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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.
10,697 approved · 2,030 refused · 496 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
5 Hurstbourne Avenue Christchurch BH23 4RQ
Received 4 Aug 2026East Cliff Manor 45 Christchurch Road Bournemouth BH1 3PH
Received 9 Jan 202517 Southwick Road Bournemouth BH6 5PR
Received 14 Feb 202424 Harewood Avenue Bournemouth BH7 6NQ
Received 22 Feb 20235 Croft Road Christchurch BH23 3QQ
Received 26 Oct 202220 Wharncliffe Road Christchurch BH23 5DD
Received 27 Oct 202515 Nursery Road Bournemouth BH9 3AS
Received 23 Apr 2026Maesgarth 4A Highcliffe Road Christchurch BH23 4HX
Received 15 Sept 202218 Hinchliffe Road Poole BH15 4ED
Received 19 May 20267 Wilton Close Christchurch BH23 2PL
Received 31 Jan 2023Low Price Tools 245 Holdenhurst Road Bournemouth BH8 8DA
Received 23 Oct 20249 Riverlea Road Christchurch BH23 1JQ
Received 12 Mar 2026Marlborough Court 16 Marlborough Road Bournemouth BH4 8DG
Received 14 Nov 202510A Cliff Drive Poole BH13 7JD
Received 3 Mar 202537 Montacute Way Poole Wimborne BH21 1TZ
Received 25 Feb 20257 Martello Road Poole BH13 7DQ
Received 13 Jul 2026Villa Isabella 83 Talbot Road Bournemouth BH9 2JD
Received 5 Jan 202332 Oxford Avenue Bournemouth BH6 5HT
Received 20 Oct 20251 Dingle Road Bournemouth BH5 2DP
Received 30 Apr 20247 Nelson Drive Christchurch BH23 3SA
Received 18 Jul 202429 Kings Park Road Bournemouth BH7 7AE
Received 31 Mar 2025Flat 2 219 Old Christchurch Road Bournemouth BH1 1JZ
Received 29 Apr 202638 Little Forest Road Bournemouth BH4 9NW
Received 19 Mar 2025Winton Arts And Media College Winton Way Bournemouth BH10 4HT
Received 28 Aug 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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