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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
11,770 approved · 2,277 refused · 556 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
117 Pauntley Road Christchurch BH23 3JL
Received 11 Mar 202513 Canford Cliffs Avenue Poole BH14 9QN
Received 10 Jun 2025Street Record Avon View Shops Footpath Christchurch BH23 7LH
Received 6 Aug 20262 Cranemoor Close Christchurch BH23 5AP
Received 28 Nov 2024Land at Willett Road Poole Wimborne BH21 3DH
Received 20 May 202634 Swanmore Road Bournemouth BH7 6PB
Received 5 Jun 2024The Anchorage 157 Mudeford Christchurch BH23 4AG
Received 9 Jul 202667 Columbia Road Bournemouth BH10 4EA
Received 30 Apr 20247 Northbourne Mews Bournemouth BH10 7AD
Received 13 Feb 2023The Manor 19 Derby Road Bournemouth BH1 3PZ & Erinbank Mansions Manor Road BH1 3HX
Received 14 Dec 2022The Old Forge Holdenhurst Village Bournemouth BH8 0EF
Received 17 Sept 20268 Mansfield Road Poole BH14 0DD
Received 31 Mar 20251 Cranleigh Gardens Bournemouth BH6 5LE
Received 19 May 202611 Tourney Road, Bournemouth, BH11 9SX
Received 28 Jul 202284 Richmond Park Road Bournemouth BH8 8TQ
Received 4 Dec 2024120 High Street Poole BH15 1DF
Received 12 Dec 202512 Glencoe Road Bournemouth BH7 7BE
Received 13 Sept 2022107 Fernside Road, Poole, BH15 2EN
Received 1 Apr 2024Training Pitches Vitality Stadium Kings Park Drive Bournemouth BH7 7AF
Received 4 Sept 202610 Spencer Road, Poole, BH13 7EU
Received 4 Jul 2022St Anns Hospital, 69 Haven Road, Poole, BH13 7LN
Received 6 Feb 202317A Hurn Way Christchurch Dorset BH23 2NT
Received 26 Apr 202412 Erpingham Road, Poole, BH12 1EX
Received 30 Jun 202245 Chatsworth Road Bournemouth BH8 8SL
Received 16 Dec 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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