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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
14,604 approved · 2,837 refused · 714 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
38 Ravine Road, Poole, BH13 7HY
Received 8 Oct 2021104 Alder Road Poole BH12 4AB
Received 30 Sept 202548 Wavell Road Bournemouth BH11 8AN
Received 29 Sept 202222 St Mark's Road Bournemouth BH11 8SZ
Received 26 May 2026Frizzell House 49 Lindsay Road Bournemouth BH1 2NF
Received 27 Oct 20252 Watermead 23 Willow Way Christchurch BH23 1JJ
Received 30 Nov 20211 Rockley Road Poole BH15 4EY
Received 30 Dec 2025Community Centre Northmead Drive Poole BH17 7XZ
Received 16 Sept 2025Health Sciences University 13-15 Parkwood Road Bournemouth BH5 2DF
Received 17 Mar 202610 Mornish Road Poole BH13 7BZ
Received 8 May 20262 Ashton Road Bournemouth BH9 2TN
Received 6 Sept 202240 Tollerford Road, Poole, BH17 9AG
Received 19 Jan 2023Picnic Park Deli Westover Gardens Kiosk Lower Gardens Bournemouth BH1 2AQ
Received 16 Sept 2024Long Close Rest Home, 23 Forest Road, Poole, BH13 6DQ
Received 6 Jan 202338 Stourvale Road Bournemouth BH5 2JZ
Received 19 Aug 20268A Magdalen Lane Christchurch BH23 1PH
Received 23 Sept 202234 Cedar Avenue Bournemouth BH10 7EF
Received 17 Jul 202410 Deepdene Lane Bournemouth BH11 9RN
Received 23 Apr 202616A Ormonde Road, Poole, BH13 6DF
Received 20 Oct 202238 Branksome Hill Road Bournemouth BH4 9LE
Received 20 Oct 2026456 Christchurch Road Bournemouth BH1 4BA
Received 2 Feb 2026173 Mudeford Christchurch BH23 4AG
Received 23 Jun 20227 Windsor Road Christchurch BH23 2EE
Received 4 May 202283 Higher Blandford Road, Broadstone, BH18 9AE
Received 31 Mar 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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