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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
15,156 approved · 2,929 refused · 741 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
69 Glenferness Avenue Bournemouth BH3 7ER
Received 18 Dec 20254 Dell Close, Broadstone, BH18 9NL
Received 14 Dec 20227 Canford Cliffs Road, Poole, BH13 7AG
Received 1 Feb 2022232 Ashley Road Poole BH14 9BZ
Received 11 Jun 2025485 Wallisdown Road Poole BH12 5AA
Received 21 Feb 202523 Woodpecker Drive, Poole, BH17 7SB
Received 15 Feb 20238 Burton Road, Poole, BH13 6DU
Received 21 Feb 20233 Rosemount Road Bournemouth BH4 8HB
Received 11 Mar 20252 Shorts Close Christchurch BH23 7NG
Received 17 Jun 2026Flat 3 61 Portchester Road Bournemouth BH8 8JX
Received 16 Jan 2023Verges to both sides of Meriden Close, Poole, BH13 7JT
Received 1 Feb 2022166 Fairmile Road Christchurch BH23 2LW
Received 22 Feb 202586 Iford Lane Bournemouth BH6 5QZ
Received 26 Mar 2024Amber Court 5 Wycliffe Road Bournemouth BH9 1JL
Received 21 Feb 202320 Harbeck Road Bournemouth BH8 0AQ
Received 21 May 202612 Cranmer Road Bournemouth BH9 1JU
Received 5 Jan 20224 Tyndale Close Bournemouth BH9 3SF
Received 13 Jan 2022127 Springdale Road, Broadstone, BH18 9BW
Received 6 Oct 202176 Panorama Road Poole BH13 7RG
Received 21 Jan 2026Rook Hill Court 18 Rook Hill Road Christchurch BH23 4DZ
Received 23 Mar 202625 Glenair Avenue, Poole, BH14 8AD
Received 8 Jul 202411 Lindsay Road, Poole, BH13 6AN
Received 3 Nov 202115 Churchill Road Poole BH12 2LW
Received 1 Oct 202667 Western Avenue Bournemouth BH10 6HG
Received 22 Jul 2024Records 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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