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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.
8,503 approved · 1,469 refused · 368 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 17 Jul 2023 to 8 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Burton Village Green Adjacent St Luke's Church Burton Christchurch BH23 7JN
Received 4 Mar 202592 Evering Avenue, Poole, BH12 4JH
Received 9 Aug 2024390 Ashley Road Poole BH14 0AA
Received 26 Aug 2026Keythorpe 27 Manor Road Bournemouth BH1 3ER
Received 31 Oct 2025The Bourne Academy Hadow Road Bournemouth BH10 5HS
Received 15 Apr 2026The Stable Bar And Restaurant 2 High Street Poole BH15 1BW
Received 13 Mar 202525 Somerford Way Christchurch BH23 3QN
Received 31 Oct 202427 Brisbane Road Christchurch BH23 2HP
Received 22 Sept 2025Flat 3 Twixt Chines 21 Mckinley Road Bournemouth BH4 8AG
Received 20 Jul 2026Aldbury Nursing Home, 672-674 Ringwood Road, Poole, BH12 4NA, 670 Ringwood Road, Poole, BH12 4NA & 15 Broom Road, Poole, BH12 4NL
Received 25 Jun 202420 West Way, Broadstone, BH18 9LR
Received 20 Jan 2025Roundabouts (Multi locations) - Bournemouth area
Received 8 Feb 202430 Raven Way Christchurch BH23 4BQ
Received 8 Jul 20249 Martins Hill Lane Christchurch BH23 7NJ
Received 15 Sept 2025Harraby Green 40 Wallace Road Poole BH18 8NG
Received 8 May 2025107 Viscount Walk Bournemouth BH11 9TH
Received 1 Jul 2025Birchwood Mews, Birchwood Road
Received 18 Sept 202447 Garland Road Poole BH15 2LB
Received 15 Sept 202546 Coronation Avenue Bournemouth BH9 1TW
Received 14 Sept 202645 Chaddesley Glen, Poole, BH13 7PB
Received 16 Dec 202423 Harewood Gardens Bournemouth BH7 7RH
Received 1 Jul 202440 Branksea Avenue Poole BH15 4DP
Received 14 Jul 2025Joyce House, 498 Blandford Road, POOLE, BH16 5BN
Received 30 Dec 202413 Abbott Road Bournemouth BH9 1EU
Received 17 Feb 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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