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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
14,196 approved · 2,757 refused · 696 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Palmersford Water Recycling Centre Chapel Lane Christchurch BH23 2RY
Received 18 Mar 202217A Nelson Road Bournemouth BH4 9JA
Received 4 May 2022Templeman Place Leedam Road Bournemouth BH10 6HP
Received 16 Dec 202515 Brightlands Avenue Bournemouth BH6 4HG
Received 19 Jan 2026Southbourne Crossroads Car Park Southbourne Coast Road Bournemouth BH6 3NH
Received 8 Oct 20257 Oratory Gardens Poole BH13 7HJ
Received 20 Oct 20264 Wilfred Road Bournemouth BH5 1NB
Received 5 Sept 2025St Swithuns Church Gervis Road Bournemouth BH1 3EG
Received 6 Mar 20249 Poppy Close Christchurch BH23 4TZ
Received 12 May 202521 Ashwood Drive Poole Broadstone BH18 8LN
Received 3 Dec 2025House Martin Tower, Canford Heath, Poole, BH17
Received 20 Aug 2024Unit 3 Yeomans Industrial Park Yeomans Way Bournemouth BH8 0BJ
Received 30 Mar 202245 Rothesay Drive Christchurch BH23 4LD
Received 20 Jul 202210 Holmhurst Avenue Christchurch BH23 5PQ
Received 14 Oct 2021124 River Way Christchurch BH23 2QT
Received 2 Mar 2022Sandara, 27 Shore Road, Poole, BH13 7PJ
Received 12 Sept 2024Royal Bournemouth Hospital Castle Lane East Bournemouth BH7 7DW
Received 2 Aug 2022156 Kinson Road Bournemouth BH10 5EN
Received 26 Sept 202222 Bury Road Poole BH13 7DF
Received 16 Jun 202594 The Grove Christchurch BH23 2HD
Received 4 Aug 2026319 Sandbanks Road, Poole, BH14 8LH
Received 21 Sept 2022Bricklayers Arms, 41 Parr Street, Poole, BH14 0JX
Received 13 Sept 202222 Chewton Farm Road Christchurch BH23 5QN
Received 22 Feb 2022Telephone boxes outside NatWest, 209 Ashley Road, Poole, BH14 9DR
Received 12 May 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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