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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
11,607 approved · 2,240 refused · 550 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
3 Julia Close Christchurch BH23 5BX
Received 22 Dec 202226 Merriefield Drive, Broadstone, BH18 8BP
Received 4 Nov 2024Back garden of Brooklyn House 2 Bingham Avenue Poole BH14 8FB
Received 17 Mar 20265 Elmstead Road Poole BH13 7EY
Received 27 May 2025White Lodge 15 Boscombe Spa Road Bournemouth BH5 1AR
Received 26 Jan 2024Williams Court 24 Poole Road Bournemouth BH4 9DT
Received 13 Mar 20256 Bridle Crescent Bournemouth BH7 6SJ
Received 5 Oct 20221 Napier Road Poole BH15 4LX
Received 5 Nov 20253 Warwick Road, Poole, BH14 8SY
Received 25 Aug 202286 Alexandra Road Poole BH14 9EW
Received 7 May 2026Belle Vue Court, 17 Belle Vue Road
Received 10 Oct 202227 Stanpit Christchurch BH23 3LT
Received 20 Dec 202457 Woodpecker Drive, Poole, BH17 7SB
Received 18 Feb 20255 Merlin Way Christchurch BH23 4BL
Received 4 Aug 202530 Kimberley Road Bournemouth BH6 5EX
Received 11 Jul 2022125 Ripon Road Bournemouth BH9 1RA
Received 7 Apr 2026Land rear of 19-25 Tower Road Boscombe BH1 4LA
Received 8 Jul 20269 Tamworth Road Bournemouth BH7 6JG
Received 1 Jun 2026182 Clarendon Road Poole BH18 9JA
Received 17 Nov 20255 Underwood Close, Poole, BH17 7EX
Received 25 Oct 202212 Berwick Road Bournemouth BH3 7BB
Received 24 Mar 202587 Braemar Drive Christchurch BH23 5NP
Received 12 Nov 202512 Curzon Way Christchurch BH23 4LG
Received 21 Jun 2024125 Moorside Road Bournemouth BH11 8DQ
Received 23 Dec 2024Records 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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