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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
13,259 approved · 2,584 refused · 644 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 27 Feb 2020 to 23 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
10 Green Gardens, Poole, BH15 1QL
Received 29 Apr 2024Baden Powell And St Peters Ce Junior School Mill Lane Poole BH14 8UL
Received 9 Feb 202680A Watcombe Road Bournemouth BH6 3LX
Received 10 Feb 20221 Branksome Chine Cottage, 3 Beach Road, Poole, BH13 7BU
Received 3 May 202412 Westcroft Park Poole BH18 8LX
Received 9 Oct 202612 Elphinstone Road Christchurch BH23 5LL
Received 12 Aug 2026177 Harewood Avenue Bournemouth BH7 7BL
Received 19 May 202622-24 Nuffield Road Poole BH17 0RB
Received 25 Mar 202653 Cavendish Road Bournemouth BH1 1RA
Received 27 Aug 2024313 Herbert Avenue Poole BH12 4HT
Received 2 Apr 2025Mansard Court, 3 Brownsea Road, Poole, BH13 7QW
Received 30 May 20243 Elms Close Poole BH14 8EP
Received 27 May 2026Oxford Point 13-17 Oxford Road Bournemouth BH8 8GS
Received 2 Jul 202540 Highlands Crescent Bournemouth BH10 5JR
Received 14 Apr 2022Sea Point 8 Martello Park Poole BH13 7BA
Received 2 Mar 2026111 Longfleet Road, Poole, BH15 2HP
Received 6 Oct 20221 Le Patourel Close Christchurch BH23 3EE
Received 14 Sept 2021Canford Chase Nursing Home 40 Western Road Poole BH13 6EU
Received 27 Oct 202598 Penn Hill Avenue Poole BH14 9NA
Received 2 Feb 2026Cobham Sports And Social Club Merley Park Road Poole BH21 3DA
Received 16 Apr 2025West Cliff Court 25 Portarlington Road Bournemouth BH4 8BX
Received 7 Sept 20223 Constitution Hill Road, Poole, BH14 0QB
Received 22 Feb 202449 Panorama Road, Poole, BH13 7RB
Received 20 May 202421 Partridge Drive Poole BH14 8HJ
Received 8 Oct 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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