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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.
9,474 approved · 1,720 refused · 421 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Broadstone Allotments Lower Blandford Road Poole BH18 8NT
Received 1 Sept 20266 Caledon Road Poole BH14 9NN
Received 12 Mar 202629 Terrington Avenue Christchurch BH23 4RJ
Received 15 Sept 202533 Apple Grove Christchurch BH23 2HG
Received 25 Oct 2024Murray Muscat Centre 3 Glen Fern Road Bournemouth BH1 2LU
Received 27 Mar 202512 Buccleuch Road, Poole, BH13 6LE
Received 5 Feb 202424 High Howe Lane Bournemouth BH11 9QS
Received 11 Jun 2026Birch House 169 Broadway Lane Bournemouth BH8 0AD
Received 3 Nov 202567 Bure Lane Christchurch BH23 4DL
Received 14 May 202481 Craigmoor Avenue Bournemouth BH8 9LR
Received 7 Feb 2025Studland Dene 2 Studland Road Bournemouth BH4 8DP
Received 26 Nov 202512 Ropley Road Bournemouth BH7 6RU
Received 23 Aug 202413 Wilfred Road Bournemouth BH5 1ND
Received 4 Aug 202625 Waterside Christchurch BH23 3NZ
Received 18 Sept 20263 Newton Morrell 15 Munster Road Poole BH14 9PT
Received 24 Jul 2025155 Columbia Road Bournemouth BH10 4EE
Received 3 Jan 202522 Hinton Wood Avenue Christchurch BH23 5AH
Received 7 Apr 202644 Upton Way, Broadstone, BH18 9LZ
Received 8 Feb 202339 St Osmunds Road Poole BH14 9JU
Received 9 May 2025Chepping Dene 15 Wimborne Road Bournemouth BH2 6LY
Received 3 Mar 2026Ebenezer Cottage 41 Old Wareham Road Poole BH12 4QN
Received 27 Aug 2025The Everglades, 8A Lindsay Road, Poole, BH13 6AR
Received 9 Jan 2023Store Adjacent To 2 Highfield Road Bournemouth BH9 2SF
Received 24 Nov 2025Dutch Cottage 1 Haven Cottages Mudeford Quay Christchurch BH23 4AB
Received 31 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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