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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
14,410 approved · 2,803 refused · 707 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 27 Feb 2020 to 23 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 26 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
10 Roslin Road Bournemouth BH3 7JA
Received 26 Aug 20221 Chester Road, Poole, BH13 6DD
Received 3 Feb 20251 Seamoor Road Bournemouth BH4 9AA
Received 25 Mar 20247 Cranemoor Avenue Christchurch BH23 5AN
Received 9 Dec 20212-18 Windham Road Bournemouth BH1 4RW
Received 10 Nov 2025Monkswell Green Christchurch BH23 1HN
Received 4 Feb 2026Former "Coty" Sign Wallisdown Road (Opposite Lion Works) Fronting 490 - 492 Wallisdown Road Bournemouth BH11 8PU
Received 17 Oct 2024Flaghead, 22 Cliff Drive, BH13 7JD
Received 24 Mar 202263 Gravel Hill, Wimborne, BH21 3BJ
Received 28 Mar 2022Lilliput Surgery, Elms Avenue, Poole, BH14 8EE
Received 4 Apr 202227 Darwin Avenue Christchurch BH23 2JA
Received 29 Oct 2024Pavement Outside 39 Old Christchurch Road Bournemouth
Received 16 Jan 20232 Felton Road Poole BH14 0QS
Received 12 Oct 202619A Dudmoor Farm Road Christchurch BH23 6AQ
Received 21 Jun 2022Beachwood, St Aldhelms Close, Poole, BH13 6BW
Received 28 Jan 202547 Barrack Road Christchurch BH23 1PA
Received 25 Aug 202230 Ashmore Avenue, Poole, BH15 4DF
Received 28 Aug 2024Telecommunications site at Hatchpond Road and Stindford Road, Poole, BH17 0NF
Received 9 Jun 20226 Johnstone Road Christchurch BH23 3NG
Received 31 Jul 2024Boston Lodge 18 Marlborough Road Bournemouth BH4 8DQ
Received 29 Dec 20258 Monkshood Close Christchurch BH23 4TS
Received 22 May 202554, 56, 58 And 60 Waterloo Road Poole BH17 7LG
Received 14 Oct 20261 East Avenue Bournemouth BH3 7BW
Received 28 May 202516 Parham Road Bournemouth BH10 4BB
Received 23 Feb 2023Records 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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