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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
13,551 approved · 2,642 refused · 659 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
7 Iwerne Close Bournemouth BH9 3PW
Received 4 Jan 202244 Clarendon Road Poole BH18 9HY
Received 6 Aug 202633 Links Drive Christchurch BH23 2RE
Received 11 Jan 2023Harbour Lights, 121 North Road, Poole, BH14 0LX
Received 9 Aug 2022Holdings 100 Willett Road Poole BH21 3DH
Received 17 Jul 202518 Dunkeld Road Bournemouth BH3 7EN
Received 12 Feb 20263 Dover Close, Poole, BH13 6EA
Received 20 Jan 2022129 Southbourne Overcliff Drive Bournemouth BH6 3NP
Received 2 Mar 202319-21 The Litzo 37-41 Boscombe Spa Road Bournemouth BH5 1AS
Received 14 Feb 20224A Buccleuch Road, Poole, BH13 6LE
Received 21 Jul 202277 Upton Way Poole BH18 9LX
Received 11 Aug 202518 Whitchurch Avenue Poole BH18 8LP
Received 13 Apr 202617 Elgin Road Bournemouth BH4 9NL
Received 2 Mar 202615 Braemar Drive Christchurch BH23 5NL
Received 19 Nov 202524 Frances Road Bournemouth BH1 3RZ
Received 11 Apr 2025Wellington Court 47 Bournemouth Road Poole BH14 0EW
Received 3 Apr 2025Eden Roc 10 Percy Road Bournemouth BH5 1JF
Received 23 Nov 2022Pennystone House 26A Western Avenue Poole BH13 7AN
Received 22 Oct 202519 Exeter Road Bournemouth BH2 5AF
Received 8 Sept 202525 Dulsie Road Bournemouth BH3 7DY
Received 11 Jul 202235 The Broadway Northbourne Bournemouth BH10 7EU
Received 12 Jun 2025Boscombe Gardens Dental Practice 454 Christchurch Road Bournemouth BH1 4BA
Received 19 Mar 2026Ashleigh House Ashington Lane Poole Wimborne BH21 3DG
Received 14 Feb 202581 Winston Avenue, Poole, BH12 1PB
Received 8 Aug 2022Records 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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