LPA Profile
What we hold on a single planning authority: appeal behaviour, what they refuse on, which policies they cite, and how current their local plan is. For the national league table and 47-year statistical history, see Council Performance. New: which refusal reasons survive appeal here — measured from real Inspectorate decision letters.
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council
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Official statistics — is development moving through the system?
MHCLG quarterly planning returns (PS1/PS2), last 4 quarters 2025 Q3 to 2026 Q2, and the government's latest Housing Delivery Test. These are the authority's own statutory returns, not our scrape.
Peer ranks compare only unitary authorities with more than 50 decisions in the window, the same floor as the national rank. A rank among peers is the fairer read: types of authority carry very different caseloads.
| Type | Decisions | Approved | In time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Major | 85 | 75.3% | 76.9% |
| Minor | 755 | 75.1% | 80.2% |
| Other | 1,349 | 85.8% | — |
| of which householder | 1,131 | 87.2% | 91.4% |
Delivery below 75%: the NPPF presumption in favour of sustainable development applies to housing applications here. A material point for any housing proposal.
| Dataset | Publisher | Covers this authority | Loaded | Official source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Planning application decisions (PS2) | MHCLG | 2019 Q2 to 2026 Q2 (29 quarters) | 25 Oct 2026 · 68,583 rows nationally | Live tables |
| Planning application flow (PS1) | MHCLG | 2019 Q2 to 2026 Q2 (29 quarters) | 25 Oct 2026 · 42,861 rows nationally | Live tables |
| Housing Delivery Test 2025 | MHCLG | 2022/23 to 2024/25 | 18 Aug 2026 | Measurement |
Case officers in our data
| Officer | Applications | Decided | Approved | Refused | Withdrawn | Approval rate | Average days | Late | Mostly handles | Seen |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Davison | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | Regulation 14 - Dead and Dangerous (37) | — |
| Thomas Hennessy | 30 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% | — | — | Regulation 14 - Dead and Dangerous (25) | — |
| Samuel Bottomley | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% | — | — | Regulation 14 - Dead and Dangerous (21) | — |
| Charlie Ortt | 20 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 83% | — | — | Regulation 14 - Dead and Dangerous (9) | — |
| Celyn Hanks | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 100% | — | — | Householder (4) | — |
| Camila Bastidas | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 57% | — | — | Consent to display an Advertisement (3) | — |
| Mufaweli Mubukwanu | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 100% | — | — | Householder (4) | — |
| Adrian Finn | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 100% | — | — | Householder (3) | — |
| Sophia Dykes | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 100% | — | — | Householder (3) | — |
| Bea Ridley | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% | — | — | Tree work in a Conservation Area (2) | — |
| Emma Woods | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 100% | — | — | Certificate of Lawfulness for proposed u (1) | — |
| Jake Bourne | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100% | — | — | Householder (2) | — |
Counts come from the applications we have scraped, which is a fraction of each officer's caseload. Approval rate is approvals as a share of approvals plus refusals; withdrawn and other outcomes are excluded. Average days runs from the validated date to the decision. Late is the share decided after the published determination target, shown only where we hold a target for at least five of that officer's decisions. "Mostly handles" is the application type they appear on most often. Treat as a sample of who is active, not as a performance measure of an individual: a caseload of majors runs longer than one of householder applications. Click a name for the full officer profile.
Development plan
Local Plan 2018-2033
Adoption date not published in the national register · plan period 2018-01-01–2033-01-01
Plan documents
National statistics for this authority →
Councils with data on file
On the numbers. The refusal rate, officers and agents here are computed from the applications PlanningCore has collected for this authority — for most councils that is a recent sample rather than the full register, and the date range above tells you which. The appeal overturn rate comes from Planning Inspectorate decisions and covers a much longer period. Use the national statistics page for complete, official volumes.
About this tool: LPA Profile
Deep-dive authority analysis — approval rates by type, refusal reason clustering, appeal overturn rates, average decision times, and strictness rankings.
Use to understand how your LPA behaves. Every council has different tendencies — some are design-focused, some are policy-strict, some are more pragmatic.
MHCLG planning statistics, appeal decision analysis
Use these tools to understand how your Local Planning Authority behaves — what they approve, what they refuse, how often appeals succeed, and what strategy gives you the best chance. This is behavioural intelligence, not just policy research.
Guidance to help you prepare — not formal planning advice. Check the current policy text and your council's local plan before relying on it.