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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.
8,438 approved · 1,456 refused · 365 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Electricity Sub Station site 20 Wimborne Road Bournemouth BH2 6NT
Received 20 Dec 202444 Albert Road, Poole, BH12 2DA
Received 1 Jul 20248 Elms Close, Poole, BH14 8EP
Received 1 Oct 2024Rothesay Point 15 Wharncliffe Road Christchurch BH23 5DB
Received 24 Oct 20248 Ettrick Road Poole BH13 6LG
Received 16 Jul 2025Turay Court 6 St Swithun's Road South Bournemouth BH1 3RQ
Received 19 Nov 2024Wheelhouse Lodge, The Wheelhouse, 10 Panorama Road, Poole, BH13 7RD
Received 19 Feb 202466 Cooke Road Poole BH12 1QB
Received 29 Apr 2025Lansdowne Enterprise Centre Drill Hall 14 Lansdowne Road Bournemouth BH1 1SD
Received 21 Jan 2025167C Mudeford Christchurch BH23 4AG
Received 14 Aug 2024Land Between 37 & 39 James Road Poole BH12 1EA
Received 8 Aug 2025112 Pittmore Road Christchurch Dorset BH23 7HE
Received 21 Mar 20243 Blackwater Drive Poole Wimborne BH21 3BH
Received 29 Apr 2025Land Adjacent Lonesome Pines Bodley Road Poole BH13 7JH
Received 3 Dec 2025Surrey House 22 Surrey Road Bournemouth BH2 6BS
Received 10 Mar 2025St Josephs Court 7 Balmoral Road Poole BH14 8UJ
Received 15 Apr 20257 Leven Avenue Bournemouth BH4 9LH
Received 12 Jun 202444 Clifton Road Poole BH14 9PP
Received 16 Mar 2026499A Ashley Road Poole BH14 0BD
Received 7 Jan 202667 Penn Hill Avenue Poole BH14 9LY
Received 18 Jun 2025Redwood Drive and Homefield Close Winkton Christchurch
Received 6 Feb 202420 Tweedale Road Bournemouth BH9 3LN
Received 21 Jan 2025175 Dorchester Road, Poole, BH15 3RZ
Received 22 Oct 202452A Blake Hill Crescent, Poole, BH14 8QS
Received 3 Dec 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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