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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.
11,080 approved · 2,115 refused · 520 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Walnut Lodge 5 Highland Avenue Christchurch BH23 5LN
Received 6 Sept 2024Marie Curie Cancer Care 80 Poole Road Bournemouth BH4 9DZ
Received 30 Apr 20249 Ettrick Road Poole BH13 6LG
Received 27 Oct 2025Flat 7 Banks House 293 Wimborne Road Bournemouth BH9 2AA
Received 21 Aug 202424 Lytchett Drive, Broadstone, BH18 9LB
Received 29 Jun 2024Land adjacent 4 Elmsway Bournemouth BH6 3HU
Received 6 Sept 202254 Woodpecker Drive, Poole, BH17 7SY
Received 13 Mar 2024281-291 and The Old Joinery, Bournemouth Road, Poole, BH14 9AH
Received 30 Apr 202493 Compton Avenue, Poole, BH14 8PX
Received 1 Sept 2022Unit 5 Meteor Shopping Park, 151 Somerford Road Christchurch BH23 3RT
Received 13 Oct 2025125 South Western Crescent, Poole, BH14 8RZ
Received 2 Sept 20248 Westbridge Park 24 West Overcliff Drive Bournemouth BH4 8AA
Received 4 Aug 202533 Nea Road Christchurch BH23 4NB
Received 14 Nov 202220 Smithson Close, Poole, BH12 5EY
Received 10 May 2024Smiths News 287 Kinson Road Bournemouth BH10 5HE
Received 18 Aug 20224 Wick Farm Wick Green Bournemouth BH6 4LY
Received 25 Feb 2025Kingsley House 21 Coronation Avenue Bournemouth BH9 1TB
Received 14 Apr 20253 Warwick Road, Poole, BH14 8SY
Received 16 Nov 2022Gin-ye-daur, Elms Avenue, Poole, BH14 8EF
Received 30 Sept 20245 Glenair Road, Poole, BH14 8AA
Received 23 Dec 2024Flat A Luckhurst 64 Wellington Road Bournemouth BH8 8JR
Received 7 Oct 20263 Churchfield Crescent, Poole, BH15 2QS
Received 22 Mar 20247 Water Tower Road, Broadstone, BH18 8LL
Received 18 Nov 202434 Corfe Way, Broadstone, BH18 9NE
Received 23 Dec 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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