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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.
10,799 approved · 2,050 refused · 497 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 20 May 2021 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
7 Portesham Gardens Bournemouth BH9 3QN
Received 21 Mar 20258 Merley Ways, Wimborne, BH21 1QN
Received 4 Jun 202416 Upper Golf Links Road Poole Broadstone BH18 8BX
Received 22 Jul 202523 Banks Road Poole BH13 7PW
Received 7 May 202521 Bury Road, Poole, BH13 7DE
Received 21 May 2024The Lodge 16A Manor Road Bournemouth BH1 3EY
Received 17 Jan 202357 Higher Blandford Road, Broadstone, BH18 9AD
Received 19 Apr 202410 Western Road Poole BH13 7BW
Received 14 Apr 2025125 Mudeford Lane Christchurch BH23 3HR
Received 20 Jan 20232 Bute Drive Christchurch BH23 5LE
Received 3 Feb 2026Boundary House 18A Cavendish Road Bournemouth BH1 1RF
Received 14 Feb 2025Hurnwood Park Avon Causeway Christchurch
Received 21 Feb 202498-102 International Food Centre Charminster Road Bournemouth BH8 8US
Received 1 Aug 20253 Alington Road Bournemouth BH3 7JX
Received 16 Nov 202261A Lulworth Avenue Poole BH15 4DH
Received 23 Oct 2025David Trenchard House 54 Lansdowne Road Bournemouth BH1 1RS
Received 17 Aug 20223 Amberwood House Amberwood Gardens Christchurch Walkford BH23 5RT
Received 21 Oct 202413 Solent Road Christchurch BH23 5PZ
Received 14 Nov 20253 High Way Poole BH18 9NB
Received 3 Sept 2026Avonwood Manor Nursing Home 31 Nelson Road Poole BH12 1ES
Received 10 Sept 202617 Whitehall Christchurch BH23 1DE
Received 9 Sept 2026131 Dorchester Road Poole BH15 3RY
Received 5 Nov 202522 Sea Road Boscombe Bournemouth BH5 1DD
Received 4 Aug 2022112 Broadway Southbourne Bournemouth BH6 4EH
Received 7 Mar 2024Records 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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