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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.
10,828 approved · 2,060 refused · 499 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
174 Lake Road Poole BH15 4LW
Received 2 Feb 2026Fairlea 16 West Cliff Road Bournemouth BH2 5EZ
Received 18 Oct 2022Land rear of 55-57 Kingswell Road 2 Charles Gardens BH10 5EH
Received 29 Apr 2025156 Tuckton Road Bournemouth BH6 3JX
Received 5 Jan 202664A Christchurch Road Bournemouth BH1 3PF
Received 17 Jul 202523A Hankinson Road Bournemouth BH9 1HJ
Received 28 Feb 2025Junction of Mannings Heath Road and Broom Road, Poole, BH12 4NQ
Received 17 Dec 2024Southbourne Crossroad Car Park Southbourne Coast Road Southbourne Bournemouth BH6 3NH
Received 26 Aug 202533 Sandbourne Road Bournemouth BH4 8JH
Received 30 Sept 2025Corner of field off Chewton Farm Road Chewton Glen Farm 9 Chewton Farm Road Christchurch BH23 5QL
Received 1 Sept 2022Land r/o 21 Bedford Road South, Poole, BH12 4PR
Received 7 Nov 202249 Thornbury Road Bournemouth BH6 4HU
Received 4 Dec 20255 Delph Road Poole BH21 1RS
Received 28 Apr 20251 Garth Road Bournemouth BH9 1QE
Received 18 Jul 202438 Lilliput Road, Poole, BH14 8JZ
Received 26 Aug 202222 Meyrick Park Crescent Bournemouth BH3 7AQ
Received 3 Oct 20255 Harbour Close 77 Haven Road Poole BH13 7NA
Received 12 Oct 20261 Fulmar Road Christchurch BH23 4BJ
Received 19 Jan 20231 Braemar Avenue Bournemouth BH6 4JF
Received 14 Feb 20241 Merriefield Avenue, Broadstone, BH18 8DA
Received 5 Oct 20228 Dunbar Road Bournemouth BH3 7BA
Received 12 Sept 20247 Widworthy Drive Poole BH18 9BD
Received 24 Sept 202526 Hillbourne Road Poole BH17 7JB
Received 17 Nov 202537 Floral Farm, Wimborne, BH21 3AT
Received 14 Sept 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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