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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
14,508 approved · 2,822 refused · 710 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
7 Hurstbourne Avenue Christchurch BH23 4RQ
Received 8 Dec 202536 Rothesay Drive Christchurch BH23 4LD
Received 21 May 20257A Palmerston Road Bournemouth BH1 4FD
Received 28 Oct 202169-71 Boscombe Overcliff Drive Bournemouth BH5 2EJ
Received 7 Mar 2023The Pines 70A Surrey Road Bournemouth BH4 9HU
Received 7 Jan 202581 Craigmoor Avenue Bournemouth BH8 9LR
Received 30 Sept 20244 1 Studley Tower Crosby Road Bournemouth BH4 8JB
Received 7 Nov 20256 South Western Crescent, Poole, BH14 8RW
Received 21 Aug 2024Upwood Manor, Bury Road, Poole, BH13 7DF
Received 2 Jul 20241 Stonecrop Close Poole Broadstone BH18 9WH
Received 9 Apr 202598 Beamish Road Poole BH17 8SJ
Received 28 Jan 2026Land North of Magna Road Poole
Received 21 May 202634 East Lake Avenue Poole BH12 3DG
Received 6 Jan 20268 Hatherden Avenue, Poole, BH14 0PJ
Received 25 Feb 202223 De Redvers Road, Poole, BH14 8TS
Received 20 Feb 202317 Clowes Avenue Bournemouth BH6 4ER
Received 7 Oct 20225 Castlemain Avenue Bournemouth BH6 5EH
Received 25 Jan 2023159 Kinson Road Bournemouth BH10 5EZ
Received 6 Oct 2022Kings Hotel 18 Castle Street Christchurch BH23 1DT
Received 21 Jul 2025Pavement o/s KFC Lansdowne Roundabout corner of Holdenhurst Road and Christchurch Road Bournemouth BH8 8AA
Received 11 Aug 20221 Hampton Mews 23a Poole Road Bournemouth BH4 9DF
Received 23 Apr 20268 and 10 Western Avenue, Poole, BH13 7AL
Received 8 Dec 202164B & 66 Hurn Way Christchurch BH23 2PD
Received 1 Aug 20228 Elgin Road Bournemouth BH4 9NL
Received 22 Jan 2024Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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