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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.
8,235 approved · 1,409 refused · 352 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 17 Jul 2023 to 2 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 15 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
13 Ravine Road Bournemouth BH5 2DT
Received 18 Feb 2025Stoneview, 7 Alton Road, Poole, BH14 8SJ
Received 13 Feb 2025Broadstone United Reform Church 1 Higher Blandford Road Poole BH18 9AB
Received 1 Oct 2026Various Roundabouts in Christchurch Chapel Gate, Jumpers, Bailey, Stour, Fountain A, Fountain B, Purewell, Somerford, Lyndhurst outer, Hoburne, Milestone, Fairmile
Received 6 Feb 202512 Twynham Road Bournemouth BH6 3EZ
Received 13 Sept 202444 Links Road Poole BH14 9QS
Received 19 Jun 20257 Fortescue Road Bournemouth BH3 7JT
Received 3 Dec 202528 Leicester Road Poole BH13 6DA
Received 16 Mar 202613 Elgin Road Bournemouth BH4 9NL
Received 29 Sept 202615 Littledown Avenue Bournemouth BH7 7AT
Received 19 Dec 202430 Brownsea View Avenue, Poole, BH14 8LQ
Received 23 May 202412 Orcheston Road Bournemouth BH8 8SR
Received 13 Mar 2026144 Seafield Road Bournemouth BH6 3JL
Received 31 Oct 202475 Edwina Drive Poole BH17 7JG
Received 16 Jul 202644 Jubilee Gardens Bournemouth BH10 4ET
Received 12 Aug 2024Beech House 28-30 Wimborne Road Poole BH15 2BU
Received 8 Dec 202541 Bournemouth Road, Poole, BH14 0EF
Received 26 Mar 202499 Darbys Lane Poole BH15 3EU
Received 28 Aug 202641 Egdon Drive Poole BH21 1TX
Received 13 Jul 2026Parkstone Golf Club 49A Links Road Poole BH14 9QS
Received 16 Jan 2026Wilderton House, 2 Wilderton Road, Poole, BH13 6EE
Received 9 Sept 2024Oakwood Park, Oakley Lane, Wimborne, BH21 3AY
Received 15 Jul 20241 Buckler Heights Poole BH14 8TA
Received 18 Jun 202586 Hinton Wood Avenue Christchurch BH23 5AJ
Received 29 Oct 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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