South West · District
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole approved 82.5% of the applications it decided, 4.5% below the England average.
Approved
82.5%
England 87%
Decided on time
85.7%
Inside the statutory period
Applications a year
2,092
Decided in the reporting year
Against the country
Harder than the average.
The England benchmark is 87%. It is the share of decided applications that were approved, so a withdrawal counts as neither. Source: MHCLG Live Table P120A (England, rolling 12-month).
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
82.5%
England
87%
The rules here
What this authority decides against.
An application is judged against the adopted development plan unless material considerations say otherwise. This is that plan, and the levy that comes with it.
| Local plan | Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Local Plan |
| Community Infrastructure Levy | Charging schedule adopted |
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What Wren does here
17.5% of applications here are refused.
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole decided 2,092 applications in the reporting year, and refused about 17.5% of them. A refusal is usually a document problem rather than a scheme problem: the policy that governs it was not addressed, or the evidence it asks for was not there.
Wren drafts against Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Local Plan, a chartered planner reads the draft and signs it under their own indemnity, and a case manager files it and chases it. A householder application is £499, and Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole's own statutory fee is separate and paid by you directly to them.
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