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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
11,683 approved · 2,261 refused · 553 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
13 The Grove Christchurch BH23 2EX
Received 15 Dec 20251 Berwick Road Bournemouth BH3 7BB
Received 4 Nov 202547/47A St Swithun's Road Bournemouth BH1 3RG
Received 6 Dec 202426 Avenue Road Walkford Christchurch BH23 5QH
Received 18 Jan 202314 Hurstbourne Avenue Christchurch BH23 4RQ
Received 9 Apr 2024Western Gate, 11 The Avenue
Received 11 Feb 2025Poole General Hospital Longfleet Road Poole BH15 2JB
Received 25 Mar 2025Bodorgan Manor 30 Bodorgan Road Bournemouth BH2 6NL
Received 14 Oct 202216 Carlton Road Bournemouth BH1 3TG
Received 5 Aug 20261 Ettrick Road Poole BH13 6LG
Received 6 Nov 2025The Cheviots Overbury Road Poole BH14 9JL
Received 5 Jun 2025111 Longfleet Road, Poole, BH15 2HP
Received 11 Apr 2024Aruba Bournemouth Pier Pier Approach Bournemouth BH2 5AA
Received 26 Mar 2025Unit 4 and 5, Ventura Place, Upton, Poole, BH16 5SW
Received 3 Jun 202453 Old Farm Road, Poole, BH15 3LL
Received 29 Aug 202234 Ashwood Drive Poole Broadstone BH18 8LN
Received 5 Dec 20251 Milestone Road, Poole, BH15 3DR
Received 1 Aug 20222 Inverclyde Road Poole BH14 8PB
Received 17 Mar 2025Canford School Canford Magna Poole Wimborne BH21 3AD
Received 24 Nov 2025Swains Hall, 98 North Road
Received 16 Feb 202433A Dingle Road Bournemouth BH5 2DP
Received 9 Jun 2022163-167 Old Christchurch Road Bournemouth BH1 1JU
Received 19 Aug 202461 Greensleeves Avenue, Broadstone, BH18 8BJ
Received 25 Nov 2024Up & Running 442 Wimborne Road Bournemouth BH9 2HB
Received 6 Sept 2022Records 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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