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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.
8,292 approved · 1,422 refused · 357 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1A Queens Park Road Bournemouth BH8 9BP
Received 16 Apr 202540 River Way Christchurch BH23 2QR
Received 29 Oct 202448 Elgin Road Bournemouth BH3 7DL
Received 15 Jul 20254 Cheddington Road Bournemouth BH9 3NB
Received 11 Nov 2024Rozel Manor 48 Western Road Poole BH13 6EX
Received 16 Sept 202522 Church Road Bournemouth BH6 4AT
Received 17 Oct 20245 Oakwood Road Christchurch BH23 5NY
Received 2 Sept 20254 Runnymede Avenue Bournemouth BH11 9SF
Received 9 Apr 202521 Springfield Road, Poole, BH14 0LG
Received 14 Feb 20257 Mansfield Road Poole BH14 0DD
Received 27 Mar 2025134 Surrey Road Poole BH12 1HJ
Received 13 May 2025Asda Castlepoint Castle Lane West Bournemouth BH8 9UN
Received 15 Nov 202490 Lingwood Avenue Christchurch BH23 3JU
Received 5 Mar 202623 Dorchester Road, Poole, BH15 3JX
Received 10 Dec 202450 Victoria Road Poole BH12 3BB
Received 20 Mar 20251 St Clair Road Poole BH13 7JP
Received 23 Feb 20262-6 Cromer Road, Poole, BH12 1NB
Received 22 Jan 20247 Flaghead Road Poole BH13 7JN
Received 7 Jul 20254 The Paddocks Bournemouth BH10 5BX
Received 4 Nov 202568 Drummond Road Bournemouth BH1 4DT
Received 2 Feb 202615 Thwaite Road Poole BH12 1HY
Received 16 Apr 2026Rug Bazaar 709 Wimborne Road Bournemouth BH9 2AU
Received 20 Jul 202630 Bournemouth Road, Poole, BH14 0ES
Received 31 Oct 202428 Rodney Drive Christchurch BH23 3JF
Received 24 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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