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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.
7,861 approved · 1,327 refused · 333 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
22 Victoria Avenue Bournemouth BH9 2RN
Received 7 May 202632 Bingham Avenue Poole BH14 8NE
Received 12 May 2026The Holy Redeemer Rc Church Kilmington Way Christchurch BH23 5BL
Received 23 Aug 20249 Wilderton Road, Poole, BH13 6ED
Received 2 Jul 202433 Merley Lane Poole BH21 1RU
Received 2 Dec 2025Bournemouth University Sports Campus Chapel Gate Christchurch BH23 6BL
Received 7 May 20261 Freshwater Road Christchurch Dorset BH23 4PD
Received 22 May 20242 Nelson Road Bournemouth BH4 9JA
Received 22 Sept 2026Farleigh 32A Branksome Wood Road Bournemouth BH4 9JZ
Received 8 Apr 202433 Studland Road Bournemouth BH4 8HZ
Received 12 Feb 202688 Monks Way Poole BH11 9TR
Received 31 Mar 202624 Donnington Drive Christchurch BH23 4SZ
Received 8 Apr 2025Audlem Lodge 2 Ridgeway Poole BH18 8EA
Received 24 Oct 2025Snowtrax Outdoor Activity Centre Matchams Lane Christchurch BH23 6AW
Received 21 Aug 2024School House Holdenhurst Village Bournemouth BH8 0EF
Received 8 Aug 20242 Britannia Way Christchurch BH23 4JL
Received 8 May 202687 Palmerston Road Bournemouth BH1 4HP
Received 13 Mar 202625 Headswell Crescent Bournemouth BH10 6LF
Received 25 Nov 202410 Bridge Street and rear of Nos. 6–8 Bridge Street Christchurch BH23 1EF
Received 21 Sept 20262 Lansdowne Crescent Bournemouth BH1 1SA
Received 3 Jun 2025The Banks Medical Centre 272 Wimborne Road Bournemouth BH3 7AT
Received 24 Jul 202474 Forest Way Christchurch BH23 4PX
Received 7 Jan 202622 Leamington Road Bournemouth BH9 1DD
Received 11 Apr 2024Poole Grammar School Gravel Hill Poole BH17 9JU
Received 3 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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