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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.
8,475 approved · 1,464 refused · 368 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
9 Upper Golf Links Road Poole Broadstone BH18 8BT
Received 8 Jun 2026Land rear of 3-5 Blackwater Christchurch BH23 6AF
Received 9 Jan 2025168 Portland Road Bournemouth BH9 1NG
Received 25 Nov 20248 Vandeleur Close Poole BH15 3SH
Received 8 Jul 202610 Rossmore Road, Poole, BH12 3NH
Received 5 Apr 2024167C Mudeford Christchurch BH23 4AG
Received 13 Feb 202527 Wakefield Avenue Bournemouth BH10 6DS
Received 8 Jun 202663 Church Road Poole BH14 0NS
Received 19 Feb 2026First Floor Flat 575 Christchurch Road Bournemouth BH1 4AH
Received 12 Feb 202660 Heckford Road Poole BH15 2LY
Received 25 Feb 2026284 Malmesbury Park Road Bournemouth BH8 8PR
Received 21 May 2026Unit 1, Sovereign Business Park, 46-48 Willis Way, Poole, BH15 3TB
Received 7 Jun 202417 Danecourt Road, Poole, BH14 0PG
Received 4 Mar 202464 Twemlow Avenue Poole BH14 8AN
Received 15 Apr 202587A Southbourne Road Bournemouth BH6 3QL
Received 7 Oct 202415 Stanfield Road Bournemouth BH9 2NL
Received 27 Mar 20263-5 Bridge Street Christchurch BH23 1DY
Received 4 Jul 202437 White Horse Drive, Poole, BH15 3BD
Received 8 Jan 202515 Frederica Road Bournemouth BH9 2LX
Received 16 Dec 202432A Creekmoor Lane, Poole, BH17 7BS
Received 20 Jun 202414 Avon Run Road Christchurch BH23 4DU
Received 26 Sept 20256 Sandbanks Road Poole BH14 8AQ
Received 25 Mar 20264A Brackenhill Poole BH13 6LT
Received 26 Aug 2026Dunyeats House 65 Dunyeats Road Poole BH18 8AE
Received 10 Jun 2025Records 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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