Planning applications
Does planning ever say no?
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Planning rarely says no
Applications decided each quarter, and how many of them were granted. The two lines barely separate: about four in five applications are approved, and that has held for decades.
Big schemes face tougher odds
Share of decisions granted over each rolling year, split by the size of the development. Major schemes are refused more often than householder extensions and other small applications.
How much is being applied for?
New planning applications received each quarter. The long decline since the mid-2000s mirrors the national picture: fewer, larger applications, and more work done under permitted development rights that never reaches a planning application.
What's being applied for near you?
Planning applications from the last 12 months, mapped. Zoom in to split the clusters and click a dot for the details and a link to the council's planning portal.
Recent large applications
The most recent major applications, with links to the council's planning portal. Descriptions are as the applicant wrote them.
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Sources: MHCLG planning application statistics (PS1/PS2) for every chart, and PlanIt for the map and the large-applications list. Last updated —.
Every figure comes from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government's quarterly returns, using the unrounded open-data tables. The map and the large-applications table come from PlanIt, a volunteer-run aggregator of council planning portals. They are a guide to what's nearby, not statistics, and if PlanIt is unavailable the map drops out while every chart still works. "In time" means decided within the statutory period or an agreed extension. "Major" schemes are 10 or more homes or comparable commercial floorspace.