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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.
10,402 approved · 1,967 refused · 482 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Lifeboat College RNLI West Quay Road Poole BH15 1HZ
Received 1 Oct 202682 Clarendon Road Christchurch BH23 2AA
Received 29 Nov 2022Barclays Bank, 100 High Street, Poole, BH15 1BL
Received 4 Mar 20242 Gulliver Close, Poole, BH14 8LB
Received 8 Nov 20227 Corscombe Close, Poole, BH17 9DL
Received 15 Jul 20245 Studland Road Bournemouth BH4 8HZ
Received 19 Sept 202414 Sevenoaks Drive Bournemouth BH7 7JQ
Received 5 May 202633B Alumhurst Road Bournemouth BH4 8EN
Received 2 Sept 20247 Wetherby Close, Broadstone, BH18 8JB
Received 20 Dec 202229 Canford Cliffs Avenue Poole BH14 9QN
Received 18 Mar 2026Bourne River Court 17 Surrey Road Bournemouth BH4 9HN
Received 17 Mar 202654 Elms Avenue, Poole, BH14 8EF
Received 16 Sept 2024Honeywood House 28 Alington Road Poole BH14 8LZ
Received 9 Jun 202514 Dunkeld Road Bournemouth BH3 7EN
Received 1 Sept 2025Berkeley Woods 26 Talbot Avenue Bournemouth BH3 7HY
Received 15 Apr 202615 Pinewood Road Christchurch BH23 5PH
Received 16 Feb 202620 Lower Golf Links Road Poole Broadstone BH18 8BH
Received 5 Dec 2025Land to the side/rear of 11/11a Arnewood Road Bournemouth BH6 5DQ
Received 5 Dec 202243 Uppleby Road, Poole, BH12 3DB
Received 16 Dec 202221 Orchard Avenue Poole BH14 8AH
Received 8 Dec 202512 Yarrow Road Poole BH12 4TS
Received 24 Mar 20262 Howard Road Bournemouth BH8 9DX & Frances Court 130 Richmond Park Road Bournemouth BH8 8TN
Received 30 Sept 2022The Alpha Centre, Upton Road, Poole, BH17 7AG
Received 27 Feb 20241 Bognor Road Poole BH18 9HA
Received 7 Jul 2025Records 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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