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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.
7,796 approved · 1,314 refused · 330 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Tesco Superstore Poole Road Poole BH12 1AU
Received 8 Oct 20256 Pinewood Road Poole BH13 6JS
Received 5 Jan 20261 Wellesley Avenue Christchurch BH23 4SU
Received 5 Dec 2025Equity Chambers 245-249 High Street North Poole BH15 1DX
Received 2 Jun 20255 Thursby Road Christchurch BH23 5PA
Received 15 Sept 202521 Furze Hill Drive Poole BH14 8QL
Received 17 Mar 2025141 Blandford Road Poole BH15 4AT
Received 28 May 202523 Western Avenue, Poole, BH13 7AN
Received 31 May 2024145 Irving Road Bournemouth BH6 5BL
Received 14 Apr 202595 Charminster Avenue Bournemouth BH9 1RU
Received 21 Aug 202413 Darracott Road Bournemouth BH5 2AX
Received 18 Mar 202515 Silverwood Close, Wimborne, BH21 1QZ
Received 1 Jul 2024Fairview Park Overbury Road Poole BH14 9JZ
Received 29 Apr 20254 Nairn Road Bournemouth BH3 7BD
Received 13 Oct 202517 Bettiscombe Close Poole BH17 9DH
Received 9 Oct 20251A Martello Road Poole BH13 7DQ
Received 8 Jul 20251056A Christchurch Road Bournemouth BH7 6DS
Received 7 May 202411A Tudor Road, Broadstone, BH18 8AP
Received 12 Nov 202464 Pine Road Bournemouth BH9 1NB
Received 17 Jun 202418 Martello Road, Poole, BH13 7DH
Received 14 Oct 20249 Dunbar Road Bournemouth BH3 7AZ
Received 10 Jun 202597 Dorchester Road Poole BH15 3QZ
Received 2 May 2025Kensington Lodge 25 Chine Crescent Bournemouth BH2 5LB
Received 7 Jul 202514 West View Road Christchurch Dorset BH23 3HJ
Received 17 May 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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