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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13,009 approved · 2,545 refused · 633 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
22 Lewesdon Drive, Broadstone, BH18 9HF
Received 8 Nov 2022Aloha 19 Kinson Road Bournemouth BH10 4AQ
Received 9 Oct 2026The Beach Hut Cafe Cliff Drive Christchurch BH23 4EP
Received 20 Nov 202431 Sandecotes Road, Poole, BH14 8NZ
Received 1 Mar 2024Land rear of 36 Gorsecliff Road Bournemouth BH10 4HB
Received 17 Dec 2024103 Lilliput Road, Canford Cliffs, Poole, BH14 8JY
Received 30 Sept 2024Genesis Centre, 18 Hill Street, Poole, BH15 1NR
Received 17 Jan 202413 Milestone Road, Poole, BH15 3DR
Received 11 Jul 202212 Leven Avenue Bournemouth BH4 9LL
Received 24 Jan 202314 Springdale Avenue Poole Broadstone BH18 9EU
Received 14 Aug 2025Amberwood Cottage St. Catherines Hill Lane, Christchurch BH23 2NL
Received 21 Jan 2026128-130 Bournemouth Road Poole BH14 9HY
Received 3 Jun 2026Test Address
Received 27 Apr 20265 Fulmar Road Christchurch BH23 4BJ
Received 19 Feb 202414 Weldon Avenue Bournemouth BH11 9QB
Received 26 Aug 2025Chinewood Manor 32 Manor Road Bournemouth BH1 3EZ
Received 25 Jul 2024Land adjacent 40 Firs Glen Road Bournemouth BH9 2LT
Received 3 Mar 202619 Studland Road Bournemouth BH4 8HH
Received 24 Nov 2022Flat 4, 243 Ashley Road, Poole, BH14 9DU
Received 30 Sept 2024Taylor's House 12-14 Dean Park Crescent Bournemouth BH1 1HL
Received 16 Apr 2026The Helm 37-45 Holdenhurst Road Bournemouth BH8 8EH
Received 31 Aug 20223 Kenyon Close Poole BH15 3JF
Received 3 Sept 2025Canford Heath Junior School, Learoyd Road, Poole, BH17 8PJ
Received 13 Feb 2024Plot 5 Land at the junction of Commercial Road and Aviation Way Aviation Business Park Christchurch BH23 6BW
Received 6 Jun 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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