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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.
8,143 approved · 1,381 refused · 346 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
35A Pickford Road Bournemouth BH9 2RR
Received 6 Mar 20264 Wilderton Road West Poole BH13 6EF
Received 5 Mar 202592 Southbourne Overcliff Drive Bournemouth BH6 3NQ
Received 6 Jul 2026Car park at the junction of Purewell with Stony Lane South, Christchurch, BH23 1EH
Received 20 Mar 202651 Swanmore Road Bournemouth BH7 6PD
Received 12 Mar 202635 Fairview Drive, Broadstone, BH18 9AR
Received 27 Aug 20241 The Coppice Christchurch BH23 4EG
Received 30 Sept 20268 Luscombe Road Poole BH14 8ST
Received 9 Jun 20256 Farcroft Road, Poole, BH12 3BQ
Received 5 Jul 202429 York Road Poole BH18 8EW
Received 22 May 20263 Ormonde Road Poole BH13 6DF
Received 29 Jan 202615 Frederica Road Bournemouth BH9 2LX
Received 4 Sept 2025Garden House 3 Meyrick Road Bournemouth BH1 3EB
Received 18 Jun 2024142 Blandford Road, Poole, BH15 4BG
Received 2 Jul 202478 Merley Lane, Wimborne, BH21 1RZ
Received 2 Apr 20244 Kimberley Road Poole BH14 8SQ
Received 24 Feb 20259 Troon Road Poole BH18 9BA
Received 6 Feb 202629 Twemlow Avenue Poole BH14 8AL
Received 16 Jun 202511 Canford Crescent, Poole, BH13 7ND
Received 26 Mar 202432 Wellesley Avenue Christchurch BH23 4SX
Received 27 Apr 20262 Lavender Road Bournemouth BH8 0PX
Received 19 Nov 20259 Frankston Road Bournemouth BH6 5EG
Received 27 Mar 20247 Greenwood Avenue, Poole, BH14 8QD
Received 8 Nov 2024La Corniche 41 Cliff Drive Poole BH13 7JE
Received 21 May 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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