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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.
9,723 approved · 1,789 refused · 434 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
4 Felton Road Poole BH14 0QS
Received 20 May 202628 Browning Avenue Bournemouth BH5 1NN
Received 16 Jan 202610 Blair Avenue, Poole, BH14 0DA
Received 30 May 202461 Southill Road, Poole, BH12 3AW
Received 24 Nov 202253 Rothesay Drive Christchurch BH23 4LD
Received 3 Aug 202640 Osborne Road Bournemouth BH9 2JL
Received 25 Jul 202411 Lindsay Road, Poole, BH13 6AN
Received 18 Nov 202271 Glenferness Avenue Bournemouth BH3 7ER
Received 28 Nov 20221 Lorne Park Road Bournemouth BH1 1JJ
Received 27 Aug 2026Trystworthy 20 St Stephen's Road Bournemouth BH2 6JU
Received 29 May 2026Conifers, 1 The Avenue
Received 5 Dec 20245 Oban Road Bournemouth BH3 7BG
Received 3 Aug 202649 Cavendish Road Bournemouth BH1 1RA
Received 16 Sept 2024External Areas St Mark's Church Of England Primary School Talbot Village Bournemouth BH10 4JA
Received 5 Dec 202517 Chewton Way Christchurch BH23 5LS
Received 30 Aug 20244 Cairns Close Christchurch BH23 2JJ
Received 30 Aug 20249 Martello Towers, 8 Ravine Road, Poole, BH13 7HX
Received 7 Nov 2022Le Petit Manoir 70 Lansdowne Road Bournemouth BH1 1RS
Received 28 Apr 202616 Pottery Road Poole BH14 8RF
Received 26 Jun 20262-12 Commercial Road Bournemouth BH2 5LP
Received 27 Nov 202521 Wilderton Road, POOLE, BH13 6ED
Received 11 Nov 2024Pauntley Rd Christchurch BH23 3JL
Received 1 Dec 202511 Daisy Close Christchurch Dorset BH23 4UW
Received 11 Apr 202421 Bure Homage Gardens Christchurch BH23 4DR
Received 15 Oct 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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