Council planning applications across the UK

Data as of 5 November 2026

UK councils decided more than 630,000 planning applications in the twelve months to 5 November 2026 and refused 11% of those they approved or refused. Each council’s page shows its own figures, its appeals and its Local Plan, and questions you can ask your AI assistant about it.

England

Council	Decided	Share refused
Adur District Council	1,300	7%
Amber Valley Borough Council	690	2%
Arun District Council	1,600	13%
Ashfield District Council	710	16%
Ashford Borough Council	1,900	8%
Babergh District Council	3,700	8%
Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council	650	8%
Basildon Borough Council	1,300	9%
Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council	1,600	8%
Bassetlaw District Council	1,000	22%
Bath and North East Somerset Council	3,500	4%
Bedford Borough Council	1,700	22%
Birmingham City Council	5,300	15%
Blaby District Council	780	3%
Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council	880	4%
Blackpool Borough Council	390	14%
Bolsover District Council	450	3%
Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council	1,700	22%
Borough Council of King's Lynn and West Norfolk	2,200	9%
Boston Borough Council	560	8%
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council	4,900	11%
Bracknell Forest Council	540	7%
Braintree District Council	2,000	11%
Breckland District Council	1,400	7%
Brentwood Borough Council	1,100	12%
Brighton and Hove City Council	2,600	6%
Bristol City Council	4,800	9%
Broadland District Council	3,400	6%
Broads Authority	280	under 1%
Bromsgrove District Council	1,100	8%
Broxbourne Borough Council	1,000	11%
Broxtowe Borough Council	800	5%
Buckinghamshire Council	9,800	16%
Burnley Borough Council	460	14%
Bury Metropolitan Borough Council	1,100	12%
Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council	1,300	15%
Cambridge City Council	6,100	6%
Cannock Chase District Council	370	9%
Canterbury City Council	2,000	4%
Castle Point Borough Council	570	13%
Central Bedfordshire Council	2,900	11%
Charnwood Borough Council	210	8%
Chelmsford City Council	2,100	14%
Cheltenham Borough Council	1,700	under 1%
Cherwell District Council	2,400	7%
Cheshire East Council	4,100	12%
Cheshire West and Chester Council	3,200	7%
Chesterfield Borough Council	780	9%
Chichester District Council	1,800	9%
Chorley Borough Council	1,100	11%
City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council	3,800	15%
City of Lincoln Council	690	7%
City of London Corporation	1,800	under 1%
City of Westminster	8,700	12%
City of Wolverhampton Council	1,000	36%
City of York Council	2,300	14%
Colchester City Council	1,300	12%
Cornwall Council	9,100	5%
Cotswold District Council	3,000	8%
Council of the Isles of Scilly	92	7%
Coventry City Council	2,000	17%
Crawley Borough Council	730	10%
Cumberland Council	1,000	5%
Dacorum Borough Council	2,000	13%
Darlington Borough Council	920	6%
Dartford Borough Council	1,100	21%
Dartmoor National Park Authority	470	12%
Derby City Council	1,400	8%
Derbyshire Dales District Council	1,000	9%
Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council	1,900	11%
Dorset Council	6,000	7%
Dover District Council	1,500	9%
Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council	1,400	15%
Durham County Council	3,000	6%
East Cambridgeshire District Council	1,300	7%
East Devon District Council	2,300	9%
East Hampshire District Council	1,100	9%
East Hertfordshire District Council	2,000	15%
East Lindsey District Council	1,200	6%
East Riding of Yorkshire Council	3,600	8%
East Staffordshire Borough Council	1,400	12%
East Suffolk Council	3,500	5%
Eastbourne Borough Council	650	11%
Eastleigh Borough Council	1,200	8%
Elmbridge Borough Council	2,600	23%
Epping Forest District Council	2,200	23%
Epsom and Ewell Borough Council	1,200	14%
Erewash Borough Council	640	8%
Exeter City Council	1,300	12%
Exmoor National Park Authority	260	5%
Fareham Borough Council	1,100	2%
Fenland District Council	1,000	12%
Folkestone and Hythe Council	1,300	Too few
Forest of Dean District Council	890	5%
Fylde Borough Council	660	4%
Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council	890	11%
Gedling Borough Council	650	6%
