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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
13,009 approved · 2,545 refused · 633 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 27 Feb 2020 to 22 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 24 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
26 Southbourne Grove Bournemouth BH6 3RA
Received 17 Nov 202247 Courthill Road, Poole, BH14 9HJ
Received 22 Jan 20242 Freda Road Christchurch BH23 1LY
Received 14 Jul 2025The Barn 8 Wick Green Bournemouth BH6 4LY
Received 16 Apr 202656A Lingwood Avenue Christchurch BH23 3JT
Received 23 Aug 202228 Mayfield Avenue, Poole, BH14 9NY
Received 22 Jul 2024129 Stanpit Christchurch BH23 3LX
Received 22 Jan 2024101 Parkway Drive Bournemouth BH8 9JS
Received 16 Feb 202665 Canford Cliffs Road, Poole, BH13 7AQ
Received 22 Jan 202513 De Redvers Road Poole BH14 8TS
Received 8 Sept 2026Land rear of No's 26A & 26B Wharfdale Road, Poole, BH12 2ED
Received 12 Dec 2024Ground floor, 89 High Street, Poole, BH15 1AH
Received 18 Jan 2024The Noisy Lobster Avon Beach Mudeford Christchurch BH23 4AN
Received 5 Sept 20243 Twemlow Avenue, Poole, BH14 8AL
Received 2 Dec 202415 Barry Gardens Poole BH18 9EN
Received 7 Sept 2026217 221a & 221b Old Christchurch Road and Land to the rear of 217 219 & 221 Old Christchurch Road Bournemouth BH1 1JZ
Received 14 May 202430 Grove Road Bournemouth BH1 3DB
Received 14 Jul 202210 Portman Crescent Bournemouth BH5 2ER
Received 1 Apr 2022Building to North East of 318 Windham Road Bournemouth BH1 4QU
Received 29 Jun 2022Acre Wood, Harvey Road, Wimborne, BH21 3AH
Received 3 Jan 2025St Luke's Church St Luke's Road Bournemouth BH3 7LR
Received 16 Sept 2026Woodbury East Overcliff Drive Bournemouth BH1 3AD
Received 23 Dec 2024M&S, 182 Lower Blandford Road, Broadstone, BH18 8DP
Received 20 Jan 202514 Avon Run Road Christchurch BH23 4DU
Received 19 Dec 2024Records 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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