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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14,644 approved · 2,848 refused · 716 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
3 St Valerie Road Bournemouth BH2 6PE
Received 24 Jul 20241 Littlecroft Avenue Bournemouth BH9 3HR
Received 21 Jun 2024Knighton Farm, Knighton Lane, Poole
Received 12 May 202570 Broadwater Avenue, Poole, BH14 8QH
Received 1 Mar 20247 Stourcroft Drive Christchurch BH23 2PX
Received 18 Oct 2021Canford Heath Junior School, Learoyd Road, Poole, BH17 8PJ
Received 8 Feb 202420 Priory View Road Bournemouth BH9 3JQ
Received 29 Apr 2024St Catherines Court 35 Christchurch Road Bournemouth BH1 3NS
Received 20 Jun 2022Monkswell Green Springwater Drive Christchurch BH23 1HN
Received 16 Oct 2025La Corniche, 41 Cliff Drive, Poole, BH13 7JE
Received 16 May 2022Oak Mews, Phyldon Close
Received 21 Jun 20241 Elmgate Drive Bournemouth BH7 7EF
Received 29 Apr 202233 Houlton Road, Poole, BH15 2LN
Received 3 Jun 20244 Castledene Crescent Poole BH14 8DP
Received 10 Jul 202521 Boscombe Spa Road Bournemouth BH5 1AX
Received 10 Apr 20262 Wayne Road, Poole, BH12 3LF
Received 20 Dec 20212 Drake Close Christchurch BH23 3ET
Received 22 Mar 202214 Hatherden Avenue, Poole, BH14 0PJ
Received 26 Dec 2022144 Magna Road, Bournemouth, BH11 9NB
Received 12 Oct 202116 Stourcroft Drive Christchurch BH23 2PX
Received 5 Mar 202511 Luckham Road Bournemouth BH9 3ET
Received 19 Dec 202526 Sundew Road Poole BH18 9NX
Received 18 Dec 20258 Dorset Road Bournemouth BH4 9LB
Received 27 Nov 2024Hoburne Park, Hoburne Lane Christchurch BH23 4HU
Received 23 Jan 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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