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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.
9,237 approved · 1,624 refused · 407 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
3 Sussex Close Bournemouth BH9 3SA
Received 23 Jan 202518 Foxwood Avenue Christchurch BH23 3LA
Received 23 Jun 202670 Glenferness Avenue Bournemouth BH3 7EX
Received 14 Nov 202570A Heathwood Road Bournemouth BH9 2JZ
Received 3 Oct 2024Surrey Bells 71 Surrey Road Poole BH12 1HG
Received 11 Mar 202562 Johnston Road Poole BH15 3HT
Received 1 Jul 2026Greenacres, 22-24 The Avenue, Poole, BH13 6AJ
Received 18 Jul 20249 Breeze, 9 Durrant Road, Poole, BH14 8TZ
Received 10 Apr 202496 Harewood Avenue Bournemouth BH7 6NR
Received 22 Dec 2025161 Bure Lane Christchurch BH23 4HB
Received 7 Feb 202354 Magna Road, Poole, BH11 9NA
Received 31 May 202423 Spencer Road, Poole, BH13 7ET
Received 22 Aug 2024Dental Surgery 85 Wimborne Road Bournemouth BH3 7AN
Received 27 Sept 20242 Silverwood Close Poole BH21 1QZ
Received 7 Jul 2025498 Blandford Road, Poole, BH16 5BN
Received 20 Aug 202528 Courtenay Road Poole BH14 0HD
Received 21 Jul 2025Bournemouth Aviation Museum Merritown Lane Christchurch BH23 6BA
Received 30 Jan 202339 Alum Chine Road Bournemouth BH4 8DT
Received 12 Mar 202632 Springfield Crescent Poole BH14 0LL
Received 18 Dec 202562 Manning Avenue Christchurch BH23 4PW
Received 15 Jan 2025409 Wallisdown Road Poole BH12 5DA
Received 28 Feb 20257 Clowes Avenue Bournemouth BH6 4ER
Received 25 Mar 20261 Avon Run Close Christchurch BH23 4DT
Received 15 Jul 2025197 Fairmile Road Christchurch BH23 2LF
Received 11 May 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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