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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
14,096 approved · 2,727 refused · 684 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
19 Windsor Road, Poole, BH14 8SF
Received 5 Dec 2022The Coach House Loreto, 41 Cavendish Road Bournemouth BH1 1QZ
Received 18 Mar 2025Canford School, Canford Magna, Wimborne, BH21 3AD
Received 17 Feb 202223 Endfield Road Bournemouth BH9 1TL
Received 22 Jan 2024Tudor Lodge 2 Penn Hill Avenue Poole BH14 9LZ
Received 8 Apr 2026Pinehurst Hall, 23 Burton Road, Poole, BH13 6DT
Received 11 Feb 2022Steamer Point, MCA Training Centre Seaway Avenue Christchurch BH23 4JQ
Received 8 Sept 2022Pavement o/s 623 Christchurch Road Boscombe Bournemouth BH1 4AP
Received 28 Feb 202246 Nairn Road, Poole, BH13 7NH
Received 12 Sept 2022Dunholme Manor 55 Manor Road Bournemouth BH1 3EP
Received 14 Jun 202269 Charminster Road Bournemouth BH8 8UE
Received 5 Oct 20223 Swanmore Close Bournemouth BH7 6PS
Received 6 Sept 202228 Knighton Heath Road Bournemouth BH11 9PW
Received 2 Apr 202436 Duncliff Road Bournemouth BH6 4LJ
Received 15 Mar 20224A Munster Road, Poole, BH14 9PU
Received 15 Mar 202416 Meadow Rise Poole Broadstone BH18 9ED
Received 15 Sept 202515 Edwina Drive, Poole, BH17 7JG
Received 29 Apr 2022Fairways 124 Richmond Park Road Bournemouth BH8 8TL
Received 15 Nov 202114 Rothesay Drive Christchurch BH23 4LB
Received 21 Jan 20265 Kings Avenue, Poole, BH14 9QF
Received 30 Nov 202134 Seaway Avenue Christchurch BH23 4EX
Received 7 Aug 202525 Cheddington Road Bournemouth BH9 3NB
Received 22 Jan 202411 Martins Hill Lane Christchurch BH23 7NJ
Received 30 Sept 202456 Springdale Road Poole Broadstone BH18 9BX
Received 16 May 2026Records 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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