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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.
9,522 approved · 1,729 refused · 427 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
9 Holdenhurst Avenue Bournemouth BH7 6QZ
Received 16 Mar 202614 High Street Poole BH15 1BP
Received 28 May 2025Merley Hall Farm House Willett Road Poole Wimborne BH21 3DL
Received 20 Mar 20263A Magdalen Lane Christchurch BH23 1PH
Received 28 May 2024St Anns Hospital, 69 Haven Road, Poole, BH13 7LN
Received 16 Feb 20245 Spencer Road, Poole, BH13 7ET
Received 9 Apr 202435 Corfe Way Poole Broadstone BH18 9ND
Received 10 Sept 202557 Keith Road Bournemouth BH3 7DT
Received 29 Oct 2024Royal Bournemouth Hospital Castle Lane East Bournemouth BH7 7DW
Received 4 Jun 2024Units 7 & 8, The Dolphin Centre, High Street, Poole, BH15 1SP
Received 9 Jan 202398 High Street, Poole, BH15 1DB
Received 15 Jan 20253 Kenyon Close Poole BH15 3JF
Received 3 Sept 20258 Seaward Avenue Bournemouth BH6 3SH
Received 20 Jan 20262 Carrbridge Close Bournemouth BH3 7EQ
Received 10 Feb 202520 Erpingham Road, Poole, BH12 1EX
Received 7 Nov 202441 East Avenue Bournemouth BH3 7BT
Received 27 Apr 202612 Ridgefield Gardens Christchurch BH23 4QG
Received 11 Mar 2025106 Victoria Road, Poole, BH12 3AF
Received 7 Dec 20221 Hampton Mews 23A Poole Road Bournemouth BH4 9DF
Received 23 Feb 202315A Panorama Road Poole BH13 7RA
Received 24 Sept 202520 Avon Run Road Christchurch BH23 4DX
Received 19 Nov 202510 Waterford Close, Poole, BH14 8FA
Received 9 Feb 2023Flat 1 18 St Clement's Road Bournemouth BH1 4DZ
Received 23 Apr 2025Balcombe Place, 7 Balcombe Road
Received 16 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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