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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
12,934 approved · 2,531 refused · 628 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
98 Magna Road, Bournemouth, BH11 9NB
Received 18 May 20229 Grange Road, Broadstone, BH18 8JY
Received 28 Jul 202219 Flambard Avenue Christchurch BH23 2NE
Received 1 Nov 202222 The Meadway Christchurch BH23 4NT
Received 13 Mar 2026Site of St Johns House, Serpentine Road, Poole, BH15 2DX
Received 8 Jun 202228 Portfield Close Christchurch BH23 2AH
Received 20 Feb 202345 Branksome Dene Road, Poole, BH13 6JE
Received 25 Jul 202412 Eaton Road, Poole, BH13 6DG
Received 22 Jan 2024136 Magna Road BH11 9NB
Received 27 Oct 202570 Ripon Road Bournemouth BH9 1RG
Received 24 Jan 2023Amersham Court 30 Marlborough Road Bournemouth BH4 8DH
Received 2 May 202483 Sopwith Crescent Poole Wimborne BH21 1SW
Received 27 Aug 202562 Harewood Avenue Bournemouth BH7 6NH
Received 17 Oct 202421 Bengal Road Bournemouth BH9 2ND
Received 2 Jun 2025The Penthouse, The Ferryman, 1 Brownsea Road, Poole, BH13 7QW
Received 6 Apr 2022St Mark's Primary School Talbot Village Bournemouth BH10 4JA
Received 1 Jun 2022Constitution Hill Gardens, Poole, BH14 0PY
Received 16 Aug 202415 Lytton Road Bournemouth BH1 4SH
Received 19 Dec 20249 Wellow Gardens, Poole, BH15 3RP
Received 19 Dec 2024Land at Jesmond Avenue Highcliffe Christchurch BH23 5AY
Received 17 Nov 202233 Panorama Road Poole BH13 7RA
Received 5 Mar 202642 Bournemouth Road, Poole, BH14 0EY
Received 23 Sept 202412 Corfe Way, Broadstone, BH18 9NE
Received 16 Sept 2022Boston Lodge 18 Marlborough Road Bournemouth BH4 8DQ
Received 21 Feb 2025Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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