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City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council planning applications

Data as of 5 November 2026

City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council decided more than 3,800 planning applications in the twelve months to 5 November 2026. It refused 15% of those it approved or refused, higher than the middle UK council (9%), and took a median of 56 days to decide one.

Look up one application

Search by reference or address on City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council’s own planning portal. Or ask Claude, with the PlanningLedger connector, to find it and read its officer report and decision notice (mcp.planningledger.com).

Recent major decisions

Figures for City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council

Decisions: the twelve months to 5 November 2026, from City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council’s published planning register. Appeals: decided from 6 November 2023 to 5 November 2026, from the appeal body’s casework.
Applications decided more than 3,800
Share refusedof those approved or refused 15%middle UK council 9%
Median time to a decisionfrom the valid date 56 daysmiddle UK council 55 days
Householder applications refusedextensions, lofts, outbuildings 10%of more than 1,200 decided
Appeals decidedin the last three years 310
Appeals allowedof those decided on their merits 21%about one in five
Officer reports and decision notices searchable back to 2017
Local Plan policies held 55plan adopted 2017

What inspectors decide appeals on

In their own words, from recent appeal decisions on City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council’s planning applications.

  • “The main issue is the effect of the development on the landscape character of the area.”

    Dismissed, 2025

  • “The main issue in this appeal is the effect of the development on existing residents.”

    Dismissed, 2022

  • “The main issues are 1) the effect of the proposed development on the supply of housing, with specific regard to the density of the development, 2) the effect of the proposed development on highway and pedestrian safety, and 3) whether…”

    Dismissed, 2022

  • “The main issues are: i. whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt including the effect of the proposal on the openness of the Green Belt having regard to the Framework and any relevant development plan policies…”

    Dismissed, 2022

  • “The main issue is the effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area.”

    Allowed, 2021

How we count, and what each figure leaves out: methodology. The council’s own register is the record, and each application links to it.