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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
12,329 approved · 2,405 refused · 586 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
15 Verwood Crescent Bournemouth BH6 4JE
Received 10 Jun 202525 Ravine Road, Poole, BH13 7HT
Received 3 Nov 2022111 Commercial Road, Poole, BH14 0JD
Received 30 Jan 202487 Palmerston Road Bournemouth BH1 4HP
Received 22 May 2025Oak Hill 59A Bournemouth Road Poole BH14 0EN
Received 7 Jul 20252 Saxonhurst Road Bournemouth BH10 6JH
Received 5 Apr 202420 Old Mulberry Close Bournemouth BH10 4JD
Received 28 Sept 202254B&C The Grove Christchurch BH23 2HB
Received 18 Jul 2022AFC Bournemouth Performance Centre Knighton Lane Wimborne BH21 3AS
Received 25 Apr 202510 Widdicombe Avenue, Poole, BH14 9QW
Received 1 Aug 202411 Mornish Road, Poole, BH13 7BY
Received 23 Aug 20223 Beauchamps Gardens Bournemouth BH7 7JE
Received 18 Nov 202425 Arcadia Road Christchurch BH23 2JF
Received 6 Mar 20245A Martin Close, Poole, BH17 7XS
Received 23 Dec 2024Westover Retail Park Wimborne Road Bournemouth BH9 3JS
Received 4 Apr 202532 Little Forest Road Bournemouth BH4 9NW
Received 19 Oct 202612A Queens Avenue Christchurch BH23 1BZ
Received 16 Dec 20258/9 Peppercorn Close Christchurch BH23 3BL
Received 10 Nov 2022Language School 26 Dean Park Road Bournemouth BH1 1HZ
Received 14 Jun 20241 Dale Close, Poole, BH15 3JQ
Received 7 Sept 202222 Verity Crescent, Poole, BH17 8TJ
Received 2 Jul 2024Tower House Parkstone Road Poole BH15 2NN
Received 15 May 20261 Ettrick Road, Poole, BH13 6LG
Received 4 Nov 2022Tranquility 8 Nairn Road Poole BH13 7NQ
Received 4 Mar 2026Records 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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