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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
14,755 approved · 2,869 refused · 722 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
15A Branksome Dene Road Bournemouth BH4 8JW
Received 21 Aug 20264A Dunbar Road Bournemouth BH3 7BA
Received 16 Apr 2025Flat 1 Moriconium Quay, Lake Avenue, Poole, BH15 4QP
Received 8 Aug 20221074 Ringwood Road Bournemouth BH11 9LE
Received 14 Jul 202510 Egdon Drive Poole BH21 1TY
Received 15 May 202543 Stamford Road Bournemouth BH6 5DS
Received 29 Jul 202677 Church Road, Poole, BH14 0NS
Received 14 Sept 2022Cornelia House, Churchfield Road, Poole, BH15 2QP.
Received 10 Apr 2024Land rear of 213 - 215 Lower Blandford Road, Broadstone, BH18 8DN
Received 14 Oct 202266 Mandale Road Bournemouth BH11 8JA
Received 29 Feb 202472 Danecourt Road, Poole, BH14 0PH
Received 1 Feb 202324 Doulton Gardens Poole BH14 8RG
Received 24 Jun 2025Flat 7 Bayview West Cliff Gardens Bournemouth BH2 5HL
Received 17 Oct 20241 Robinia Court 3 Wellington Road Bournemouth BH8 8GL
Received 6 Oct 202514 Elgin Road Bournemouth BH4 9NL
Received 24 Aug 202650 Baring Road Bournemouth BH6 4DT
Received 9 Nov 20221 Chaseside Bournemouth BH7 7DA
Received 11 Sept 202677 Harewood Avenue Bournemouth BH7 6NN
Received 6 Oct 202517 Whitecliff Crescent, Poole, BH14 8DT
Received 8 Feb 202231 Chester Road Poole BH13 6DE
Received 28 Aug 202516 Wetherby Close, Broadstone, BH18 8JB
Received 28 Aug 202438 High Street Christchurch BH23 1AY
Received 14 Jun 202463 & 65 Anthonys Avenue Poole BH14 8JQ
Received 17 Apr 20254 Fenton Road Bournemouth BH6 5EY
Received 2 Jun 2025Records 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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