Planning Approval Rate in Basingstoke and Deane
Basingstoke and Deane is somewhat more approving than the England average for planning permission: it approves 91.5% of applications and decides 84.5% of them within the statutory time limit, ranking #96 of 310 English authorities. This page sets out how hard it is to get planning permission in Basingstoke and Deane, how quickly the council decides, and how it compares with its neighbours — from official government figures plus the live planning activity PlanWatch tracks across Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council.
Source: official MHCLG planning statistics (PS2), 1 January 2025 to 31 December 2025. Based on 1,066 decisions (975 granted, 91 refused).
How Basingstoke and Deane compares
| Basingstoke and Deane | 91.5% |
| South East average | 87.2% |
| England average | 87% |
Basingstoke and Deane is 4.5 points easier than the England average.
How hard is it to get planning permission in Basingstoke and Deane?
Basingstoke and Deane is in the more approving third of English authorities, granting 91.5% of the applications it decides (rank 96th of 310). That puts it somewhat more approving than the England average — 91.5% approved against an England average of 87%. Within South East it is the 20th most approving of 65 local planning authorities, where the regional average is 87.2%. Refusals are uncommon here: 91 of its 1,066 decisions were refusals (8.5%). On the split by scale it is somewhat tougher on major schemes than on small ones: 81.8% of major developments approved versus 94.6% of householder and other small-scale work, from 33 major decisions.
On timing it is among the slower authorities, deciding 84.5% of applications within the statutory period against 90.6% nationally. Its figures rest on a mid-sized caseload of 1,066 decisions over 1 January 2025 to 31 December 2025, where the typical English authority decides around 783. Among its South East neighbours it sits between Southampton (91.6%, more approving) and Mid Sussex (91.2%, stricter). For context in South East, Fareham approves the most (98%) and Windsor and Maidenhead the least (68.9%).
Compare Basingstoke and Deane with nearby councils
Approval rates for other authorities in South East. See the full South East league table.
Approval rate by development scale in Basingstoke and Deane
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Planning permission in Basingstoke and Deane: common questions
Is it hard to get planning permission in Basingstoke and Deane?
On the latest official figures Basingstoke and Deane is somewhat more approving than the England average and in the more approving third of English authorities, approving 91.5% of the 1,066 applications it decided over 1 January 2025 to 31 December 2025 against 87% for England.
What percentage of planning applications does Basingstoke and Deane approve or refuse?
Refusals are uncommon here: 91.5% approved and 8.5% refused — 975 granted and 91 refused of 1,066 decisions, with major schemes approved at 81.8% and householder and other work at 94.6%.
How quickly does Basingstoke and Deane decide planning applications?
On timing Basingstoke and Deane is among the slower authorities: 84.5% of applications were decided within the statutory period — eight weeks for most, thirteen for major schemes — against 90.6% nationally.
Is Basingstoke and Deane stricter than nearby councils?
Basingstoke and Deane's 91.5% approval rate makes it the 20th most approving of 65 authorities in South East, against a 87.2% regional average. Neighbouring Southampton approves 91.6% and Mid Sussex 91.2%.
Can I use Basingstoke and Deane's approval rate to predict whether my application will be approved?
No — the approval rate is a historic average across every application Basingstoke and Deane decided, not a prediction for any individual application; your outcome depends on the site, the proposal, local planning policy and any objections.
Methodology & limits
Approval, refusal and in-time rates come from the government's official PS2 planning application statistics (Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government), covering 1 January 2025 to 31 December 2025. This dataset is England-only and published annually, so it lags live activity. Live figures are the applications PlanWatch has collected for Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council and are not a complete council register. Refusal reasons and delegated-vs-committee splits are not published in this data.
This is a historic average, not a prediction. It cannot tell you whether your application will be approved — that depends on your site, proposal, local policy and any objections.
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