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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.
9,923 approved · 1,845 refused · 445 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 30 May 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Flat 2 18 Undercliff Road Bournemouth BH5 1BL
Received 22 Apr 20254 Fairfield Close Christchurch BH23 1QZ
Received 6 Aug 2025Land at 46 and 48 Panorama Road Poole BH13 7RE
Received 18 Mar 2026Montagu Park Waterford Place Christchurch BH23 5LG
Received 5 Jun 202568 Hurn Way Christchurch BH23 2PD
Received 13 May 2025180-182 Alder Road Poole BH12 4AX
Received 9 Mar 2026Flat 3 Reefside 7 Florence Road Bournemouth BH5 1HH
Received 6 May 20251 Larkspur Close Christchurch BH23 4FQ
Received 11 Jul 2025Premier Inn Sterte Avenue West Poole BH15 2BD
Received 14 Jan 2026Driftwood 1 Arnewood Road Bournemouth BH6 5DG
Received 9 Apr 2026Seashores & 7 Chaddesley Wood Road, Poole, BH13 7PN
Received 23 May 202423 Parley Road Bournemouth BH9 3BD
Received 10 Nov 2022167 Howeth Road Bournemouth BH10 5NX
Received 22 Dec 2022Victoria House 135 Poole Road Poole BH4 9BG
Received 16 Sept 202550 Rothesay Drive Christchurch BH23 4LD
Received 23 Feb 202344 Windsor Road Christchurch BH23 2EE
Received 10 Mar 202512 Oratory Gardens Poole BH13 7HJ
Received 30 Oct 202540 Howard Road Bournemouth BH8 9EA
Received 12 Feb 20268 Sandford Way Poole Broadstone BH18 9NW
Received 13 Jun 202519 Ascot Road, Broadstone, BH18 9EY
Received 20 Dec 2022126 West Way Poole BH18 9LN
Received 9 Sept 202632 Birchwood Road Poole BH14 9NP
Received 17 Mar 202667 Upton Way Poole Broadstone BH18 9LX
Received 2 Feb 20263 Ensbury Close Bournemouth BH10 4HW
Received 9 Feb 2026Records 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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