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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
13,637 approved · 2,656 refused · 662 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
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.
33 Twin Oaks Close Poole BH18 8JE
Received 23 Jun 2025Flat 1 8 Linwood Road Bournemouth BH9 1DW
Received 9 Dec 202513 Clarendon Close, Broadstone, BH18 9HR
Received 10 Mar 2022Oak Academy Duck Lane Bournemouth BH11 9JJ
Received 23 Jun 202662 High Street, Poole, BH15 1DA
Received 15 Nov 20244 South View Place Bournemouth BH2 5PN
Received 10 Sept 2026Land r/o 6 Grebe Close, Poole, BH17 7YW
Received 26 Mar 20249 Floral Farm, Wimborne, BH21 3AT
Received 13 Mar 2024Former Belvedere Hotel Site 14 Bath Road Bournemouth BH1 2EU
Received 7 Oct 2024Cedar Grange, 22 Lindsay Road, Poole, BH13 6BD
Received 27 Nov 2024Level Hair Salon 274 Wallisdown Road Bournemouth BH10 4HZ
Received 4 Apr 2024163 Craigmoor Avenue Bournemouth BH8 9LT
Received 3 Aug 202659 Queens Park Avenue Bournemouth BH8 9LJ
Received 27 Jan 2022Foxwood 15C Bury Road Poole BH13 7DE
Received 10 Apr 2025Humphries Kirk Solicitors, Trevanion House, 15 Church Road, Poole, BH14 8UF
Received 20 Jun 202412 Hathaway Road Bournemouth BH6 3HH
Received 21 Jan 2022Vendavales 11 Spencer Road Poole BH13 7ET
Received 2 Jun 202628 West Hill Road Bournemouth BH2 5PG
Received 21 Oct 202637 Wharfdale Road Poole BH12 2ED
Received 1 Oct 202549A Wick Lane Bournemouth BH6 4JY
Received 19 Dec 202420 Broadway Bournemouth BH6 4HF
Received 13 Feb 20255 Ricardo Crescent Christchurch BH23 4BX
Received 9 Sept 20248 Milton Road, Poole, BH14 9QL
Received 9 Apr 2024Land at Roberts Lane, Poole, BH17 7BL
Received 13 Oct 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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