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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.
7,856 approved · 1,322 refused · 333 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Compton Acres Ltd. Compton Acres Canford Cliffs Road Poole BH13 7ES
Received 18 Feb 2026236 Blandford Road, Poole, BH15 4HR
Received 13 May 202438 Elgin Road, Poole, BH14 8QX
Received 6 Jun 202412 Station Road, Poole, BH14 8UB & 15 Wessex Road, Poole, BH14 8BQ
Received 4 Feb 202597 Barrack Road Christchurch BH23 2AL
Received 21 Sept 202659 Ophir Road Bournemouth BH8 8LT
Received 6 Dec 202430 Merriefield Avenue, Broadstone, BH18 8DD
Received 5 Apr 2024Bethany Church Of England Junior School Knole Road Bournemouth BH1 4DJ
Received 8 Sept 2026Falkland Square, Poole, BH15 1ER
Received 13 Nov 2025Druitt Buildings 29 High Street Christchurch
Received 11 Feb 202583 Withermoor Road Bournemouth BH9 2NX
Received 5 Dec 202520 Borley Road Poole BH17 7DT
Received 27 Feb 20262 Partridge Drive Poole BH14 8HJ
Received 1 Sept 20253A Orchard Close Christchurch BH23 1LL
Received 19 Sept 2024Land adjacent to 23 Russell Drive Christchurch BH23 3TW
Received 23 Apr 20257 Harting Road Bournemouth BH6 5QJ
Received 25 Apr 20251A Spencer Road Poole BH13 7ET
Received 6 Feb 202681 Parkway Drive Bournemouth BH8 9JS
Received 7 Aug 202614 Gorse Hill Road Poole BH15 3QJ
Received 23 Apr 202612 Clarendon Road Bournemouth BH4 8AL
Received 11 Sept 202636 Guest Avenue Poole BH12 1JB
Received 9 Jun 202552 Woodlands Avenue Poole BH15 4EE
Received 13 Aug 2025Land south of A35 Upton Road, Creekmoor, Poole, BH17 7AG
Received 7 Jun 2024The Pumphouse 16 Queens Avenue Christchurch BH23 1BZ
Received 30 Jul 2026Records 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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