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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
12,378 approved · 2,410 refused · 587 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
10 Vernalls Close Bournemouth BH10 7HA
Received 2 Aug 20225 Ettrick Road, Poole, BH13 6LG
Received 26 Sept 202240 Beaconsfield Road Poole BH12 2NN
Received 28 Sept 202681 Goldfinch Road, Poole, BH17 7TA
Received 2 Aug 202425 Iford Lane Bournemouth BH6 5RD
Received 18 Jun 20241 Malmesbury Close Christchurch BH23 1NU
Received 10 Nov 20222 Pearce Avenue Poole BH14 8EQ
Received 20 Mar 202511 Parley Road Bournemouth BH9 3BD
Received 4 Sept 2026Former Belvedere Hotel Site 14 Bath Road Bournemouth
Received 28 Feb 202454 Garsdale Close Bournemouth BH11 9DN
Received 17 Sept 202448 Constitution Hill Road, Poole, BH14 0QD
Received 24 Sept 2024Yarrow Road Poole BH12 4QY
Received 5 Aug 2025Avon Manor 34 Purewell Christchurch BH23 1EP
Received 27 Apr 2026120 West Way, Broadstone, BH18 9LN
Received 5 Sept 2022Wentworth House 4 The Green Branksome Hill Road Bournemouth BH4 9LR
Received 12 May 20269 Cheyne Gardens Bournemouth BH4 8AS
Received 27 Jun 2022Stourbanks Conifer Close Christchurch BH23 2QS
Received 4 Sept 202648 Hillbourne Road Poole BH17 7JB
Received 13 May 20262 Canford Cliffs Road Poole BH13 7AA
Received 8 Sept 2026257-259 Ashley Road, Poole, BH14 9DY
Received 17 Aug 2022Flat A 16 West Overcliff Drive Bournemouth BH4 8AA
Received 6 Sept 202215 Compton Avenue, Poole, BH14 8PT
Received 28 Dec 2022Parkside Court 30 St Valerie Road Bournemouth BH2 6PZ
Received 21 Oct 202494 Rochester Road Bournemouth BH11 8AH
Received 17 Feb 2023Records 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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