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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.
9,456 approved · 1,715 refused · 420 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
40 Sedgley Road Bournemouth BH9 2JW
Received 3 Dec 2025103 Foxholes Road Poole BH15 3ND
Received 10 Mar 202527 Hinton Wood Avenue Christchurch BH23 5AB
Received 13 Jan 202631 & 33 Tower Road and land to the rear of the site Bournemouth BH1 4LA
Received 8 Apr 20244 Dornie Road Poole BH13 7NL
Received 1 Oct 202629 Sherwood Avenue, Poole, BH14 8DH
Received 19 Jun 202429 Hurn Court Hurn Court Lane Christchurch BH23 6BH
Received 3 Mar 202532 Southcliffe Road Christchurch BH23 4EW
Received 21 Nov 2024Earls Court 9 Gervis Road Bournemouth BH1 3ED
Received 10 Aug 20263 Harbeck Road Bournemouth BH8 0AH
Received 16 Apr 202419 Links Drive Christchurch BH23 2RE
Received 26 Sept 20244 Glenmount Drive, Poole, BH14 0HL
Received 30 Dec 202210 Brunstead Road Poole BH12 1EJ
Received 27 Aug 202538 Chewton Way Christchurch BH23 5LS
Received 8 Aug 202522 Alton Road, Poole, BH14 8SN
Received 23 Sept 202425 Headswell Crescent Bournemouth BH10 6LF
Received 11 Mar 20248 Firs Glen Road Bournemouth BH9 2LR
Received 2 Sept 202616 Rothesay Drive Christchurch BH23 4LB
Received 13 Aug 20258 Scarf Road, Poole, BH17 8QQ
Received 29 Jan 202465 Lake Road, Poole, BH15 4LF
Received 25 Jan 2023Talbot Village Poole BH12 4HL
Received 12 Jun 202626 Foxholes Road Bournemouth BH6 3AT
Received 19 Feb 202545 Walton Road Poole BH15 3PA
Received 4 Mar 202673 Hill View Road Bournemouth BH10 5BL
Received 9 Dec 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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