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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.
9,797 approved · 1,807 refused · 436 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
2 Westbourne Park Road Bournemouth BH4 8HG
Received 2 Jul 202581 Cranbrook Road Poole BH12 3BP
Received 28 Oct 202569 Fontmell Road Poole BH18 8NN
Received 9 Jan 2026Telecom House 35 Holdenhurst Road Bournemouth BH8 8EH
Received 31 Jul 202622 Ascot Road, Broadstone, BH18 9EZ
Received 9 Jan 202346 Belmont Road Poole BH14 0DB
Received 26 May 202616 Truman Road Bournemouth BH11 9BW
Received 9 Sept 2025The Coach House 6A Marlborough Road Bournemouth BH4 8DB
Received 8 Jun 2026Energy Centre Building Royal Bournemouth Hospital Castle Lane East Bournemouth BH7 7DW
Received 14 Feb 20259 Foxholes Road Bournemouth BH6 3AT
Received 7 Mar 2024Treetops 39 Surrey Road Bournemouth BH4 9HR
Received 12 Feb 20267 Warren Road Bournemouth BH4 8EZ
Received 9 Jan 202642 Beauchamps Gardens Bournemouth BH7 7JE
Received 9 Mar 202637 Comet Way Christchurch BH23 4JF
Received 28 May 2026Cuddles Day Nursery Learoyd Road Poole BH17 8PJ
Received 14 Jul 202519 Braemar Avenue Bournemouth BH6 4JF
Received 21 Aug 202612A Anchor Close Christchurch BH23 4AJ
Received 9 Jan 20233 Cotton Close, Broadstone, BH18 9AJ
Received 10 Apr 20246 Library Road Bournemouth BH9 2QH
Received 15 Jul 202516 Springdale Road, Broadstone, BH18 9BT
Received 6 Sept 20244 Bailey Crescent, Poole, BH15 3EY
Received 31 Jul 202433 Bengal Road Bournemouth BH9 2ND
Received 3 Dec 20258 Hurstbourne Avenue Christchurch BH23 4RQ
Received 26 Jan 202329 South Park Road, Poole, BH12 5BG
Received 2 Feb 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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