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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
15,146 approved · 2,925 refused · 741 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
85 Stewart Road Bournemouth BH8 8NZ
Received 10 Jul 202617 Glenavon Road Christchurch BH23 5PN
Received 10 Sept 2024Bethany Church Of England Junior School Knole Road Bournemouth BH1 4DJ
Received 5 Jun 202615C Bury Road, Poole, BH13 7DE
Received 29 Nov 20229 Broadlands Close Bournemouth BH8 0PN
Received 31 May 202217 Nea Road Christchurch BH23 4NA
Received 6 Mar 2025Former SE Store Unit 6 Bourne Valley Road, Poole, BH12 1DZ
Received 12 Dec 2022Land adjacent 431 Charminster Road Bournemouth BH8 9QY
Received 28 Feb 20242 Middleton Gardens Bournemouth BH7 7BT
Received 18 Oct 2024Chalbury Court 3 Rushford Warren Christchurch BH23 3NY
Received 3 Oct 202425 Thornbury Road Bournemouth BH6 4HS
Received 3 Aug 202653 Elms Avenue, Poole, BH14 8EE
Received 21 Dec 2022Little Court 15 Martello Road South Poole BH13 7HQ
Received 26 Sept 2025171 Alma Road Bournemouth BH9 1AG
Received 29 Apr 202630 Lakeside Road Poole BH13 6LS
Received 7 Oct 202657 Lansdowne Road Bournemouth BH1 1RN
Received 8 Nov 202454 Sherwood Avenue Poole BH14 8DL
Received 22 Apr 202612 Church Street Christchurch BH23 1BW
Received 8 Jul 20223 Cellars Farm Road Bournemouth BH6 4DL
Received 25 Jun 202525 Furze Hill Drive, Poole, BH14 8QL
Received 7 Nov 2022Barbers Gate Thames Street Poole BH15 1ZA
Received 24 Mar 20269 Sidney Gardens Bournemouth BH9 3SG
Received 2 Nov 2021The Roller 27 Glenair Avenue Poole BH14 8AD
Received 6 Jul 202673 Mandale Road Bournemouth BH11 8HZ
Received 2 Dec 2021Records 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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