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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.
8,271 approved · 1,417 refused · 352 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
R/O 25 Sandyhurst Close, Poole, BH17 9JS
Received 22 Jul 202478 East Avenue Bournemouth BH3 7DB
Received 22 Nov 2024Henley Court 32 Christchurch Road Bournemouth BH1 3PD
Received 3 Sept 20265 Cobham Way, Wimborne, BH21 1SJ
Received 29 Jul 2024Golden Sands 21 Brownsea Road Poole BH13 7QW
Received 16 Dec 202531 Corfe Way, Broadstone, BH18 9ND
Received 13 May 202454 Elms Avenue Poole BH14 8EF
Received 28 May 2026Land to the front of 20, 22 & 24 Inverclyde Road, Poole, BH14 8PB
Received 10 Jun 20262 Whitecliff Crescent, Poole, BH14 8DT
Received 14 Oct 202469 Warburton Road Poole BH17 8SD
Received 26 Mar 202629 Ashford Road Bournemouth BH6 5QB
Received 10 Oct 202513 Kirby Way Bournemouth BH6 3HZ
Received 16 Mar 2026Avon House 16A West Cliff Road Bournemouth BH2 5EZ
Received 18 Jun 2025121 Palmerston Road Bournemouth BH1 4HP
Received 18 Jul 20251B Mount Grace Drive, Poole, BH14 8NB
Received 4 Nov 202425 Widworthy Drive Poole BH18 9BD
Received 31 Jul 202550 Woodpecker Drive, Poole, BH17 7SY
Received 30 May 20243 High Park Road Poole BH18 9DE
Received 6 Jul 20267 Durley Chine Road Bournemouth BH2 5JS
Received 30 Sept 202480 Hinton Wood Avenue Christchurch BH23 5AJ
Received 12 Sept 2024140 Stanpit Christchurch BH23 3NE
Received 8 Oct 202443 Links Road, Poole, BH14 9QS
Received 1 Oct 2024The Oaks 273 Rossmore Road Poole BH12 2HQ
Received 17 Aug 202654 Britannia Road, Poole, BH14 8BB
Received 13 May 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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