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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
12,138 approved · 2,359 refused · 576 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
18 Binnie Road, Poole, BH12 2AN
Received 27 Jul 2022154-156 Seabourne Road Bournemouth BH5 2JA
Received 17 Jun 202541 Wharfdale Road, Poole, BH12 2EE
Received 13 Jun 202457 Anthonys Avenue Poole BH14 8JQ
Received 8 Dec 2025Land Rear of 11 Pilgrims Way Poole BH17 7DL
Received 7 Sept 202617 Beechey Road Bournemouth BH8 8LL
Received 21 May 20268 Arne Avenue Poole BH12 4DR
Received 15 Apr 202693 Yarmouth Road, Poole, BH12 1LY
Received 11 May 202214 West View Road Christchurch BH23 3HJ
Received 24 Jan 202436 Potters Way, Poole, BH14 8QG
Received 20 Jun 2022108 Upton Way, Broadstone, BH18 9NA
Received 2 Dec 20228 Ranelagh Road Christchurch BH23 5DY
Received 19 Aug 2025216 Shelbourne Road Bournemouth BH8 8RB
Received 29 Dec 202583 Merley Ways, Wimborne, BH21 1QW
Received 4 Oct 2022447-457 Wimborne Road Bournemouth BH9 2AN
Received 23 Jun 20257 Martins Hill Lane Christchurch BH23 7NJ
Received 19 May 202263 Alder Road, Poole, BH12 2AB
Received 28 Nov 2022Opp. 14 Upper Golf Links Road Poole Broadstone BH18 8BU
Received 21 Jul 202527 Cockerell Close, Wimborne, BH21 1XR
Received 10 May 20225 The Moorings 2 Willow Way Christchurch BH23 1JJ
Received 19 Nov 202545 Greenhayes Poole BH18 8LZ
Received 21 Apr 202681 Bradpole Road Bournemouth BH8 9NY
Received 23 Jul 202412 Beauchamps Gardens Bournemouth BH7 7JE
Received 7 Feb 2023Ribbonwood Hills, 29 Glen Road
Received 31 Jan 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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