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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
12,748 approved · 2,481 refused · 606 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
13 Western Avenue Bournemouth BH10 5BN
Received 29 Aug 20247 Orchard Avenue Poole BH14 8AH
Received 27 Mar 202515 Meadowland Christchurch BH23 3RA
Received 27 Apr 202215 Canford Magna, Wimborne, BH21 3AF
Received 17 Feb 2023Clarendon House 46 Tower Road Poole BH13 6FE
Received 13 May 2025Land Rear of 11/11a Arnewood Road Bournemouth BH6 5DQ
Received 20 Mar 20264 Stourcliffe Avenue Bournemouth BH6 3PT
Received 16 May 202532 Braemar Drive Christchurch BH23 5NS
Received 29 Sept 20259 Nairn Road Bournemouth BH3 7BD
Received 22 Jul 20262 Worthington Crescent Poole BH14 8BW
Received 26 Jan 2026Verno Farmhouse Verno Lane Christchurch BH23 4SG
Received 21 May 202689 Forest Way Christchurch BH23 4PU
Received 13 Sept 202210 Glenmount Drive Poole BH14 0HL
Received 14 Jan 202639 Alton Road Poole BH14 8SW
Received 3 Apr 202521 Rowbarrow Close Poole BH17 9EA
Received 12 Jan 20262 Glenair Avenue Poole BH14 8AD
Received 2 Oct 2025Building 397 Plot 5 Aviation Business Park Bournemouth Airport Christchurch BH23 6DS
Received 21 Aug 2024Alderney Hospital, 676 Ringwood Road, Poole, BH12 4NB
Received 15 Nov 2022Stourton Court 27 Marlborough Road Bournemouth BH4 8DE
Received 6 Feb 20254 Upwey Avenue, Poole, BH15 4HU
Received 18 Jul 2022Flat 3 Twixt Chines 21 Mckinley Road Bournemouth BH4 8AG
Received 12 Dec 202268 St Marys Road, Poole, BH15 2LL
Received 9 Aug 2024Park Place 6 North Road Poole BH14 0LY
Received 2 Jul 202543A Hillcrest Road Bournemouth BH9 3HX
Received 18 Feb 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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