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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.
9,193 approved · 1,617 refused · 405 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 21 Jun 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
24 Western Road Poole BH13 7BP
Received 17 Feb 202585 Longfleet Road Poole BH15 2JB (Tree is located in the back Hospital Car Park, access is via St Marys Road, opposite Entrance to the Maternity Hospital)
Received 16 Apr 20259-10 Argyle Road Christchurch BH23 3NW
Received 8 Sept 202653 Purewell Christchurch BH23 1EH
Received 24 Feb 2026Barrack Road Recreation Ground, Barrack Road Recreation Ground Pavilion Barrack Road Christchurch BH23 1PE
Received 11 Feb 20265C Branksome Wood Road Bournemouth BH2 6BT
Received 12 May 202610 Grebe Close Poole BH17 7YW
Received 16 Jan 2026168 Blandford Road Poole BH15 4BH
Received 22 Jan 202618 East Avenue Bournemouth BH3 7BZ
Received 30 Sept 20259 Mckinley Road Bournemouth BH4 8AG
Received 18 Nov 2024The Gables, 19 Forest Road
Received 27 Jan 202515 Vine Farm Close, Poole, BH12 5EL
Received 7 Mar 202417 Chewton Way Christchurch Dorset BH23 5LS
Received 6 Jun 20248 Gladelands Way Poole BH18 9JB
Received 6 Aug 202633 Coleman Road Bournemouth BH11 8EH
Received 24 Jan 202329 Chantry Close Christchurch BH23 5NQ
Received 26 Apr 2024Field adj. A31 - Willett Road, Poole
Received 27 Jan 202330 The Broadway Northbourne Bournemouth BH10 7EY
Received 3 Feb 202316 Partridge Drive, Poole, BH14 8HJ
Received 11 Dec 202431 Ricardo Crescent Christchurch BH23 4BX
Received 22 Jan 202643 Corfe Way, Broadstone, BH18 9ND
Received 13 Feb 2023387 Ashley Road, Poole, BH14 0AT
Received 5 Feb 20243 The Mariners, 47 Panorama Road, Poole, BH13 7RB
Received 10 Oct 2024R/O 17 Enfield Road, Poole, BH15 3LJ
Received 22 Jul 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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