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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
12,549 approved · 2,446 refused · 595 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 27 Feb 2020 to 22 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 23 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Bays, 133 Banks Road, BH13 7QQ
Received 23 Nov 2022Eaglehurst, Eagle Road, Poole, BH12 1AP.
Received 8 Apr 202433 St Marys Road Poole BH15 2LH
Received 20 May 2026Chaldon House Careys Road Bournemouth BH8 0DT
Received 22 Mar 202482 River Way Christchurch BH23 2QR
Received 17 Oct 2024Pavement o/s Starbucks Coffee 65 Commercial Road Bournemouth BH2 5RG
Received 17 Mar 202212 Westwood Court, Flat 1 Wortley Road Christchurch BH23 5DT
Received 5 Jun 2025Hatherden House, Hatherden Avenue, Poole, BH14 0PJ
Received 22 Jan 202442 Elgin Road Bournemouth BH3 7DL
Received 15 May 202448 Blake Dene Road, Poole, BH14 8HH
Received 20 Jan 2023Broadwood 5 Preston Lane Christchurch BH23 7JU
Received 23 Mar 20221 Grange Road, Broadstone, BH18 8JY
Received 22 Jan 202510 Kingsley Close Bournemouth BH6 4JQ
Received 2 Oct 202576 Normanhurst Avenue Bournemouth BH8 9NR
Received 7 Feb 2025Primrose Lodge 42 St Catherine's Road Bournemouth BH6 4AD
Received 10 Aug 2022Flat 1 Packwood House 49 Portchester Road Bournemouth BH8 8JU
Received 30 Sept 202437 Sheldrake Road Christchurch BH23 4BP
Received 14 May 20257 Magnolia Close Bournemouth BH6 4LQ
Received 9 Sept 202410 & 12 Chaddesley Wood Road, Poole, BH13 7PN
Received 12 Sept 20227 Westcroft Park Poole Broadstone BH18 8LX
Received 26 Jan 202648 Dalmeny Road Bournemouth BH6 4BW
Received 4 Sept 202532 and 34 Anthonys Avenue, Poole, BH14 8JH
Received 29 Aug 202225 Anstey Road Bournemouth BH11 9HQ
Received 14 Jan 20258 Mansfield Road Poole BH14 0DD
Received 5 Jun 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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