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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
12,706 approved · 2,473 refused · 605 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
7 Oratory Gardens Poole BH13 7HJ
Received 24 Mar 2025West Cliff Mansions 2 Hahnemann Road Bournemouth BH2 5FB
Received 18 Nov 2024Royal Bournemouth Hospital Castle Lane East Bournemouth BH7 7DW
Received 24 Nov 202219 Frampton Road Bournemouth BH9 1HD
Received 17 Nov 202530 Pilsdon Drive Poole BH17 9EL
Received 30 Jun 202524 Chaddesley Glen, Poole, BH13 7PF
Received 28 Jun 2024Seaview 14 Boscombe Spa Road Bournemouth BH5 1AZ
Received 13 Jan 202642A Upper Golf Links Road, Broadstone, BH18 8BY
Received 27 Sept 20229 Martello Road South, Poole, BH13 7HF
Received 17 Aug 202231 Berkeley Avenue, Poole, BH12 4HZ
Received 6 Feb 2023Royal Bournemouth Hospital Castle Lane East Bournemouth BH7 7DW
Received 19 Sept 202547 Ampfield Road Bournemouth BH8 0ES
Received 12 Apr 202211 Beaulieu Road Christchurch BH23 2EA
Received 20 Sept 202459 Howard Road Bournemouth BH8 9LQ
Received 16 Apr 20254-6 Longfleet Road and 5-5a Parkstone Road, Poole, BH15 2HX
Received 27 Oct 202222 Holmfield Avenue Bournemouth BH7 6SF
Received 9 May 202214 Greenwood Avenue Poole BH14 8QD
Received 2 Jul 202595 Harbour Hide Mudeford Christchurch BH23 3NJ
Received 10 Jun 202614 Alyth Road Bournemouth BH3 7DF
Received 20 May 2026119 Surrey Road Poole BH12 1HQ
Received 7 May 2025Land Opposite 17 Viking Way Christchurch BH23 4AQ
Received 19 Feb 2025646-648 Christchurch Road Bournemouth BH1 4BP
Received 1 Nov 2022Clarendon Court 16 Clarendon Road Bournemouth BH4 8AL
Received 21 Jan 2026West Gate 53 Branksome Wood Road Bournemouth BH4 9JT
Received 11 Jul 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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