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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
13,670 approved · 2,658 refused · 664 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 27 Feb 2020 to 23 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 25 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
12B Western Avenue Poole BH13 7AL
Received 5 Jun 20269 Bodowen Close Christchurch BH23 7HZ
Received 1 Dec 202510 Wren Close Christchurch BH23 4BD
Received 29 Jul 202414 Marlow Drive Christchurch BH23 2RR
Received 30 Jan 2025West Gate 53 Branksome Wood Road Bournemouth BH4 9JT
Received 26 Jan 2024Rowan Close Highcliffe BH23 4SW
Received 9 Oct 202561 Merley Ways Poole Wimborne BH21 1QW
Received 10 Dec 202537 Lower Golf Links Road, Broadstone, BH18 8BQ
Received 9 Mar 20223 Parkwood Road Bournemouth BH5 2BP
Received 22 Jul 202263 Commercial Road, Poole, BH14 0JB
Received 21 Oct 20245 Littlemoor Avenue Bournemouth BH11 8PB
Received 19 May 202212 Belle Vue Close Bournemouth BH6 3QW
Received 11 May 20224 Warren Edge Close Bournemouth BH6 4AY
Received 16 May 2022Park Court 90 Bournemouth Road Poole BH14 0HA
Received 1 Sept 20251 De Redvers Road, Poole, BH14 8TS
Received 4 Aug 2024Poole General Hospital Longfleet Road Poole BH15 2JB
Received 28 Mar 2025Copsewood 28 Alyth Road Bournemouth BH3 7DG
Received 11 Aug 202215 Albion Road Christchurch BH23 2JG
Received 17 Feb 202210 Royal Oak Road Bournemouth BH10 5LS
Received 10 Sept 2024Willow Cottage Salisbury Road Christchurch BH23 7AR
Received 16 Dec 2022146 Mudeford Lane Christchurch BH23 3HS
Received 7 Nov 20259 Walcott Avenue Christchurch BH23 2NQ
Received 16 Jul 2026176 Lake Road Poole BH15 4LW
Received 22 May 202523 Links Drive Christchurch BH23 2RE
Received 25 Feb 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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