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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.
9,377 approved · 1,682 refused · 417 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 14 Jun 2022 to 16 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 17 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
54 Elms Avenue Poole BH14 8EF
Received 30 Apr 202630 Burnham Drive Bournemouth BH8 9EX
Received 12 Jan 2026Penton Securities Ltd 79A Sterte Avenue West Poole BH15 2AL
Received 16 Sept 202686 Hinton Wood Avenue Christchurch BH23 5AJ
Received 7 Nov 202412 Seacombe Road Poole BH13 7RJ
Received 23 Jul 20257 Cannon Close Poole BH18 8HP
Received 17 Apr 2026Land to the south east of the A338 Wessex Fields
Received 13 Feb 20269 Silverwood Close Poole Wimborne BH21 1QZ
Received 30 Jun 2025Boscombe Grange 2 Percy Road Bournemouth BH5 1JE
Received 18 Mar 2026Knapp Mill Off Salisbury Road Christchurch BH23 7AS
Received 18 Oct 20241247 Christchurch Road Bournemouth BH7 6BP
Received 3 Dec 202533 Gladstone Road West Bournemouth BH1 4HZ
Received 6 Feb 20231 Cawdor Road Bournemouth BH3 7DN
Received 28 Oct 202587 Canford Cliffs Road Poole BH13 7EW
Received 2 Jul 202610 Persley Road Bournemouth BH10 6DX
Received 3 Feb 20264 Laurel Close Christchurch BH23 4PG
Received 25 Mar 2026Littledown Park Land Chaseside Bournemouth BH7 7DX
Received 22 Oct 2025303 Windham Road Bournemouth BH1 4RE
Received 20 Jul 20264 Columbine Close Christchurch BH23 4UB
Received 15 Sept 2025100 Castle Road Bournemouth BH9 1PN
Received 9 May 2025Quay West Marina 23 West Quay Road Poole BH15 1HX
Received 7 Aug 2026Knapp Mill Water Treatment Works Mill Road Christchurch BH23 3LY
Received 4 Dec 202466 Manning Avenue Christchurch BH23 4PW
Received 16 Jun 20264 St Anthony's Road Bournemouth BH2 6PD
Received 15 May 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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