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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.
7,909 approved · 1,338 refused · 338 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
51 Rothesay Drive Christchurch BH23 4LD
Received 15 Jul 20241 Avon Run Road Christchurch BH23 4DU
Received 21 Mar 202532 Manor Avenue, Poole, BH12 4LD
Received 7 Aug 2024234 Fairmile Road Christchurch BH23 2LR
Received 11 Aug 202525 Stour Way Christchurch BH23 2PF
Received 10 Jun 202630 Cavendish Road Bournemouth BH1 1RG
Received 31 Jul 2025Homechurch House 31 Purewell Christchurch BH23 1EH
Received 25 Jul 2024Knighton Lodge Wheelers Lane Poole BH11 9QJ
Received 3 Oct 20257 Milton Road Bournemouth BH8 8LP
Received 5 Jun 202417 Mckinley Road Bournemouth BH4 8AG
Received 15 Aug 2024Unit 3 Orchid Way Christchurch BH23 7LQ
Received 28 Apr 2026191 Sandbanks Road, Poole, BH14 8EJ
Received 7 Feb 202588 East Avenue Bournemouth BH3 7DD
Received 1 Sept 20267 Copper Beeches 19 Wimborne Road Bournemouth BH2 6LZ
Received 24 Feb 20259 Western Road, Poole, BH13 7BE
Received 12 Dec 202429 Bower Road Bournemouth BH8 9HQ
Received 29 Oct 2024Canford School Canford Magna Poole Wimborne BH21 3AD
Received 3 Dec 2025Aquarius 63 Boscombe Overcliff Drive Bournemouth BH5 2EJ
Received 27 Feb 202643 Ashwood Drive Poole Broadstone BH18 8LN
Received 15 Apr 2026Harbour Reach 7 Haig Avenue Poole BH13 7AJ
Received 25 Nov 202582 Springdale Road, Broadstone, BH18 9BY
Received 28 Aug 202430 Norfolk Avenue Christchurch BH23 2SE
Received 8 Sept 2026479 Ashley Road Poole BH14 0BB
Received 20 Mar 202544 Forest View Road Bournemouth BH9 3BQ
Received 27 Nov 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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