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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
13,441 approved · 2,616 refused · 654 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
26 Gleadowe Avenue Christchurch BH23 1LS
Received 21 Mar 202224 Wildfell Close Christchurch BH23 2PU
Received 24 Oct 202468 East Avenue Bournemouth BH3 7DB
Received 17 Aug 20269 Poppy Close Christchurch BH23 4TZ
Received 29 Dec 2021Land adj 77 Edwina Drive Poole BH17 7JG
Received 14 Jul 202512 The Boltons Portarlington Close Bournemouth BH4 8DA
Received 30 Jan 202399 Parkway Drive Bournemouth BH8 9JS
Received 24 Mar 20254 Burnett Road Christchurch BH23 2DL
Received 24 Jan 202214 Percy Road Bournemouth BH5 1JF
Received 26 Jan 202217 Marina Drive Poole BH14 8HB
Received 20 Apr 202666 Danecourt Road, Poole, BH14 0PQ
Received 26 Oct 2022588 Charminster Road Bournemouth BH8 9SL
Received 9 Jun 20257A Elms Avenue Poole BH14 8EE
Received 24 Mar 2025152 Columbia Road Bournemouth BH10 4DT
Received 11 Feb 202519 Westminster Road, Poole, BH13 6JJ
Received 7 Oct 2024UE1 North of Merley Poole
Received 21 Aug 202589 River Way Christchurch BH23 2QJ
Received 23 Jul 2025Tarasay, Higher Blandford Road, Wimborne, BH21 3JG
Received 31 May 2024First Floor Flat 62a Green Road Bournemouth BH9 1EA
Received 21 May 2025590 Castle Lane West Bournemouth BH8 9UF
Received 4 Sept 20246 Anthonys Avenue Poole BH14 8JH
Received 6 Feb 2026Melka 22 Kings Avenue Poole BH14 9QG
Received 13 Jan 202619 Motcombe Road, Poole, BH13 6DJ
Received 27 Feb 20245 Golf Links Road, Broadstone, BH18 8BE
Received 18 Oct 2024Records 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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