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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.
10,602 approved · 2,010 refused · 493 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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Grove Park 3 Wilderton Road West Poole BH13 6EF
Received 25 Apr 2025Overbury Manor, 73 Branksome Wood Road
Received 17 Sept 2024Poole Park adj. 16 Twemlow Avenue Poole BH14 8AN
Received 11 Feb 202621 Gorse Hill Road Poole BH15 3QH
Received 11 Apr 2025309 Blandford Road Poole BH15 4HP
Received 6 May 2026The Grasshopper 139-141 Bournemouth Road Poole BH14 9HT
Received 26 Mar 20264 Lawrence Drive Poole BH13 7EN
Received 19 Mar 20257 Kinson Grove Bournemouth BH10 7JA
Received 3 Mar 202524 Hurn Court Hurn Court Lane Christchurch BH23 6BH
Received 1 Aug 202449 Corfe Way Poole Broadstone BH18 9ND
Received 26 Sept 20251 Chester Road Poole BH13 6DD
Received 2 Mar 20261 Normanhurst Avenue Bournemouth BH8 9NN
Received 4 Nov 202426 Greensleeves Avenue Poole BH18 8DU
Received 22 Jul 202617 Pinehurst Avenue Christchurch BH23 3NS
Received 5 Sept 202520 Cotton Close Poole Broadstone BH18 9AJ
Received 11 May 202648 Hillbourne Road, Poole, BH17 7JB
Received 22 Jul 2024The Squirrels, 24A The Avenue, BH13 6AF
Received 30 Nov 2022Manor Lodge 6 Beechwood Avenue Bournemouth BH5 1LX
Received 20 Feb 202644 Greenways Christchurch BH23 5BD
Received 8 Sept 202557 Branksome Hill Road, Bournemouth, BH4 9LF
Received 26 Jan 20238 Warwick Road, Poole, BH14 8SY
Received 9 Jan 202393 Manor Road Bournemouth BH1 3EX
Received 27 Aug 20241024 Ringwood Road Bournemouth BH11 9LA
Received 1 Sept 20251 Avalon Poole BH14 8HT
Received 30 Mar 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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