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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.
7,983 approved · 1,352 refused · 340 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
12 Imber Drive Christchurch BH23 5BG
Received 24 Jul 20245 Martello Road South Poole BH13 7HF
Received 2 Apr 202634 Buccleuch Road Poole BH13 6LF
Received 5 Mar 202655 Canford Cliffs Road, Poole, BH13 7AQ
Received 12 Dec 2024Long Coppice Arrowsmith Road Poole BH21 3BE
Received 1 Oct 202616 Lakeside Road Poole BH13 6LR
Received 2 Apr 2026134 Canford Cliffs Road Poole BH13 7ER
Received 7 Oct 20251 Bournemouth House 19 Christchurch Road Bournemouth BH1 3LJ
Received 23 Feb 202622 Stafford Road Bournemouth BH1 1JH
Received 1 Oct 202520 Southern Road Bournemouth BH6 3SR
Received 10 Jun 202619 Falcon Drive Christchurch BH23 4BA
Received 21 Mar 20257 Gervis Crescent Poole BH14 0LR
Received 8 Sept 202570 Bradpole Road Bournemouth BH8 9NY
Received 5 May 202632 Albany Manor Road Bournemouth BH1 3EN
Received 2 Jul 2024The Goods Yard, 14 Station Approach, Broadstone, BH18 8AX
Received 12 Jul 202429 Ashwood Drive Poole Broadstone BH18 8LN
Received 30 Jun 202523 Dunkeld Road Bournemouth BH3 7EN
Received 17 Mar 202518 Crescent Road, Poole, BH14 9AS
Received 23 Aug 202442 Queens Park West Drive Bournemouth BH8 9DD
Received 1 Sept 202524 Oakfield Road Poole BH15 3BG
Received 22 May 2026Butchers Coppice Holloway Avenue Bournemouth BH11 9JW
Received 12 Mar 2026Pinesprings Woodland Pinesprings Woodland Poole
Received 17 Mar 2025Quinn Court 2A Milton Road Bournemouth BH8 8LN
Received 12 Aug 20252 West View Road, Poole, BH15 2AZ
Received 5 Jul 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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