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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.
7,900 approved · 1,337 refused · 338 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Nightingales 49 Alumhurst Road Bournemouth BH4 8EP
Received 19 Sept 2025Grove House Milburn Road Bournemouth BH4 9HJ
Received 17 Jan 2025Redvers 1 Branksome Wood Road Bournemouth BH2 6BT
Received 2 Jul 20244 Smugglers Lane South Christchurch BH23 4NF
Received 15 Dec 2025Poole General Hospital Longfleet Road Poole BH15 2JB
Received 24 Nov 2025Blenheim Mews Surrey Gardens Bournemouth BH4 9JD
Received 14 Jun 20247A Salterns Road Poole BH14 8BJ
Received 25 Jul 2025558-562 Christchurch Road Bournemouth BH1 4BH
Received 21 Aug 2025Tattersalls 30 32 Derby Road Bournemouth BH1 3QD
Received 9 Jan 202521 Water Tower Road Poole Broadstone BH18 8LL
Received 29 Dec 2025Sandykeld 26 Manor Road Bournemouth BH1 3EZ
Received 28 Feb 2025232-242 Kinson Road Bournemouth BH10 5EP
Received 20 Feb 2025Front garden The Gables 19 Forest Road Poole BH13 6DQ
Received 25 Aug 2026The Woodrisings 10 Branksome Wood Road Bournemouth BH2 6DB
Received 18 Jul 20255B Munster Road, Poole, BH14 9PS
Received 5 Nov 2024Deep Field 4 Cavendish Road Bournemouth BH1 1RD
Received 24 Feb 2026Ashington Gardens Merley Park Road Poole BH21 3DF
Received 4 Sept 2025Tower Park, Empire Cinemas Yarrow Road Poole BH12 4NY
Received 15 Jul 202520 Stokes Avenue Poole BH15 2EA
Received 29 May 202616 Powell Road Poole BH14 8SG
Received 11 Aug 202634 Clowes Avenue Bournemouth BH6 4ES
Received 25 Sept 202523 Bronte Avenue Christchurch BH23 2LZ
Received 17 Jan 2025Former James Brothers Site (or part thereof) Station Road Poole BH15 4AN
Received 2 May 202522 Fairfield Christchurch BH23 1QX
Received 2 Sept 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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