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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
13,510 approved · 2,634 refused · 658 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
85 Pauntley Road Christchurch BH23 3JJ
Received 11 Jun 20244A Westover Road Bournemouth BH1 2BY
Received 29 Nov 202412 East Cliff Way Christchurch BH23 4EY
Received 25 Jan 2024160 Hankinson Road Bournemouth BH9 1HX
Received 2 Apr 202558 East Avenue Bournemouth BH3 7DB
Received 2 May 202498 Castle Road Bournemouth BH9 1PN
Received 8 Sept 202264 Seafield Road Bournemouth BH6 3JF
Received 6 Dec 2022Dorset Lake Manor, 155 Sandbanks Road. Poole, BH14 8EL.
Received 22 Dec 2021Lilliput Ce Vc Infant School Lilliput Road Poole BH14 8JX
Received 16 Oct 202610 Erpingham Road, Poole, BH12 1EX
Received 28 Oct 2024160 Mudeford Lane Christchurch BH23 3HS
Received 14 Mar 20227 De Redvers Road, Poole, BH14 8TS
Received 25 Feb 20227 Oratory Gardens, Poole, BH13 7HJ
Received 5 Sept 202216 Charminster Avenue Bournemouth BH9 1RY
Received 16 Feb 202358 Evelyn Road Bournemouth BH9 1SZ
Received 12 Apr 2022380 Poole Road Poole BH12 1DA
Received 11 Sept 20262 Haydon Gardens, 2 Haydon Road, Poole, BH13 6JB
Received 26 Sept 202461 St Clement's Road Bournemouth BH1 4DX
Received 18 Jun 2024Telecom House 35 Holdenhurst Road Bournemouth BH8 8EJ
Received 29 Sept 202228 Gainsborough Road Bournemouth BH7 7BD
Received 4 Sept 202475 Hill View Road Bournemouth BH10 5BL
Received 13 Mar 2025Purbeck House 5-7 Oxford Road Bournemouth BH8 8ES
Received 20 Jul 202219 Keith Road Bournemouth BH3 7DS
Received 1 Aug 2022418 Wallisdown Road Bournemouth BH11 8PS
Received 8 May 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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