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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.
8,018 approved · 1,360 refused · 341 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Car Park Spaces R/O 81 High Street, Poole, BH15 1AH
Received 16 Jan 2025118 High Street Poole BH15 1DF
Received 8 Jun 2026Carlton Gate 1 Balcombe Road Poole BH13 6DX
Received 11 Feb 20268 Dover Road, Poole, BH13 6DZ
Received 27 Mar 202442 Winston Road Bournemouth BH9 3EQ
Received 25 Jun 2024The Outlook Glen Fern Road Bournemouth BH1 2NA
Received 17 Apr 202471 Glenferness Avenue Bournemouth BH3 7ER
Received 23 Mar 20267A Branksome Hill Road Bournemouth BH4 9LD
Received 19 Dec 202420 Somerford Avenue Christchurch BH23 4JA
Received 8 Jul 202416 Cliff Drive Poole BH13 7JD
Received 4 Aug 202530 Merrivale Avenue Bournemouth BH6 3JP
Received 3 Oct 20246 The Horseshoe, Poole, BH13 7RW
Received 18 Jun 202412 Old Priory Road Bournemouth BH6 3AQ
Received 9 Dec 202412 Bosley Way Christchurch BH23 2HF
Received 15 Sept 202518 Lower Golf Links Road, Broadstone, BH18 8BH
Received 11 Jun 202443 Ashwood Drive Poole Broadstone BH18 8LN
Received 12 Mar 2026Bmx Track Iford Lane Bournemouth BH6 5NF
Received 21 Jun 202410 Farm Lane Christchurch BH23 4AH
Received 4 Mar 20266 Fontmell Road Poole Broadstone BH18 8NW
Received 19 Sept 202545 Haymoor Road, Poole, BH15 3NR
Received 25 Jun 20245 Wicket Road Bournemouth BH10 5LT
Received 27 Aug 202657 Victoria Avenue Bournemouth BH9 2RL
Received 6 Dec 2024Lower Ground Floor 896 Christchurch Road Bournemouth BH7 6DL
Received 16 May 202569 Hurn Road Christchurch BH23 2RL
Received 18 Sept 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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