Gloucester City Council	720	19%
Gosport Borough Council	320	4%
Gravesham Borough Council	1,200	18%
Great Yarmouth Borough Council	870	14%
Guildford Borough Council	2,500	13%
Halton Borough Council	420	4%
Harborough District Council	1,600	8%
Harlow District Council	520	10%
Hart District Council	1,800	9%
Hartlepool Borough Council	380	Too few
Hastings Borough Council	620	15%
Havant Borough Council	860	7%
Herefordshire Council	2,500	6%
Hertsmere Borough Council	1,500	13%
High Peak Borough Council	670	13%
Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council	1,000	9%
Horsham District Council	2,600	7%
Hull City Council	840	8%
Huntingdonshire District Council	2,200	11%
Hyndburn Borough Council	520	17%
Ipswich Borough Council	530	5%
Isle of Wight Council	1,500	7%
Kirklees Council	1,700	10%
Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council	430	3%
Lake District National Park Authority	1,300	14%
Lancaster City Council	1,300	13%
Leeds City Council	6,800	18%
Leicester City Council	0	Too few
Lewes District Council	690	10%
Lichfield District Council	830	17%
Liverpool City Council	2,900	19%
London Borough of Barking and Dagenham	1,500	20%
London Borough of Barnet	5,300	21%
London Borough of Bexley	2,200	10%
London Borough of Brent	3,300	21%
London Borough of Bromley	4,200	21%
London Borough of Camden	4,100	5%
London Borough of Croydon	3,200	21%
London Borough of Ealing	4,500	14%
London Borough of Enfield	4,200	23%
London Borough of Hackney	2,400	16%
London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham	2,300	4%
London Borough of Haringey	3,400	9%
London Borough of Harrow	2,500	24%
London Borough of Havering	2,700	12%
London Borough of Hillingdon	3,000	12%
London Borough of Hounslow	3,000	17%
London Borough of Islington	2,800	8%
London Borough of Lambeth	3,400	19%
London Borough of Lewisham	3,000	15%
London Borough of Merton	2,700	7%
London Borough of Newham	2,400	13%
London Borough of Redbridge	3,400	20%
London Borough of Richmond upon Thames	4,100	14%
London Borough of Southwark	3,500	5%
London Borough of Sutton	1,700	13%
London Borough of Tower Hamlets	2,100	10%
London Borough of Waltham Forest	2,500	21%
London Borough of Wandsworth	4,000	11%
Luton Borough Council	1,200	19%
Maidstone Borough Council	2,000	13%
Maldon District Council	950	14%
Malvern Hills District Council	1,400	15%
Manchester City Council	3,600	12%
Mansfield District Council	530	6%
Medway Council	1,800	10%
Melton Borough Council	740	8%
Mid Devon District Council	1,100	7%
Mid Suffolk District Council	1,900	8%
Mid Sussex District Council	2,100	7%
Middlesbrough Borough Council	530	17%
Milton Keynes City Council	2,000	14%
Mole Valley District Council	1,700	21%
New Forest District Council	1,100	11%
New Forest National Park Authority	1,300	7%
Newark and Sherwood District Council	1,700	5%
Newcastle City Council	1,800	8%
Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council	930	6%
North Devon District Council	1,200	3%
North East Derbyshire District Council	900	9%
North East Lincolnshire Council	720	5%
North Hertfordshire District Council	2,000	8%
North Kesteven District Council	1,200	2%
North Lincolnshire Council	1,000	8%
North Norfolk District Council	2,300	4%
North Northamptonshire Council	2,500	10%
North Somerset Council	2,300	6%
North Tyneside Council	1,200	6%
North Warwickshire Borough Council	580	3%
North West Leicestershire District Council	1,100	7%
North York Moors National Park Authority	710	3%
North Yorkshire Council	6,500	10%
Northumberland County Council	3,900	10%
Northumberland National Park Authority	90	10%
Norwich City Council	1,100	18%
Nottingham City Council	2,000	7%
Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council	360	5%
Oadby and Wigston Borough Council	400	27%
Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council	1,200	5%
Oxford City Council	2,500	9%
Peak District National Park Authority	1,000	11%
Pendle Borough Council	780	11%
Peterborough City Council	1,500	13%
Plymouth City Council	1,500	5%
Portsmouth City Council	1,000	15%
Preston City Council	990	8%
Reading Borough Council	1,300	12%
Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council	0	Too few
Redditch Borough Council	1,100	8%
