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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.
9,623 approved · 1,763 refused · 430 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
15 Leven Avenue Bournemouth BH4 9LH
Received 22 Oct 2025910A Christchurch Road Bournemouth BH7 6DL
Received 25 Sept 2026410 Wallisdown Road Bournemouth BH11 8PS
Received 30 Jan 2025114 Bennett Road Bournemouth BH8 8RL
Received 16 Dec 2024Mudeford Quay Open Space Mudeford Quay Christchurch BH23 4AB
Received 12 Jun 202542 Iddesleigh Road Bournemouth BH3 7NQ
Received 25 Nov 2024Pokesdown Railway Station Christchurch Road Bournemouth BH7 6DL
Received 13 Apr 202643 Leven Avenue Bournemouth BH4 9LJ
Received 10 Sept 20269 Hestan Close Christchurch BH23 2TG
Received 14 Mar 202420 Elderberry Lane Christchurch BH23 3RN
Received 12 Jun 2024Shortwood House 1 Magdalen Lane Christchurch BH23 1PH
Received 13 Feb 2025250 Blandford Road, Poole, BH15 4HR
Received 4 Mar 20244 Knightwood Close Christchurch BH23 4NE
Received 14 Oct 2024Memorial Homes Castle Lane West Bournemouth BH8 9TP
Received 21 May 202517 Gillam Road Bournemouth BH10 6BW
Received 22 Jul 20247 Stour Way Christchurch BH23 2PF
Received 24 Jul 2025151 Bure Lane Christchurch BH23 4HB
Received 10 Dec 2024Avondene , 171 Stanpit Christchurch BH23 3LY
Received 21 Nov 202534 Mount Pleasant Drive Bournemouth BH8 9JN
Received 24 Mar 202514 St Anthony's Road Bournemouth BH2 6PD
Received 7 Mar 202418 Heath Road Christchurch BH23 5RH
Received 20 Aug 20254 Nuthatch Close, Poole, BH17 7XR
Received 29 Jan 20246 Whitecliff Crescent, Poole, BH14 8DT
Received 23 Sept 20242 Milton Close, Poole, BH14 9QE
Received 3 Feb 2023Records 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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