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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.
9,074 approved · 1,596 refused · 398 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 14 Oct 2022 to 15 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 16 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Phoebe Court 1A Wesley Close Bournemouth BH8 8BU
Received 2 May 202518 East Avenue Bournemouth BH3 7BZ
Received 15 Jul 202591 Parkway Drive Bournemouth BH8 9JS
Received 4 Mar 202651 Ashwood Drive, Broadstone, BH18 8LN
Received 28 Mar 202427 Brockley Road Bournemouth BH10 6JN
Received 6 Mar 202326 Alton Road Poole BH14 8SN
Received 3 Nov 202517 Whitehall Christchurch BH23 1DE
Received 9 Sept 2026South Western House Fir Vale Road Bournemouth BH1 2NA
Received 24 Apr 202411 Belfield Road Bournemouth BH6 4JB
Received 14 Oct 20244 The Orchard King John Avenue Poole BH11 9UW
Received 22 May 2026Land rear of 18 and 20 Uplands Road Fronting Uplands Gardens Bournemouth BH8 9SS
Received 23 Feb 202327 High Street Christchurch BH23 1AJ
Received 19 Dec 2024The Nici West Hill Road Bournemouth BH2 5EJ
Received 2 Feb 202417 Shaftesbury Road Poole BH15 2LT
Received 18 Aug 20255 Studland Road Bournemouth BH4 8HZ
Received 7 Apr 2026GREENHAVEN, 1-5 Lindsay Road, POOLE, BH13 6FF
Received 16 Jan 2025311 - 313 Ashley Road, Poole, BH14 0AP
Received 3 Apr 202493 Priory View Road Christchurch BH23 7HH
Received 29 Apr 202636 Parkstone Avenue Poole BH14 9LR
Received 10 Mar 2025Fairhaven Court 34 Sea Road Boscombe Bournemouth BH5 1DG
Received 2 Jul 202559 and 61 Creekmoor Lane Poole BH17 7BW
Received 8 Aug 202524 Buccleuch Road, Poole, BH13 6LF
Received 15 Feb 202351 Cliff Drive, Poole, BH13 7JF
Received 6 Feb 202316 Delph Road Poole BH21 1RS
Received 30 Oct 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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