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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.
11,170 approved · 2,132 refused · 527 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
20 Hurn Court Hurn Court Lane Christchurch BH23 6BH
Received 25 Jan 2024Land Adj 18 Dunstans Lane Poole BH15 3NQ
Received 24 Feb 2026Marino, 9 Alington Road, Poole, BH14 8LX
Received 21 Mar 202446 Nairn Road, Poole, BH13 7NH
Received 9 Aug 2022Flat 4 309A Charminster Road Bournemouth BH8 9QP
Received 25 Jan 202312 Steepleton Road, Broadstone, BH18 8LH and 12 Aireton Close, Broadstone, BH18 8LF
Received 15 Nov 20229 Withingham Road, Poole, BH13 6BU
Received 17 Jan 202511 Keith Road Bournemouth BH3 7DS
Received 16 Dec 20245 Redan Close Christchurch BH23 5DJ
Received 21 Mar 202416 Whitecliff Crescent, Poole, BH14 8DT
Received 5 Nov 2024Highfield House, 23 Courtenay Road
Received 15 Aug 2024182 Harewood Avenue Bournemouth BH7 7BG
Received 10 Apr 202440 Pauntley Road Christchurch BH23 3JN
Received 12 Dec 20225 Imbrecourt, Poole, BH13 7NP
Received 3 Nov 202234 Harewood Avenue Bournemouth BH7 6NQ
Received 8 Sept 202545 Gravel Hill Poole BH21 1RW
Received 13 May 20261 Birchwood Road Poole BH14 9NW
Received 7 Jul 202629 Moortown Drive, Wimborne, BH21 3AR
Received 17 Dec 2024191 South Western Crescent Poole BH14 8RS
Received 28 May 202517 Bracken Way Christchurch BH23 5LW
Received 18 Nov 2022Rear of 10 & 10a Vicarage Road Poole BH15 3AZ
Received 16 Jul 202542 Wellington Avenue Christchurch BH23 4HL
Received 3 Sept 202597 Columbia Road Bournemouth BH10 4EB
Received 4 Apr 202579 Alma Road Bournemouth BH9 1AE
Received 29 Jan 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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