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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.
8,293 approved · 1,422 refused · 357 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land rear of 4-10 Paddington Grove Bournemouth BH11 8NP
Received 2 Feb 2026Sandhill Holiday Park Mudeford Christchurch BH23 4AL
Received 30 Jul 2025European Distribution Centre Parvalux Electric Motors 490 492 Wallisdown Road Bournemouth BH11 8PT
Received 14 May 20242 Milton Road Bournemouth BH8 8LN
Received 4 Oct 2024Nemos Nursery The Grove, 25 Forest Road Poole BH13 6DQ
Received 23 Feb 202613 Devon Road Poole BH15 3QQ
Received 16 Mar 20268 Chaddesley Pines Poole BH13 7LL
Received 11 Sept 20259 Felton Road Poole BH14 0QR
Received 12 Jan 2026167C Mudeford Christchurch BH23 4AG
Received 3 Nov 202548 Redhill Avenue Bournemouth BH9 2SW
Received 29 Apr 202524 Moor Road Poole BH18 8BD
Received 2 Mar 20265 Lone Pines Close Matchams Lane Christchurch BH23 6LP
Received 11 Nov 202514 Wick Lane Christchurch BH23 1HX
Received 30 Dec 202416 Leicester Road Poole BH13 6BZ
Received 26 May 2026148B Richmond Park Road Bournemouth BH8 8TW
Received 20 Feb 202513 Durley Chine Road South Bournemouth BH2 5JT
Received 3 Feb 202640 Seaway Avenue Christchurch BH23 4EX
Received 24 Nov 202516 Upper Golf Links Road, Broadstone, BH18 8BX
Received 10 Jun 20247 Dorset Lake Avenue Poole BH14 8JD
Received 4 Mar 202517 Shaftesbury Road Poole BH15 2LT
Received 26 Feb 2025Dormy House 11 Central Drive Bournemouth BH2 6LQ
Received 6 Dec 20248 Brownsea Road Poole BH13 7QP
Received 22 Apr 202663 Richmond Road Poole BH14 0BU
Received 10 Sept 202632 Cromwell Road Bournemouth BH5 2JN
Received 14 Mar 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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