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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.
10,744 approved · 2,046 refused · 496 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 19 May 2022 to 19 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 20 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
2 Watermead 23 Willow Way Christchurch BH23 1JJ
Received 8 May 20248 Knole Road Bournemouth BH1 4DQ
Received 6 Mar 20262-4 Sandbanks Road
Received 17 Jun 2024Front of 14 Widdicombe Avenue Poole BH14 9QW
Received 2 Mar 2026Richmond Heights 7 Dean Park Road Bournemouth BH1 1HU
Received 6 Jun 20254 Canford Crescent Poole BH13 7NB
Received 21 Jan 202637 Alton Road, Poole, BH14 8SW
Received 13 Sept 202247 Brassey Road Bournemouth BH9 1PW
Received 5 Feb 2026Castle House 1A Rothesay Drive Christchurch BH23 4LB
Received 9 Jan 202316 Granville Road Bournemouth BH5 2AQ
Received 1 Oct 202521 Leicester Road, Poole, BH13 6DA
Received 24 Oct 2024All Saints Church Mudeford Lane Christchurch BH23 3HL
Received 28 Mar 2024Meriden Merley Park Road Wimborne BH21 3DD
Received 26 Feb 202547 Old Farm Road, Poole, BH15 3LL
Received 16 Dec 202247 Anthonys Avenue Poole BH14 8JQ
Received 12 Mar 202511 Arundel Way Christchurch BH23 5DX
Received 19 Mar 2025103 Southbourne Road Bournemouth BH6 3QN
Received 11 Feb 202518 Eldon Road Bournemouth BH9 2RT
Received 31 Jan 202357-59 Old Christchurch Road Bournemouth BH1 1EH
Received 14 May 2026216 Kinson Road Bournemouth BH10 5EW
Received 14 Aug 2025238 Kinson Road Bournemouth BH10 5EP
Received 18 Jun 202415C Bury Road, Poole, BH13 7DE
Received 6 Sept 202262 Dulsie Road Bournemouth BH3 7EB
Received 29 Aug 2024Hylton Manor 17 Boscombe Overcliff Drive Bournemouth BH5 1LN
Received 9 Oct 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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