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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.
11,021 approved · 2,103 refused · 518 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
61 Keighley Avenue, Broadstone, BH18 8HU
Received 24 Jul 202412 Truman Road Bournemouth BH11 9BW
Received 3 Aug 202656 Huntly Road Bournemouth BH3 7HJ
Received 6 Nov 2024Pavement outside Santander, 24 High Street, Christchurch, BH23 1DH
Received 16 Nov 202235 Eleanor Drive Bournemouth BH11 9PB
Received 20 Oct 202527 Compton Avenue, Poole, BH14 8PT & 84 Anthonys Avenue, Poole, BH14 8JJ
Received 5 Mar 20242201-0409 Bus Shelter Boscombe Bus Station Ashley Road Bournemouth BH1 4LH
Received 11 Aug 202250 Branksome Wood Road Poole BH12 1HR
Received 30 Dec 202539 Alum Chine Road Bournemouth BH4 8DT
Received 1 May 2025Quay Head Mudeford Quay Christchurch
Received 3 Jun 2024Land at Jesmond Avenue Jesmond Avenue Christchurch BH23 5AY
Received 19 Dec 20243 Airfield Road Christchurch BH23 3TG
Received 21 Nov 2022109-111 Commercial Road Bournemouth BH2 5RT
Received 24 Jun 2024Christchurch Junior School Clarendon Road Christchurch BH23 2AA
Received 19 Feb 20264A Spencer Road Poole BH13 7EU
Received 25 Nov 202568 Cockerell Close Poole Wimborne BH21 1XT
Received 30 Jan 20262 Cluster Views, 175 Sandbanks Road, Poole, BH14 8EJ
Received 28 Nov 202430 Pine Tree Walk, Poole, BH17 7EH
Received 14 Mar 202419 Mellstock Road, Poole, BH15 3DN
Received 20 Sept 202435 Blake Hill Crescent, Poole, BH14 8QP
Received 26 Sept 20225 Coventry Crescent Poole BH17 7HN
Received 27 May 20258A Milner Road Bournemouth BH4 8AD
Received 29 Sept 2022Lion Work Industrial Estate, 543 Wallisdown Road, Poole, BH12 5AD
Received 31 Aug 2022Willow Lodge 81 Mudeford Christchurch BH23 3NJ
Received 21 Sept 2026Records 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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