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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.
9,779 approved · 1,804 refused · 435 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
5 Felton Crescent Christchurch Dorset BH23 5AX
Received 29 Apr 2024Holes Bay Road Poole BH15 2FT
Received 9 Mar 202656 Blake Dene Road Poole BH14 8HH
Received 2 Feb 2026186 Harewood Avenue Bournemouth BH7 7BG
Received 10 Jun 202412 Parsonage Close Christchurch BH23 2GB
Received 29 Aug 2025Le Petit Manoir 70 Lansdowne Road Bournemouth BH1 1RS
Received 28 Apr 2026Langdon House 66 Langdon Road Poole
Received 10 Jul 2025Surlminster 55A Christchurch Road Bournemouth BH1 3PA
Received 9 Jun 202513A Dunbar Road Bournemouth BH3 7AZ
Received 2 Dec 202544A Parkstone Avenue, Poole, BH14 9LR
Received 7 Oct 2024Kingsleigh Primary School Hadow Road Bournemouth BH10 5HT
Received 13 May 2024Former Homebase Redlands Poole Road Poole BH12 1DN
Received 20 Nov 2025NOTO, 16 Western Road, POOLE, BH13 7BW
Received 11 Nov 202414 Well Lane, Poole, BH15 2DT
Received 3 May 202479A Sea Road Boscombe Bournemouth BH5 1BG
Received 21 Jul 2026580 Christchurch Road Bournemouth BH1 4BH
Received 24 Jun 202419 Lindsay Road Bournemouth Poole BH13 6AN
Received 27 Jul 202528 Winston Avenue Poole BH12 1PE
Received 26 Jun 202512 Elms Avenue, Poole, BH14 8EF
Received 12 Jan 202428 Twemlow Avenue, Poole, BH14 8AN
Received 20 May 202467 Shaftesbury Road Bournemouth BH8 8SU
Received 9 May 2025164 Churchill Road Poole BH12 2JF
Received 30 Jun 202559 Branksome Hill Road Bournemouth BH4 9LF
Received 19 Dec 2025Forsyte Shades 82 Lilliput Road Poole BH14 8LA
Received 22 Aug 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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