Reigate and Banstead Borough Council	2,200	9%
Ribble Valley Borough Council	910	15%
Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council	1,000	9%
Rochford District Council	670	13%
Rossendale Borough Council	430	10%
Rother District Council	970	12%
Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council	1,300	11%
Royal Borough of Greenwich	3,400	17%
Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea	2,200	6%
Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames	2,600	17%
Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead	2,900	19%
Rugby Borough Council	880	5%
Runnymede Borough Council	1,300	16%
Rushcliffe Borough Council	1,200	7%
Rushmoor Borough Council	590	7%
Rutland County Council	1,100	9%
Salford City Council	1,500	15%
Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council	1,300	10%
Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council	1,600	8%
Sevenoaks District Council	2,900	12%
Sheffield City Council	3,000	11%
Shropshire Council	4,300	8%
Slough Borough Council	1,200	20%
Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council	1,800	10%
Somerset Council	2,100	4%
South Cambridgeshire District Council	3,600	5%
South Derbyshire District Council	0	Too few
South Downs National Park Authority	3,600	7%
South Gloucestershire Council	2,700	10%
South Hams District Council	1,900	11%
South Holland District Council	930	17%
South Kesteven District Council	1,800	7%
South Norfolk District Council	3,400	6%
South Oxfordshire District Council	3,700	5%
South Ribble Borough Council	850	3%
South Staffordshire Council	1,100	15%
South Tyneside Council	570	7%
Southampton City Council	1,300	10%
Southend-on-Sea Borough Council	1,400	16%
Spelthorne Borough Council	1,100	13%
St Albans City and District Council	2,500	13%
St Helens Council	840	5%
Stafford Borough Council	900	20%
Staffordshire Moorlands District Council	670	22%
Stevenage Borough Council	490	5%
Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council	2,600	5%
Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council	1,100	4%
Stoke-on-Trent City Council	830	16%
Stratford-on-Avon District Council	2,600	6%
Stroud District Council	1,800	10%
Sunderland City Council	1,200	11%
Surrey Heath Borough Council	1,300	10%
Swale Borough Council	1,200	8%
Swindon Borough Council	1,400	7%
Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council	1,000	13%
Tamworth Borough Council	230	6%
Tandridge District Council	1,400	15%
Teignbridge District Council	1,400	17%
Telford & Wrekin Council	910	7%
Tendring District Council	1,700	10%
Test Valley Borough Council	1,900	8%
Tewkesbury Borough Council	1,300	12%
Thanet District Council	900	7%
Three Rivers District Council	1,700	10%
Thurrock Council	1,300	13%
Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council	1,800	6%
Torbay Council	880	17%
Torridge District Council	0	Too few
Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council	2,300	12%
Tunbridge Wells Borough Council	2,200	5%
Uttlesford District Council	2,400	19%
Vale of White Horse District Council	2,300	5%
Wakefield Metropolitan District Council	1,800	10%
Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council	1,100	20%
Warrington Borough Council	1,400	14%
Warwick District Council	1,500	8%
Watford Borough Council	860	16%
Waverley Borough Council	2,100	10%
Wealden District Council	2,600	14%
Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council	1,800	10%
West Berkshire Council	2,200	10%
West Devon Borough Council	720	20%
West Lancashire Borough Council	1,100	16%
West Lindsey District Council	1,100	7%
West Northamptonshire Council	3,800	8%
West Oxfordshire District Council	2,000	4%
West Suffolk Council	2,200	6%
Westmorland and Furness Council	1,900	1%
Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council	1,400	15%
Wiltshire Council	6,700	Too few
Winchester City Council	2,000	5%
Wirral Borough Council	1,200	12%
Woking Borough Council	1,300	13%
Wokingham Borough Council	2,400	8%
Worcester City Council	720	7%
Worthing Borough Council	1,300	7%
Wychavon District Council	2,200	13%
Wyre Borough Council	780	14%
Wyre Forest District Council	870	5%
Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority	600	5%

