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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
15,053 approved · 2,906 refused · 738 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 27 Feb 2020 to 26 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Boathouse 43A Pearce Avenue Poole BH14 8EG
Received 6 May 20253 St Clair Road, Poole, BH13 7JP
Received 19 Apr 2024Land adjacent to 47 Bullfinch Close, Poole, BH17 7UP
Received 4 Mar 20229 Archway Road, Poole, BH14 9AY
Received 8 Aug 202240A Orchard Avenue, Poole, BH14 8AJ
Received 24 Oct 202223 Lindsay Road, Poole, BH13 6AN
Received 8 Mar 2022586-588 Christchurch Road Bournemouth BH1 4BH
Received 23 Apr 2024Rear of 20-22 Hankinson Road Bournemouth BH9 1HJ
Received 28 Apr 202221 Chester Road, Poole, BH13 6DE
Received 26 Aug 20211 Sedgley Road Bournemouth BH9 2JN
Received 19 Jan 202638 Sandbanks Road, Poole, BH14 8BX
Received 19 Apr 202426 Blake Hill Crescent, Poole, BH14 8QR
Received 27 Apr 202246 Danesbury Avenue Bournemouth BH6 3AF
Received 12 Jun 20243A Bodorgan Road Bournemouth BH2 6NQ
Received 16 Sept 20266 Avon Wharf Bridge Street Christchurch BH23 1DJ
Received 4 Mar 20266 Brunstead Place, Poole, BH12 1EW
Received 22 Sept 20214 Milton Villas 4 Milton Road Bournemouth BH8 8LW
Received 14 Apr 2025Flat A 58 West Overcliff Drive Bournemouth BH4 8AB
Received 24 Mar 20264 Comber Road Bournemouth BH9 2XG
Received 6 Feb 20234A Wyndham Road, Poole, BH14 8SH
Received 19 Oct 202228 Portland Road Bournemouth BH9 1NQ
Received 1 Oct 20259 Pinehurst Avenue Christchurch BH23 3NS
Received 28 Jul 202224 Bury Road, Poole, BH13 7DF
Received 7 Nov 202441 Larksfield Avenue Bournemouth BH9 3LW
Received 20 Sept 2022Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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