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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
14,046 approved · 2,721 refused · 679 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
2 Norrish Road, Poole, BH12 2PA.
Received 22 Sept 20225 Ullswater Road, Wimborne, BH21 1QT
Received 29 Mar 202465 Chesildene Avenue Bournemouth BH8 0AZ
Received 26 Nov 2024Studland Dene 2 Studland Road Bournemouth BH4 8DP
Received 5 Jun 2026Flat 4, The Beeches, 26 Westminster Road, Poole, BH13 6JN
Received 1 Nov 20247 Grace Gardens, Poole, BH12 4FF
Received 22 Oct 2024110 Horsham Avenue Bournemouth BH10 7JQ
Received 25 Jan 20234 Brackenhill Poole BH13 6LT
Received 17 Nov 20253 Lagoon Road Poole BH14 8JT
Received 17 Sept 202620 Bettiscombe Close Poole BH17 9DH
Received 19 Feb 2025St Margarets St Valerie Road Bournemouth BH2 6PE
Received 8 Apr 2024Churchill Lodge, 234 Sandbanks Road, BH14 8HA
Received 21 Nov 202252 Watcombe Road Bournemouth BH6 3LU
Received 16 Mar 202619 Blandford Road, Poole, BH15 4AS
Received 6 Mar 2024Christchurch Fire Station Fairmile Road Christchurch BH23 2LB
Received 4 May 20223 Vine Farm Road, Poole, BH12 5EN
Received 10 Mar 20225 Haslemere Avenue Christchurch BH23 5BQ
Received 11 Aug 202220 Rothesay Drive Christchurch BH23 4LB
Received 16 Jan 2025The Parkstone And Heatherlands 433-437 Wimborne Road Bournemouth BH9 2AN
Received 2 Aug 202411 Buccleuch Road, Poole, BH13 6LB
Received 18 Nov 202181 Canford Cliffs Road, Poole, BH13 7AH
Received 13 Jan 2025Redlands, 16 Mornish Road, Poole, BH13 7DA
Received 30 Jun 2022Belle Vue Mansions Belle Vue Road Bournemouth BH6 3EJ
Received 15 Aug 2024Land South of A35 Upton Road Creekmoor Poole BH17 7AG
Received 12 Jun 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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