Scotland

Council	Decided	Share refused
Aberdeen City Council	1,200	6%
Aberdeenshire Council	1,800	4%
Angus Council	540	4%
Argyll and Bute Council	1,800	2%
Cairngorms National Park Authority	350	9%
City of Edinburgh Council	5,700	21%
Clackmannanshire Council	220	5%
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar	470	2%
Dumfries and Galloway Council	1,700	6%
Dundee City Council	720	4%
East Ayrshire Council	650	5%
East Dunbartonshire Council	600	4%
East Lothian Council	0	Too few
East Renfrewshire Council	690	8%
Falkirk Council	520	2%
Fife Council	3,100	4%
Glasgow City Council	2,300	11%
Highland Council	2,800	4%
Inverclyde Council	240	3%
Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park Authority	290	3%
Midlothian Council	550	8%
Moray Council	630	2%
North Ayrshire Council	500	3%
North Lanarkshire Council	950	3%
Orkney Islands Council	310	6%
Perth and Kinross Council	1,500	7%
Renfrewshire Council	730	4%
Scottish Borders Council	1,100	6%
Shetland Islands Council	380	1%
South Ayrshire Council	690	1%
South Lanarkshire Council	1,100	6%
Stirling Council	720	1%
West Dunbartonshire Council	240	2%
West Lothian Council	800	20%

Wales

Council	Decided	Share refused
Bannau Brycheiniog National Park Authority	490	11%
Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council	260	6%
Bridgend County Borough Council	700	8%
Caerphilly County Borough Council	750	18%
Cardiff Council	2,400	5%
Carmarthenshire County Council	0	Too few
Ceredigion County Council	760	11%
City and County of Swansea Council	1,700	13%
Conwy County Borough Council	660	14%
Denbighshire County Council	550	8%
Eryri National Park Authority	320	8%
Flintshire County Council	950	12%
Gwynedd Council	600	11%
Isle of Anglesey County Council	750	Too few
Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council	320	10%
Monmouthshire County Council	1,000	4%
Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council	660	4%
Newport City Council	1,000	19%
Pembrokeshire Coast National Park Authority	670	16%
Pembrokeshire County Council	890	16%
Powys County Council	1,200	16%
Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council	910	5%
Torfaen County Borough Council	440	7%
Vale of Glamorgan Council	640	10%
Wrexham County Borough Council	740	8%

Northern Ireland

Council	Decided	Share refused
Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council	810	10%
Ards and North Down Borough Council	940	5%
Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council	1,000	5%
Belfast City Council	1,500	7%
Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council	1,000	5%
Derry City and Strabane District Council	690	6%
Fermanagh and Omagh District Council	920	2%
Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council	830	6%
Mid Ulster District Council	1,200	3%
Mid and East Antrim Borough Council	760	10%
Newry, Mourne and Down District Council	1,200	10%

Decided counts are rounded down. A council with fewer than 20 applications approved or refused in the twelve months shows “too few” rather than a share. How we count: methodology.