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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.
10,170 approved · 1,911 refused · 461 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
20 Caledon Road Poole BH14 9NN
Received 25 Jul 2025Tree Tops 16 Eaton Road Poole BH13 6DG
Received 2 May 2025Rutland Road Play Area Rutland Road Christchurch BH23 2SH
Received 30 Jun 2025Flat 4 1 Berkeley Road Bournemouth BH3 7JJ
Received 5 Jul 2024The Old School Holdenhurst Village Bournemouth BH8 0EF
Received 1 Apr 202622 Woodhayes Avenue Christchurch BH23 4RP
Received 17 Jan 202514 Bure Homage Lane Christchurch BH23 4SQ
Received 30 Sept 202617 Farwell Close Christchurch BH23 7LT
Received 13 Mar 202612 Rook Hill Road Christchurch BH23 4DZ
Received 23 Apr 20248 Charlotte Close Poole BH12 5HR
Received 27 Aug 20264 Auster Close Christchurch BH23 4JR
Received 20 Jan 202527 East Howe Lane Bournemouth BH10 5HY
Received 12 Mar 202425 Ravine Road, Poole, BH13 7HT
Received 28 Oct 202411 St Clair Road Poole BH13 7JP
Received 14 Jan 20264 Cranemoor Close Christchurch BH23 5AP
Received 28 Aug 20261 Goldfinch Road, Poole, BH17 7TA
Received 19 Dec 202264 High Street Christchurch BH23 1BN
Received 1 Jul 2024Land Adjacent 270 - 272 Ashley Road, Poole, BH14 9BZ.
Received 3 Feb 20257 Brudenell Avenue, Poole, BH13 7NW
Received 3 Sept 202418 Rothesay Drive Christchurch BH23 4LB
Received 21 Dec 202212 Spur Hill Avenue, Poole, BH14 9PQ & 8 Birchwood Road, Poole, BH14 9NP
Received 30 Aug 2024Outside 62 St Osmunds Road Poole BH14 9JX
Received 12 Nov 202569 Holdenhurst Avenue Bournemouth BH7 6RB
Received 3 Apr 202589 Kings Avenue, Poole, BH14 9QH
Received 21 Nov 2022Records 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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