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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
11,805 approved · 2,291 refused · 563 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
16 St Osmunds Road Poole BH14 9JR
Received 28 Feb 202528 Howard Road Bournemouth BH8 9EA
Received 26 Jun 202419 Hinton Wood Avenue Christchurch BH23 5AB
Received 4 Oct 202293 Allens Road Poole BH16 5BX
Received 7 May 202614 Spurgeon Road Bournemouth BH7 6LZ
Received 10 Sept 202658 Southcote Road Bournemouth BH1 3SS
Received 9 Aug 202416 Manor Road Bournemouth BH1 3EY
Received 25 Nov 20222 Holdenhurst Road Bournemouth BH8 8AD
Received 27 Jan 2025Mudeford - Gundimore Sea Wall Christchurch BH23 4AL
Received 7 Jan 202628 Cornelia Crescent Poole BH12 1LU
Received 15 Jul 202536 Rose Gardens Bournemouth BH9 3AD
Received 27 Apr 2026125 York Road Poole Broadstone BH18 8ER
Received 31 Mar 2026Frances Court 130 Richmond Park Road Bournemouth BH8 8TN
Received 14 Jul 20254 Methuen Road Poole BH17 7NA
Received 10 Dec 20259A Lingwood Avenue Christchurch BH23 3JS
Received 17 Feb 202327-29 Church Street, Poole, BH15 1JP
Received 15 Jun 20226 Corbiere Avenue, Poole, BH12 4JN
Received 10 Sept 2024119 Windham Road Bournemouth BH1 4RJ
Received 14 May 20253 Dover Close Poole BH13 6EA
Received 25 Jun 20256 Elms Close Poole BH14 8EP
Received 23 Dec 20252 Branksea Avenue, Poole, BH15 4DW
Received 31 Jul 2024The Echo Building Richmond Hill Bournemouth BH2 6HH
Received 20 Jun 20229 Amberwood Gardens Christchurch BH23 5RT
Received 1 Nov 2022122 Garland Road Poole BH15 2LD
Received 2 Jul 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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