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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
12,967 approved · 2,537 refused · 630 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
105 Castle Lane West Bournemouth BH9 3LG
Received 17 Jan 202381 Broadway Southbourne Bournemouth BH6 4EG
Received 31 Mar 20223 Wallace Road, Broadstone, BH18 8NF
Received 1 Nov 202232 Anne Close Christchurch BH23 2NW
Received 11 Feb 2022201 Goldfinch Road, Poole, BH17 7TB
Received 9 May 20222C Roundways Elliott Road Bournemouth BH11 8JJ
Received 3 Oct 2022Holdings, 42 Willett Road, Wimborne, BH21 3DL
Received 30 Jun 2022176 Lake Road Poole BH15 4LW
Received 27 May 202643 Chestnut Way Christchurch BH23 7LR
Received 7 Sept 202647 Garland Road Poole BH15 2LB
Received 7 Jul 202514 Durrant Road Poole BH14 8TP
Received 29 Oct 20252 Dover Road Poole BH13 6DZ
Received 5 Sept 2025Green Park 91 Manor Road Bournemouth BH1 3HR
Received 13 Apr 202213-15 Lindsay Road Poole BH13 6AN
Received 27 Nov 2025Knyveton House 2 Knyveton Road Bournemouth BH1 3QW
Received 9 Dec 202227 Markham Avenue Bournemouth BH10 7HL
Received 3 Jul 2024Bournemouth & Meyrick Park Golf Club Meyrick Park Bournemouth BH2 6LH
Received 13 Feb 2025Castlepoint Superstore 1 Castle Lane West Bournemouth Bournemouth Christchurch Poole BH8 9UW
Received 30 Apr 2024Rossiters Quay, Boatyard And Premises Bridge Street Christchurch BH23 1DZ
Received 28 Mar 20251 Nairn Road Bournemouth BH3 7BD
Received 17 Aug 2022Beau Court 17 Portarlington Road Bournemouth BH4 8BX
Received 14 Feb 2022BEACH HOUSE, 5A Bingham Avenue, POOLE, BH14 8ND
Received 5 Aug 2024Sands 12B Crichel Mount Road Poole BH14 8LT
Received 14 Oct 202614 Stokes Avenue, Poole, BH15 2EA
Received 6 Apr 2022Records 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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