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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
PlanningTrack collects planning applications and decisions from the public planning register of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal. Official Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole website
11,555 approved · 2,227 refused · 547 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 27 Feb 2020 to 20 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 21 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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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.
83 Twin Oaks Close, Broadstone, BH18 8JE
Received 7 Oct 202258 Hurn Way Christchurch Dorset BH23 2PD
Received 10 Jun 20248 Withingham Road Poole BH13 6BU
Received 6 Jan 2026Cransley Court 18 Portarlington Road Bournemouth BH4 8BY
Received 10 Jun 202421 Lodge Close, Poole, BH14 9BD
Received 20 Nov 20244 Brackenhill, Poole, BH13 6LT
Received 21 Feb 20232 Burton Road and 22 Balcombe Road Poole BH13 6DU
Received 11 Jul 20253 Martello Road, Poole, BH13 7DQ
Received 9 May 2024Flat 2 21 Meyrick Park Crescent Bournemouth BH3 7AG
Received 23 Feb 2026Royal Bournemouth Hospital Castle Lane East Bournemouth BH7 7DW
Received 10 Mar 2025147 Longfleet Road Poole BH15 2HS
Received 23 Jun 202572-74 Palmerston Road Bournemouth BH1 4JT
Received 5 May 202660 Haven Road Poole BH13 7LY
Received 10 Aug 202612 Glengarry Way Christchurch BH23 4EQ
Received 18 Mar 202560 Palmer Road Poole BH15 3AS
Received 27 Mar 202536 Alyth Road Bournemouth BH3 7DG
Received 21 Nov 2025Cedar Way, Poole BH12 2AF
Received 23 Jan 202610 Durlston Road, Poole, BH14 8PQ
Received 7 Mar 202344 Huntly Road Bournemouth BH3 7HJ
Received 27 Mar 202628 Burnham Drive Bournemouth BH8 9EX
Received 4 Jun 20264 Martello Road South, Poole, BH13 7HF & 31 Spencer Road, Canford Cliffs, BH13 7ET
Received 14 Feb 20245 Shaftesbury Road, Poole, BH15 2LT
Received 6 Aug 2024Lansdell Court, 1 Birds Hill Road
Received 24 Jan 202495 Hinton Wood Avenue Christchurch BH23 5AJ
Received 27 Aug 2025Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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Set up an area alertStart 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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