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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
12,581 approved · 2,447 refused · 595 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
623 Christchurch Road Bournemouth BH1 4AP
Received 9 Jun 2026164 Shelbourne Road Bournemouth BH8 8RA
Received 20 Jun 202517 Southcote Road Bournemouth BH1 3SH
Received 16 May 202223 Kinson Road Bournemouth BH10 4AQ
Received 23 Jun 202235 Harbeck Road Bournemouth BH8 0AH
Received 16 Sept 2024Homeleigh House 52 Wellington Road Bournemouth BH8 8LF
Received 11 Jul 2022Street Food Corner Lower Gardens Bournemouth BH1 3AQ
Received 6 Feb 20253 Alyth Road Bournemouth BH3 7DF
Received 10 Oct 202412 Meadowsweet Close Christchurch BH23 4FY
Received 10 Jun 202519 Felton Road Poole BH14 0QR
Received 15 Jul 2025Chine Mansions 6 Chine Crescent Road Bournemouth BH2 5LD
Received 19 Mar 20247 Glengariff Road, Poole, BH14 9LQ
Received 23 Aug 202217 Rossley Close Christchurch BH23 4RR
Received 22 May 202630 Cavendish Road Bournemouth BH1 1RG
Received 18 May 2022Poole Water Recycling Centre, Cabot Lane, BH17 7BX
Received 18 Nov 2025The Pines, 32 Wallace Road, Broadstone, BH18 8NG
Received 14 Oct 2022Royal Bournemouth Hospital Castle Lane East Bournemouth BH7 7DW
Received 10 Jun 2022Flat 3 Belvedere 6 Wortley Road Christchurch BH23 5DT
Received 14 Mar 2024High Pines St Georges Close Christchurch BH23 4LN
Received 24 Jun 20254 197 Homes Of Rest Salisbury Road Burton Christchurch BH23 7JT
Received 10 May 202445 Kingcup Close, Broadstone, BH18 9GS
Received 16 Jul 20245 Eaton Road Poole BH13 6DG
Received 14 May 202635A Wycliffe Road Bournemouth BH9 1JS
Received 28 Dec 202249A Wick Lane Bournemouth BH6 4JY
Received 1 Jun 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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