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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.
7,803 approved · 1,315 refused · 330 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
101 Parkstone Road Poole BH15 2NZ
Received 20 Feb 20265 Falcon Drive Christchurch BH23 4BA
Received 28 Aug 20253 Birch Close Poole BH14 9NT
Received 8 Oct 202549 Fenton Road Bournemouth BH6 5BP
Received 16 Apr 2025Southbourne Green 83 Southbourne Road Bournemouth BH6 5AQ
Received 20 Sept 2024Westover Retail Park Castle Lane West Bournemouth BH9 3JS
Received 6 Aug 202660 Danecourt Road Poole BH14 0PQ
Received 5 Mar 2025128-130 Old Christchurch Road Bournemouth BH1 1NL
Received 30 Oct 2024Priory Dene 47A Cavendish Road Bournemouth BH1 1RA
Received 4 Dec 2025The Royals 167B Mudeford Christchurch BH23 4AG
Received 6 Aug 202414 Abbotsbury Road Poole BH18 9DA
Received 15 Sept 202617 Redhill Park Homes Wimborne Road Bournemouth BH10 7BW
Received 24 Apr 202683 South Road Bournemouth BH1 4PB
Received 16 May 2025Land behind 40 Potters Way
Received 11 Feb 20251 Widworthy Drive, Broadstone, BH18 9BD
Received 25 Nov 202417 Cove Road Bournemouth BH10 4BN
Received 2 Jul 2025Cedar Manor 19-21 Poole Road Bournemouth BH4 9DE
Received 18 Jul 202424 Stourwood Road Bournemouth BH6 3QP
Received 9 Apr 202427A Springfield Road Poole BH14 0LG
Received 1 Dec 2025Lissenden 1 Burton Road Poole BH13 6DS
Received 8 Jul 2025Stirling Court 20 Portarlington Road Bournemouth BH4 8BY
Received 3 Jan 2025Greenhaven 1 Lindsay Road Bournemouth Poole BH13 6FF
Received 9 Jun 202613 Shelton Road Bournemouth BH6 5EZ
Received 29 Oct 2024Regent House 421 Lymington Road Christchurch BH23 5EW
Received 21 Jun 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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