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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
14,842 approved · 2,878 refused · 725 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
27 The Avenue Poole BH13 6LH
Received 16 Apr 202516 Waytown Close Poole BH17 9WF
Received 4 Sept 2025Travelodge Castle Lane East Bournemouth BH7 7DP
Received 11 Oct 202210 Sark Road Poole BH12 3PN
Received 6 Oct 20261 Brookdale Farm, Broadstone, BH18 9BH
Received 1 Oct 20245 Powell Road, Poole, BH14 8SG
Received 8 Feb 202210 Harbour View Road Poole BH14 0PE
Received 22 Oct 202610 Felton Road, Poole, BH14 0QS
Received 30 Jan 202416 Panorama Road Poole BH13 7RD
Received 22 Jul 2026Woodland space opposite Burton Hall and rear of 20 Burton Hall 171 Salisbury Road Christchurch BH23 7JS
Received 26 Aug 2026Upwood Manor, Bury Road, Poole, BH13 7DF
Received 17 Apr 202433B Carbery Avenue Bournemouth BH6 3LN
Received 8 May 20268 Palm Court 38 Christchurch Road Bournemouth BH1 3PD
Received 13 Feb 2025Bournemouth And Poole College Christchurch Road Bournemouth BH1 3JJ
Received 13 May 2026134 York Road Poole Broadstone BH18 8EY
Received 7 Aug 2025Land to the rear of 866 Ringwood Road Bournemouth BH11 8NF
Received 6 Mar 20232 Cawdor Road Bournemouth BH3 7DN
Received 9 Sept 202416 Singleton Drive Bournemouth BH10 4BT
Received 23 Jun 2025Sir Peter Thompson House, 25 Market Close, BH15 1NE
Received 25 Mar 20244 Enterprise Way - Aviation Park West Bournemouth Airport Christchurch BH23 6EW
Received 17 Oct 2025Pavement o/s 42-43 Falkland Square Poole BH15 1ER
Received 24 Jul 202617 Gervis Road Bournemouth BH1 3EE
Received 8 Aug 20251 Granville Mews 22A Alum Chine Road Bournemouth BH4 8DX
Received 27 Jan 202336 Holloway Avenue Bournemouth BH11 9JS
Received 16 May 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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