole, BH14 9QP
Received 12 Sept 202432 Anthonys Avenue Poole BH14 8JH
Received 15 Dec 202520 Ballard Road, Poole, BH15 1RA
Received 19 Apr 20245 Merlin Way Christchurch BH23 4BL
Received 19 Dec 202454 South Kinson Drive Bournemouth BH11 8AB
Received 31 May 202462 Moorside Road Bournemouth BH11 8DH
Received 18 Oct 202411 Beaconsfield Road Christchurch BH23 1QT
Received 12 May 2025Cavendish Manor 10 Cavendish Road Bournemouth BH1 1RE
Received 26 Jan 20263A Westbourne Arcade Bournemouth BH4 9AY
Received 28 Aug 202435 Merley Ways, Wimborne, BH21 1QN
Received 29 Apr 202450 Holdenhurst Avenue Bournemouth BH7 6RF
Received 14 May 2026Glenwood 1 Glenferness Avenue Bournemouth BH4 9NB
Received 23 Oct 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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