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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
14,644 approved · 2,848 refused · 716 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Marshall Point 4 Richmond Gardens Bournemouth BH1 1JD
Received 18 May 202617 Howeth Road Bournemouth BH10 5DX
Received 3 Jul 20243 St George's Close Bournemouth BH8 9DS
Received 12 Dec 20246 East Cliff Way Christchurch BH23 4EY
Received 1 Dec 202532 Stroud Lane Christchurch BH23 3QX
Received 5 Nov 202129 Cliff Drive Poole BH13 7JE
Received 6 Mar 2026Bessborough Road, Poole, BH13 7JH
Received 9 Dec 202141 Bournemouth Road, Poole, BH14 0EF
Received 29 Aug 202430 Twin Oaks Close, Broadstone, BH18 8JF
Received 1 Jul 2024Mornington Court 44 Wellington Road Bournemouth BH8 8JW
Received 13 Feb 2026Alumhurst Day Centre Alumhurst Road Bournemouth BH4 8ER
Received 5 Feb 2026Car Parking Space 1 Portman House Richmond Hill Bournemouth BH2 6EP
Received 16 Jul 202562C Hurn Way Christchurch BH23 2PD
Received 11 May 20222 Swift Close, Poole, BH17 7UZ
Received 12 Mar 2024Panorama, Alipore Close, BH14 9AE
Received 8 Mar 202315 Forest View Close Bournemouth BH9 3BJ
Received 20 Apr 202245 Lynwood Drive Poole BH21 1UT
Received 30 May 202558 Abbotsbury Road, Broadstone, BH18 9DD
Received 18 Oct 20212A Lagoon Road, Poole, BH14 8JT
Received 13 Sept 202434 Thistlebarrow Road Bournemouth BH7 7AL
Received 11 May 2022Unit 1 Canford Heath Road Canford Heath Local Centre Poole BH17 9DW
Received 21 Aug 202632 Anthonys Avenue Poole BH14 8JH
Received 27 Jul 202610A Western Avenue, Poole, BH13 7AL
Received 23 Jul 202413 Kinson Avenue, Poole, BH15 3PH
Received 14 Sept 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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