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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.
8,463 approved · 1,461 refused · 367 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Christchurch Police Station Barrack Road Christchurch BH23 1PN
Received 2 Apr 2026Anfield Lodge 12 Bradburne Road Bournemouth BH2 5ST
Received 3 Feb 20263 Rossley Close Christchurch BH23 4RR
Received 12 Aug 202419 Spur Hill Avenue, Poole, BH14 9PH
Received 11 Mar 20241 Cawdor Road Bournemouth BH3 7DN
Received 5 Feb 20241 Pinetree Drive 6 Wilderton Road Poole BH13 6EE
Received 21 Sept 2026190 Malmesbury Park Road Bournemouth BH8 8PP
Received 4 Mar 2025109 Richmond Park Road Bournemouth BH8 8UA
Received 14 Aug 2025Rear part of Ground Floor 692 Wimborne Road Winton BH9 2EG
Received 26 May 20262E Branksome Wood Road Bournemouth BH2 6BY
Received 8 Jul 202572 Sunnyhill Road Bournemouth BH6 5HR
Received 23 Jul 20262 Churchfield Road, Poole, BH15 2QN
Received 5 Feb 202515 Troak Close Christchurch BH23 3SR
Received 14 Aug 202424 Western Road Poole BH13 7BP
Received 17 Feb 202567 Hunt Road Poole BH15 3QF
Received 18 Mar 2025High Trees, Arrowsmith Road, Wimborne, BH21 3BG
Received 13 Nov 202414 Clive Road Christchurch BH23 4NY
Received 26 Jun 202433 Chewton Common Road Christchurch BH23 5LX
Received 1 Apr 2026120 Western Avenue Bournemouth BH10 6HL
Received 30 Jan 2025Land to the West of Alumhurst Road Bournemouth BH4 8JW
Received 17 Oct 202521 Dukes Drive, Bournemouth, BH11 9SZ
Received 1 May 202420 Springfield Crescent Poole BH14 0LL
Received 26 Mar 202527 Ashwood Drive Poole BH18 8LN
Received 6 May 202610 Dudley Road Bournemouth BH10 6BS
Received 6 Mar 2026Records 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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