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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.
11,109 approved · 2,120 refused · 522 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Lacehurst Court 43 Cavendish Road Bournemouth BH1 1RA
Received 8 Oct 202410-20 Westover Road Bournemouth BH1 2BY
Received 1 Mar 20244 Oak Road Bournemouth BH8 8TB
Received 7 Apr 20261169 Christchurch Road Bournemouth BH7 6BW
Received 25 Mar 20242 Clarence Road Poole BH14 8AX
Received 29 May 20261 Martello Road, Poole, BH13 7DQ
Received 3 Oct 2024Druitt Gardens High Street Christchurch BH23 1AB
Received 30 Sept 202611 Wilderton Road Poole BH13 6ED
Received 12 Feb 202624 Gleadowe Avenue Christchurch BH23 1LS
Received 12 Jan 20264 Rolls Drive Bournemouth BH6 4NA
Received 8 Apr 202437 Hazlebury Road Poole BH17 7AX
Received 19 Mar 202638 Bluebell Lane, Poole, BH17 7YU
Received 6 May 2024573 Christchurch Road Bournemouth BH1 4AH
Received 30 May 20247 Talbot Avenue Bournemouth BH3 7HP
Received 21 Oct 2024202C Barrack Road Christchurch BH23 2BQ
Received 15 Apr 2025Wellington Court, 47 Bournemouth Road, BH14 0EW
Received 28 Oct 202262C Hurn Way Christchurch BH23 2PD
Received 20 Jul 2022167 Merley Lane Poole Wimborne BH21 3AG
Received 10 Dec 202512 Medina Way Christchurch BH23 4EL
Received 3 Jun 2025Units 23 Kingland Crescent, Poole, BH15
Received 26 Nov 20242 Parker Road Bournemouth BH9 1AY
Received 10 Sept 202699-107 St Michael's Road Bournemouth BH2 5DU
Received 26 Feb 2026Park Court 47 Western Road Poole BH13 6ES
Received 7 Jul 202525 Links Road Poole BH14 9QR
Received 29 Jul 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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