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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
12,023 approved · 2,344 refused · 574 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 27 Feb 2020 to 20 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 22 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
The Woodrisings 10 Branksome Wood Road Bournemouth BH2 6DB
Received 8 Jul 2025Gainsborough Court Cromwell Road Bournemouth BH5 2JW
Received 29 May 2025107 The Grove Christchurch BH23 2EZ
Received 10 Nov 202252A Poole Road Bournemouth BH4 9DZ
Received 18 Sept 2025Compton Acres Ltd. Compton Acres Canford Cliffs Road Poole BH13 7ES
Received 15 Dec 20258 Bury Road Poole BH13 7DB
Received 27 Aug 20251 Chester Road Poole BH13 6DD
Received 9 Feb 202638 Tuckton Road Bournemouth BH6 3HS
Received 2 Sept 202579-81 Lake Drive, Poole. BH15 4LR
Received 11 Nov 202416A St Clair Road, Poole, BH13 7JR
Received 4 Nov 2022Quest House 12 Charminster Road Bournemouth BH8 8SJ
Received 23 Mar 20267 Athelstan Road Bournemouth BH6 5LY
Received 27 May 20227 St Catherines Road Bournemouth BH6 4AE
Received 9 Feb 20264 Avon Wharf Bridge Street Christchurch BH23 1DJ
Received 21 Aug 2026Siemens plc, Sopers Lane, Poole, BH17 7ER
Received 28 Aug 2025228 Poole Lane Bournemouth BH11 9DS
Received 2 Dec 2024Grove Court 36 Grove Road Bournemouth BH1 3DY
Received 18 Sept 2025Old Punshon Church Site Exeter Road Bournemouth BH2 5AJ
Received 5 Jul 202422 Coy Pond Road, Poole, BH12 1JU
Received 2 Apr 2024Minterne Grange 24 Crichel Mount Road Poole BH14 8LU
Received 30 Jun 2025122 Matchams Lane Christchurch BH23 6AN
Received 30 May 202513 Heathwood Road Bournemouth BH9 2JX
Received 10 Jun 202660 Bournemouth Road Poole BH14 0EY
Received 12 Sept 2025Land Rear of 40 Spruce Close, Poole, BH17 7YT
Received 26 Aug 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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