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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
14,238 approved · 2,768 refused · 698 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Dean Park Inn 41 Wimborne Road Bournemouth BH2 6NB
Received 12 Sept 202528 Montague Road Bournemouth BH5 2EP
Received 21 May 20268 Dover Road Poole BH13 6DZ
Received 25 Feb 20255 Beechwood Gardens Bournemouth BH5 1NF
Received 30 Nov 20224 Beaufort Road Bournemouth BH6 5AL
Received 31 Mar 202530 North Road Poole BH14 0LY
Received 23 Jul 20261-3 Moorlands, 50 Haven Road, Poole, BH13 7LU
Received 6 Jan 202312 Oakley Lane, Wimborne, BH21 1SG
Received 6 Jun 2022Footpath East of Kinson Road Outside CO-OP 270 Kinson Road Frontage Bournemouth BH10 5EY
Received 15 May 20266 St Leonard's Road Bournemouth BH8 8QL
Received 3 Feb 202514 James Road, Poole, BH12 1EA
Received 6 Feb 20255 Cotton Close Poole BH18 9AJ
Received 20 Aug 202624 Waterford Gardens Christchurch BH23 5DP
Received 30 Jan 2023The Oaks 189 Lymington Road Christchurch BH23 5EA
Received 6 May 202624 Austin Avenue Poole BH14 8HE
Received 27 Dec 202531 New Road Bournemouth BH10 7DW
Received 7 Dec 2022Flat Hengistbury Post Office 106 Broadway Southbourne Bournemouth BH6 4EH
Received 24 Mar 202612 Oakley Hill Poole Wimborne BH21 1QH
Received 11 Mar 20264 Imbrecourt, Poole, BH13 7NP
Received 17 Sept 202428 Alma Road Bournemouth BH9 1AN
Received 9 May 202433 Gleadowe Avenue Christchurch BH23 1LR
Received 24 Mar 202624 Maxwell Road Bournemouth BH9 1DL
Received 27 Feb 202633B Blake Hill Crescent, Poole, BH14 8QP
Received 15 Jul 202284 Panorama Road, Poole, BH13 7RG
Received 26 Mar 2024Records 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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