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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
12,196 approved · 2,375 refused · 581 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
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.
10 Rothesay Drive Christchurch BH23 4LB
Received 30 Jul 20247 Beaumont Road, Poole, BH13 7JJ
Received 27 Feb 202314 West View Road Christchurch BH23 3HJ
Received 16 Jun 202574 Keverstone Court 97 Manor Road Bournemouth BH1 3BZ
Received 16 Apr 202569 New Road Bournemouth BH10 7DP
Received 16 Jun 202517 High Park Road, Broadstone, BH18 9DE
Received 2 May 2024258 Sandbanks Road Poole BH14 8HA
Received 18 Aug 20262 Hillside Drive Christchurch BH23 2RU
Received 20 Jul 202239 Alum Chine Road Bournemouth BH4 8DT
Received 28 May 20256 Chaucer Road Poole BH13 7HB
Received 25 Feb 202691 Kings Avenue Poole BH14 9QH
Received 23 Sept 20252 Walsford Road Bournemouth BH4 9NA
Received 28 Apr 2022Green Loaning 9 Mudeford Christchurch BH23 3NH
Received 16 Feb 20233 SUNNYHILL PLACE, POOLE, BH12 2DY
Received 16 Aug 2024Kinson Manor Farm Manor Farm Road Bournemouth BH10 7LF
Received 4 Jul 202415 Dorchester Gardens, Poole, BH15 3SN
Received 25 Nov 2022Lloyds Pharmacy, 10 Station Road Parkstone, Poole, BH14 8UB
Received 13 Mar 2024104 Stour Road Christchurch BH23 1JP
Received 11 Aug 2022Flat 3 48 Surrey Road Bournemouth BH4 9HT
Received 19 Feb 20264 Herons Court, 37 Cliff Drive, Poole, BH13 7JE
Received 27 Jan 202529A Boscombe Spa Road Bournemouth BH5 1AS
Received 4 Aug 2025Rear of 42-46 Balston Road, Poole, BH14 0QH
Received 16 Jun 2022133 Brampton Road Poole BH15 3RG
Received 17 Mar 202514 Coastguard Way Christchurch BH23 3NR
Received 24 Mar 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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