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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
12,894 approved · 2,518 refused · 623 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
32-34 Markham Avenue Bournemouth BH10 7HN
Received 26 Jun 2024Golden Kebabs, 15 Bournemouth Road, Poole, BH14 0EF
Received 21 Apr 2022The Woodrisings 10 Branksome Wood Road Bournemouth BH2 6DB
Received 25 Mar 202541 Orchard Avenue Poole BH14 8AH
Received 13 Apr 2026Caspian House 111 Old Christchurch Road Bournemouth BH1 1EP
Received 24 Feb 202532 Southwood Avenue Bournemouth BH6 3QB
Received 26 Jul 2022125 Ringwood Road Christchurch BH23 5RB
Received 20 May 20262 Manton Road Poole BH15 4PL
Received 25 Mar 202626 Dorset Road Christchurch BH23 3DD
Received 10 Jan 2023Glenlyn Bramble Lane Christchurch BH23 5NB
Received 6 Nov 202412 Bute Drive Christchurch BH23 5LE
Received 2 Mar 202249 Cliff Drive, Poole, BH13 7JF
Received 23 Dec 202410 East Avenue Bournemouth BH3 7BY
Received 17 Dec 2024Martello Place 3 Martello Road Poole BH13 7DQ
Received 6 Mar 202521 Blake Hill Crescent, Poole, BH14 8QW
Received 3 Jun 20241 Flaghead Road, Poole, BH13 7JL
Received 4 May 202243 Saxonhurst Road Bournemouth BH10 6JD
Received 22 Apr 202639 Hengistbury Road Bournemouth BH6 4DQ
Received 5 Apr 20228 Glenferness Avenue Bournemouth BH4 9NF
Received 22 Apr 2026Units 5B East and 5B West Roundways Industrial Estate Elliott Road Bournemouth BH11 8JJ
Received 4 Sept 2026Aurora 6A Lakeside Road Poole BH13 6LR
Received 17 Mar 2026160 Broadway Bournemouth BH6 4EL
Received 27 Aug 2024275 Verity Crescent Poole BH17 8UB
Received 7 Apr 202623 Lindsay Road Bournemouth Poole BH13 6AN
Received 29 Sept 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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