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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.
10,968 approved · 2,093 refused · 510 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
17 Brunstead Road, Poole, BH12 1EJ
Received 14 Feb 202521B Knyveton Road Bournemouth BH1 3QQ
Received 19 Aug 20257 Hilary Road, Poole, BH17 7LZ
Received 26 Oct 202212 Canford Cliffs Avenue, Poole, BH14 9QN
Received 31 Aug 202218 Mude Gardens Christchurch BH23 4AR
Received 11 Jul 202517 Wellesley Avenue Christchurch BH23 4SU
Received 24 Jul 202587 Beaufort Road Bournemouth BH6 5AU
Received 24 Feb 20267 Talbot Avenue Bournemouth BH3 7HP
Received 11 Aug 202520 Alma Road Bournemouth BH9 1AN
Received 1 Nov 20225 Albert Road, Poole, BH12 2BT
Received 30 Jul 20243 Whitecliff Crescent, Poole, BH14 8DT
Received 28 Nov 20221008 Wimborne Road Bournemouth BH9 2DE
Received 19 Jun 202423 Dunkeld Road Bournemouth BH3 7EN
Received 26 Jun 2026187 East Howe Lane Bournemouth BH10 5JD
Received 25 Jul 2024Flat 1 25 Bodorgan Road Bournemouth BH2 6NQ
Received 12 Jun 202612 Forton Close Bournemouth BH10 6HX
Received 12 Oct 202249 York Road, Broadstone, BH18 8EW
Received 3 Aug 2022243 Smugglers Lane North Christchurch BH23 4QJ
Received 27 May 202511 Belfield Road Bournemouth BH6 4JB
Received 12 Feb 202698 High Street, Poole, BH15 1DB
Received 14 Mar 2024St Mark's Church Of England Primary School Talbot Village Bournemouth BH10 4JA
Received 6 Jun 202532 Cox Avenue Bournemouth BH9 3LY
Received 2 Sept 202268 Orchard Avenue, Poole, BH14 8AJ
Received 26 Jan 2023194 Windham Road Bournemouth BH1 4QZ
Received 20 Mar 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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