
BCP planning committee
Councillor Peter Cooper
LabourSeen at planning committee from September 2025 to September 2026
- 73%attendance
- 11agreed, no vote against recorded
- 18decisions at their meetings
As at 10 September 2026, according to Plota’s analysis of BCP’s published minutes, Councillor Peter Cooper attended 8 of the 11 planning committee meetings whose minutes list them, from September 2025 to September 2026. On 11 other decisions the minutes record no vote against, so Cooper is counted as agreeing; they are left out of the shares below.
- Meetings attended
- 8 of 1173%
- Meetings whose minutes list them as present, sending apologies or absent. Minutes that list only those present cannot show an absence. 1 meeting as a substitute.
- Decisions at their meetings
- 18
- Applications decided at the meetings they sat on, as the minutes record them.
- Agreed, no vote against recorded
- 11
- Decisions the minutes record with no vote against and no count. Counted as agreeing, and left out of the shares.
- Declared interests
- 0
- Decisions on which the minutes record them declaring an interest.
Voting record
The minutes we hold do not give each member's vote at these meetings, so no vote is counted for Cooper and no voting chart is drawn.
Attendance
73%
8 of 11 meetings whose minutes list them; apologies for 3.
The typical member of this committee attended 85% (the median of 19 members listed at 5 or more meetings).
Every meeting
Each square is a meeting whose minutes list them, oldest first.
Western BCP Planning Committee: 8 meetings
Show as a table
| Date | Committee | Attendance |
|---|---|---|
| 10 Sep 2026 | Western BCP Planning Committee | Present |
| 6 Aug 2026 | Western BCP Planning Committee | Apologies |
| 9 Jul 2026 | Western BCP Planning Committee | Present |
| 11 Jun 2026 | Western BCP Planning Committee | Present |
| 14 May 2026 | Western BCP Planning Committee | Apologies |
| 2 Apr 2026 | Western BCP Planning Committee | Present |
| 5 Feb 2026 | Western BCP Planning Committee | Present |
| 15 Jan 2026 | Western BCP Planning Committee | Present |
| 4 Dec 2025 | Western BCP Planning Committee | Apologies |
| 6 Nov 2025 | Western BCP Planning Committee | Present |
| 15 Sep 2025 | Western BCP Planning Committee | Present as a substitute |
Decisions
Every application decided at a meeting they sat on, newest first, with their vote where the minutes give it.
- 48 Hillbourne Road PooleTwo chalet bungalows · P/26/02224/FUL RefusedAgainst officer advice For refusalUnanimous vote
- Land at Willett Road Poole WimborneRiding stables for SEND children · P/26/02509/CONDR Deferred Not recordedThe minutes do not say how each member voted
- Phase 1 Land North of Bearwood, Magna Road & Knighton Lane PooleCommunity hub changes · P/26/00600/CONDR RefusedAgainst officer advice For refusalUnanimous vote
- 8 Brownsea Road PooleRemodelled dwelling · P/26/01842/FUL Approved Not recordedThe minutes give only the count: 4 for, 0 against
- Land South of A35 Upton Road Creekmoor PooleSix-court padel centre · P/25/01968/CONDR Approved ForUnanimous vote
- 41 Shillito Road PooleSeven-person HMO · P/26/01781/FUL RefusedAgainst officer advice For refusalUnanimous vote
- 104 Alder Road Poole16-bedroom HMO · P/25/03850/CONDR Approved ForUnanimous vote
- 39 Shillito Road PooleSeven-bedroom HMO · P/26/00207/FUL RefusedAgainst officer advice Not recordedThe minutes do not say how each member voted
- 16 Lakeside Road PooleFour-flat block revisions · P/25/05046/CONDR Approved Not recordedThe minutes do not say how each member voted
- 5 Chaddesley Wood Road PooleThree-storey dwelling remodelling · P/25/03299/HOU RefusedAgainst officer advice For refusalUnanimous vote
- 54 Elms Avenue PooleReplacement dwelling · P/25/03262/FUL Approved ForUnanimous vote
- 34 Buccleuch Road Poole13-flat block · P/25/02147/FUL Approved ForUnanimous vote
- 88 Churchill Road, PooleEight-person HMO · APP/25/00144/F Approved Not recordedThe minutes do not say how each member voted
- 86 Churchill Road, PooleEight-room HMO · APP/25/00143/F Approved Not recordedThe minutes do not say how each member voted
- Carisbrooke 172 Canford Cliffs Road Poole44-apartment block · P/25/00170/FUL Approved ForNo vote against recorded
- 10 Egdon Drive PooleChildren's care facility · P/25/01431/FUL Approved ForUnanimous vote
- 310 Sandbanks Road PooleDetached dwelling · P/25/00183/FUL Approved Not recordedThe minutes do not say how each member voted
- 281-291 and The Old Joinery, Bournemouth Road, Poole15 townhouses · APP/24/00498/P RefusedAgainst officer advice For refusalUnanimous vote
No decision matches these filters.
In the minutes
What the minutes record Cooper moving, seconding, asking or saying on each decision, in the minutes’ own words. Passages that name more than one councillor, or a member of the public, are left out.
The minutes we hold do not quote this councillor by name.
How this is worked out
Everything here is read from BCP’s published planning committee minutes, 26 meetings from February 2024 to September 2026. A councillor is matched across meetings by the council’s own member number where it has one, otherwise by full name.
Each vote shows how it is known. Named in the minutes: the minutes, or the council’s own recorded vote, list each member with their vote. From the count and the names: the minutes give the numbers and name the members in the minority, and every member present is known. All members present in favour: the minutes say every member voted for it and the members present are known. No vote against recorded: the minutes record the decision with no vote against, no abstention and no count, at a council whose minutes print a divided vote when there is one, so each member present is counted for. Unanimous vote: the minutes call the decision unanimous, or give a count with no one against and no one abstaining, and each member present is counted for. From the meeting recording: the vote was heard on the council’s recording of the meeting and closes exactly with the members present. Where none of these holds, the vote is left as “Not recorded” and is not counted.
Votes are on the resolution the committee passed, so a vote for is a vote with the majority. A vote is a decision on the application in front of the committee, not a statement of the councillor’s views. A percentage is shown only with five or more votes, decisions or meetings behind it.
Source: Plota analysis of the council’s minutes. The party is from the council’s own list of councillors.
Also on this committee
- Marion Le PoidevinLib Dem
- Gillian MartinLabour
- Joe SalmonGreen
- Matthew GillettLib Dem
- Paul HilliardIndependent
- Toby SladeConservative
- Patrick CanavanLabour
- Brian HitchcockIndependent
- Jo ClementsLib Dem
- Adrian ChapmanlawLib Dem
- Peter SidawayLib Dem
- Felicity RiceIndependent
- Michael TarlingLib Dem
- David FlaggIndependent
- John ChallinorConservative
- Karen RamptonConservative