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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.
10,727 approved · 2,044 refused · 496 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 19 May 2022 to 16 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
78 Normanhurst Avenue Bournemouth BH8 9NR
Received 2 Dec 202484 Petersham Road, Poole, BH17 7DW
Received 9 Jan 2023Quay West Apartments 45 New Orchard Poole BH15 1ND
Received 28 Feb 202446 Widworthy Drive, Broadstone, BH18 9BD
Received 15 Dec 202276 Foxholes Road Poole BH15 3ND
Received 19 Aug 202645 Gravel Hill Poole Wimborne BH21 1RW
Received 30 Apr 2025Grass area adjacent to the Commercial Road Car park Ashley Cross Poole BH14 8BE
Received 17 Mar 202520 Widworthy Drive Poole Broadstone BH18 9BD
Received 8 Jul 2025Canford School, Canford Magna, Wimborne, BH21 3AD
Received 22 Sept 20226 Seacombe Road Poole BH13 7RJ
Received 1 Sept 202531 Chaldon Road Poole BH17 8DA
Received 8 Jul 202618 and 20 Dalmeny Road Bournemouth BH6 4BN
Received 27 Nov 2025Herbert Hospital 49 Alumhurst Road Bournemouth BH4 8EW
Received 8 Jul 202547 Minstead Road Bournemouth BH10 5JY
Received 11 Jul 202437 Haverstock Road Bournemouth BH9 3HQ
Received 4 Jun 202629 Corfe Way, Broadstone, BH18 9ND
Received 26 Apr 20245 Bartlett Drive Bournemouth BH7 7JT
Received 18 Mar 2024158 Fairmile Road Christchurch BH23 2LW
Received 16 Jul 202410 Stevenson Crescent Poole BH14 9NU
Received 22 Oct 202548 Nea Road Christchurch BH23 4NB
Received 30 Jul 202496 Northbrook Road, Broadstone, BH18 8HG
Received 16 Nov 202213 Cranemoor Avenue Christchurch BH23 5AN
Received 12 Oct 2026Pebble Beach 47A Links Road Poole BH14 9QS
Received 7 Aug 202664 St Michael's Road Bournemouth BH2 5DZ
Received 11 Oct 2022Records 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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