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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.
9,710 approved · 1,785 refused · 432 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 14 Jun 2022 to 16 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 18 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Harland Road Bournemouth BH6 4DW
Received 1 Dec 202215 Kimberley Road Bournemouth BH6 5EX
Received 31 Jul 202518 Wharncliffe Road Christchurch BH23 5DD
Received 3 Feb 2026117 Old Christchurch Road Bournemouth BH1 1EP
Received 14 Apr 2025Land to the south-east of the A338 known as Wessex Fields and including part of the Royal Bournemouth Hospital campus
Received 24 Jan 202369 Higher Blandford Road, Broadstone, BH18 9AE
Received 21 Feb 20241248 Wimborne Road Bournemouth BH10 7AG
Received 17 Oct 2025Tourist Information Centre Pier Approach Bournemouth BH2 5AA
Received 14 Oct 202514 East Howe Lane Bournemouth BH10 5JE
Received 15 Apr 202422 Beaconsfield Road, Poole, BH12 2NN
Received 26 Mar 202433 Wroxham Road, Poole, BH12 1NJ
Received 3 Apr 202411A Whitecliff Crescent, Poole, BH14 8DT
Received 16 Feb 202371 Evering Avenue Poole BH12 4JF
Received 29 Oct 202532 Birchwood Road Poole BH14 9NP
Received 3 Oct 20259 Dornie Road, Poole, BH13 7NL & 22 Nairn Road, Poole, BH13 7NH
Received 11 Sept 202410 Erpingham Road, Poole, BH12 1EX
Received 20 Feb 2024Kensington Lodge 25 Chine Crescent Bournemouth BH2 5LB
Received 4 Jul 202543 Langside Avenue Poole BH12 5BN
Received 30 Apr 2025493 Charminster Road Bournemouth BH8 9RD
Received 7 Feb 202473 Cheam Road, Broadstone, BH18 9HB
Received 12 Dec 202452 Lilliput Road, Poole, BH14 8JZ
Received 22 Apr 20242 Sundew Road Poole Broadstone BH18 9NX
Received 27 May 202517 Watermead 23 Willow Way Christchurch BH23 1JJ
Received 25 Nov 202524 Southbourne Grove Bournemouth BH6 3RA
Received 22 Jul 2025Records 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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