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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
14,796 approved · 2,875 refused · 724 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
7 Hurstbourne Avenue Christchurch BH23 4RQ
Received 24 Apr 2026Manawa, 42 Banks Road, Poole, BH13 7QF
Received 11 Jan 202228 Elms Avenue Poole BH14 8EF
Received 21 Jan 20261A Blair Avenue, Poole, BH14 0DA
Received 17 Feb 202560 Orchard Avenue, Poole, BH14 8AJ
Received 16 Jan 2023Hand Car Wash 107 Southwick Road Bournemouth BH6 5PS
Received 30 Jun 202268 Wick Lane Bournemouth BH6 4JY
Received 15 May 2024Flat 1, Forest View, 22 Forest Road, Poole, BH13 6DH
Received 14 Mar 202229 Firs Glen Road Bournemouth BH9 2LS
Received 15 Jul 202233 Brownsea View Avenue, Poole, BH14 8LG
Received 23 Sept 2024181 Lymington Road Christchurch BH23 4JS
Received 28 Oct 20222 Glenair Avenue, Poole, BH14 8AD
Received 5 Jan 2022Albany House 3 Balcombe Road Poole BH13 6DX
Received 11 Jun 202512 Western Avenue Poole BH13 7AL
Received 20 Feb 202661 The Avenue Bournemouth BH9 2UP
Received 5 Feb 20253 Dunedin Grove Christchurch BH23 4HN
Received 8 Jun 202218 Widworthy Drive Poole Broadstone BH18 9BD
Received 28 Apr 202516 Lystra Road Bournemouth BH9 3AZ
Received 23 Apr 20243 Oratory Gardens Poole BH13 7HJ
Received 23 Apr 2026Sirocco 14A Crichel Mount Road Poole BH14 8LT
Received 1 Oct 202620 Twemlow Avenue, Poole, BH14 8AN
Received 15 Nov 2021Kings Park Primary School Ashley Road Bournemouth BH1 4NB
Received 14 Apr 20251 Somerford Avenue Christchurch BH23 4JA
Received 3 Mar 2022Poole General Hospital Longfleet Road Poole BH15 2JB
Received 25 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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