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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.
10,315 approved · 1,949 refused · 475 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 30 May 2022 to 16 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 19 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Elmhurst 15 Studland Road Bournemouth BH4 8HL
Received 13 Jun 20241 Chaucer Road Poole BH13 7HB
Received 3 Sept 202627 Nelson Road Poole BH12 1ES
Received 12 Sept 202522 Chaddesley Glen Poole BH13 7PF
Received 21 Mar 2025Sancroft House, Canford Magna, Wimborne, BH21 3AE
Received 23 Sept 2024ROCKLEY TERRACE, HOLIDAY PARK, Napier Road
Received 13 Feb 20253, 3a, 5, 5a and 9a Stafford Road Bournemouth BH1 1JH.
Received 8 Dec 202232A Creekmoor Lane, Poole, BH17 7BS
Received 4 Sept 2024Parkstone Grammar School Cabot Lane Poole BH17 7BX
Received 22 Jul 20261 Hurn Road Christchurch BH23 2RJ
Received 18 Nov 202214 Stanley Road Christchurch BH23 5HL
Received 22 Oct 20243 The Meadway Christchurch BH23 4NT
Received 22 May 202683 Hurn Way Christchurch BH23 2NY
Received 4 Jul 202557 High Street Christchurch BH23 1BB
Received 9 May 2025Rose Lawn Cottage, Merley Park Road, Wimborne, BH21 3DB
Received 5 Jan 202310 Muscliffe Lane Bournemouth BH9 3NL
Received 14 Nov 202514 Alton Road, Poole, BH14 8SL
Received 1 Jul 2024Shelley Hamlets 70 Lymington Road Christchurch BH23 4JU
Received 9 May 2025481 Ashley Road Poole BH14 0BB
Received 4 Jul 2025The Quay Thistle Hotel, The Quay, Poole, BH15 1HD
Received 3 Jan 202329 Springdale Avenue Poole BH18 9ET
Received 5 Jun 2025Wychwood Grange 50-52 Braidley Road Bournemouth BH2 6JY
Received 21 Aug 202424 Harbour View Road, Poole, BH14 0PE
Received 29 Jul 202411 Blake Dene Road Poole BH14 8HQ
Received 15 Oct 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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