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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.
11,239 approved · 2,142 refused · 529 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 27 Feb 2020 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
40 Montacute Way Poole Wimborne BH21 1TZ
Received 26 Feb 2025573 Christchurch Road Bournemouth BH1 4AH
Received 27 Jul 202620 Hurn Court Hurn Court Lane Christchurch BH23 6BH
Received 29 Jan 2024Keith Motors Christchurch Ltd Lyndhurst Road Christchurch Dorset BH23 4SB
Received 27 Jun 202466 Parkstone Road Poole BH15 2QE
Received 19 Nov 2025Little Maples, 5 St Aldhelms Road, Poole, BH13 6BS
Received 24 Sept 202233 Hood Crescent Bournemouth BH10 4DB
Received 21 Nov 2022Isaacs House 3 Cavendish Road Bournemouth BH1 1QX
Received 8 Dec 202523-27 Bourne Avenue Bournemouth BH2 6DT
Received 27 Sept 202215 Rolls Drive Bournemouth BH6 4NA
Received 11 Jun 20265 Annerley Road Bournemouth BH1 3PG
Received 17 Apr 2024452-454 Castle Lane West Bournemouth BH8 9UA
Received 12 Aug 2024Chartcombe, 162 Canford Cliffs Road, Poole, BH13 7EJ
Received 19 Aug 2024Highcliffe Beach Ramps, South Of Wharncliffe Road
Received 22 Dec 20257 Stour Way Christchurch BH23 2PF
Received 2 Oct 20268 St Michaels Close Poole BH15 4QT
Received 20 Feb 20266 Bay Tree Way Christchurch BH23 4NS
Received 1 Oct 202410 Melville Road Bournemouth BH9 2PL
Received 2 Feb 202656-58 Commercial Road Bournemouth BH2 5LR
Received 26 Aug 2026Pine View, 17 Bingham Avenue, Poole, BH14 8ND
Received 16 Dec 202433 Braemar Drive Christchurch Dorset BH23 5NN
Received 28 Mar 2024Pinehaven Care Home 23 Parkwood Road Bournemouth BH5 2BS
Received 12 Jan 202319 Doveshill Crescent Bournemouth BH10 5BP
Received 11 Nov 202216 Benbridge Avenue Bournemouth BH11 9HN
Received 17 Sept 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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