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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.
10,091 approved · 1,889 refused · 456 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Pavilion Theatre Westover Road Bournemouth BH1 2BU
Received 23 Apr 2024Former Homebase Redlands Poole Road Poole BH12 1DN
Received 21 Aug 202525 Ravine Road, Poole, BH13 7HT
Received 17 Oct 2022Cedar House, 2 Pinewood Road, Poole, BH13 6JS
Received 24 Feb 202321 Huntingdon Drive Poole Wimborne BH21 1TD
Received 21 Sept 20265 Parkstone Heights Poole BH14 0QE
Received 27 Nov 20255 Warwick Road, Poole, BH14 8SY
Received 28 Aug 2024Phase 1 Land North of Bearwood, Magna Road and Knighton Lane, Poole BH11 9NB
Received 11 Dec 202532 Lowther Road Bournemouth BH8 8NG
Received 22 Jul 202658-61 Westover Road Bournemouth BH1 2BZ
Received 7 Apr 2025Street Record, FOOTPATH FROM BREDY CLOSE ADJ R/O 28-34
Received 7 Aug 2024The Haven, Arrowsmith Road, Wimborne, BH21 3BG
Received 13 Feb 202529 Cassel Avenue, Poole, BH13 6JD
Received 17 Jan 202320 Abingdon Drive Christchurch BH23 5JZ
Received 29 Dec 202288 Brierley Road Bournemouth BH10 6EJ
Received 9 Jan 20237 Ettrick Road, Poole, BH13 6LG
Received 28 Mar 20242 Jumpers Avenue Christchurch BH23 2EP
Received 5 Feb 202631 Swift Close Poole BH17 7UT
Received 16 Jun 202519 Moorvale Road Bournemouth BH9 3BE
Received 14 Nov 202247C Viscount Walk, Bournemouth, BH11 9TA
Received 3 Jun 202455 Stanpit Christchurch BH23 3LU
Received 4 Jul 2024257-259 Belle Vue Road Bournemouth BH6 3BD
Received 15 Sept 202677 Northcote Road Bournemouth BH1 4SQ
Received 6 Jan 2026Land near Iford Bridge Christchurch Road situated opposite Old Bridge Road Iford Bournemouth BH7 6SH
Received 10 Feb 2023Records 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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