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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
14,870 approved · 2,882 refused · 727 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 27 Feb 2020 to 23 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 27 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
85 Normanhurst Avenue Bournemouth BH8 9NW
Received 29 May 202612 Elms Avenue, Poole, BH14 8EF
Received 20 Jan 202563C Haven Road, Poole, BH13 7LH
Received 21 Dec 2021346 Ashley Road, Poole, BH14 9DF
Received 16 Oct 2024Flat 3 61 Portchester Road Bournemouth BH8 8JX
Received 3 Sept 202625 Waltham Road Bournemouth BH7 6PE
Received 25 Mar 202463 Smugglers Lane North Christchurch BH23 4NQ
Received 26 Mar 202460 Danecourt Road Poole BH14 0PQ
Received 24 Sept 202632 Endfield Road Christchurch BH23 2HT
Received 29 Sept 202250 Palmerston Avenue Christchurch BH23 3PD
Received 6 Nov 20241 Bodley Road Poole BH13 7JH
Received 4 Jul 20252 Roscrea Close Bournemouth BH6 4LX
Received 4 Mar 202624 Greenhayes Poole BH18 8NA
Received 5 Oct 202619 Woodfield Gardens Christchurch BH23 4QA
Received 8 Sept 202127 Elmgate Drive Bournemouth BH7 7EG
Received 12 Mar 2025104 Tarn Drive Poole BH17 7DQ
Received 18 Sept 2025Harbour Watch, 391 Sandbanks Road
Received 6 Sept 2021Poole Museum 4 High Street Poole BH15 1BW
Received 21 Jan 202619 Beacon Drive Christchurch BH23 5DH
Received 10 May 2022191 Ashley Road, Poole, BH14 9DL
Received 23 Dec 202153 Portland Road Bournemouth BH9 1NE
Received 11 Dec 202535 Felton Road, Poole, BH14 0QR
Received 11 Oct 20212 Woodford Road Bournemouth BH1 3PQ
Received 5 May 202651 Manor Avenue Poole BH12 4LB
Received 23 Sept 2026Records 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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