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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.
9,763 approved · 1,799 refused · 435 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
3 Blackwater Drive Poole BH21 3BH
Received 13 May 20258 Wellington Avenue Christchurch BH23 4HL
Received 13 Aug 202590 East Avenue Bournemouth BH3 7DD
Received 5 Jan 202340 Talbot Road Bournemouth BH9 2JF
Received 15 Apr 20242 Garland Road, Poole, BH15 2LA
Received 6 Mar 202431 Churchill Crescent Poole BH12 2NG
Received 15 Jul 2025Corpus Christi Catholic Primary School St James's Square Bournemouth BH5 2BX
Received 19 May 20269 Partridge Walk, Poole, BH14 8HL
Received 24 May 202413 Lone Pines Close Matchams Lane Christchurch BH23 6LP
Received 3 Jul 202414 Renault Drive, Broadstone, BH18 8HW
Received 3 Jul 202463 Commercial Road, Poole, BH14 0JB
Received 28 Nov 202259 Avenue Road Walkford Christchurch BH23 5QH
Received 3 Sept 202530 Alder Crescent, Poole, BH12 4BD
Received 17 Jan 202312 Rosemount 34 St Catherine's Road Bournemouth BH6 4AB
Received 27 Aug 202617 Curzon Way Christchurch BH23 4LG
Received 8 May 202660 R L Stevenson Avenue Bournemouth BH4 8EG
Received 29 Oct 2025385 Sandbanks Road Poole BH14 8HZ
Received 14 Mar 20259 Lincoln Avenue Christchurch BH23 2SG
Received 6 Feb 2024Magpies 17 Canford Cliffs Road Poole BH13 7AG
Received 4 Sept 2026430 Lymington Road Christchurch BH23 5HF
Received 26 Feb 202599-107 St Michael's Road Bournemouth BH2 5DU
Received 3 Sept 20257 Cotton Close Poole Broadstone BH18 9AJ
Received 23 Mar 2026Land between 58 and 64 Goliath Road Poole BH15 4NS
Received 20 May 202615 Stourpaine Road, Poole, BH17 9AT
Received 9 Dec 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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