Planning Approval Rate in Blaby
Blaby is somewhat more approving than the England average for planning permission: it approves 90.8% of applications and decides 91.6% of them within the statutory time limit, ranking #112 of 310 English authorities. This is the approval-rate record for Blaby: how hard it is to get planning permission, how quickly the council decides, and how it compares with its neighbours, from official government statistics.
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Source: official MHCLG planning statistics (PS2), 1 January 2025 to 31 December 2025. Based on 491 decisions (446 granted, 45 refused).
How Blaby compares
| Blaby | 90.8% |
| East Midlands average | 89.8% |
| England average | 87% |
Blaby is 3.8 points easier than the England average.
How hard is it to get planning permission in Blaby?
Blaby is a little more approving than the median English authority, granting 90.8% of the applications it decides (rank 112th of 310). That puts it somewhat more approving than the England average — 90.8% approved against an England average of 87%. Within East Midlands it is the 19th most approving of 35 local planning authorities, where the regional average is 89.8%. Refusals are uncommon here: 45 of its 491 decisions were refusals (9.2%). On the split by scale it is far tougher on major schemes than on small ones: 78.6% of major developments approved versus 93.8% of householder and other small-scale work, from 28 major decisions.
On timing it is about average on speed, deciding 91.6% of applications within the statutory period against 90.6% nationally. Its figures rest on a relatively light caseload of 491 decisions over 1 January 2025 to 31 December 2025, where the typical English authority decides around 783. Among its East Midlands neighbours it sits between Rushcliffe (90.8%, more approving) and South Kesteven (90.1%, stricter). For context in East Midlands, North Kesteven approves the most (97.2%) and Oadby and Wigston the least (71.7%).
Compare Blaby with nearby councils
Approval rates for other authorities in East Midlands. See the full East Midlands league table.
Approval rate by development scale in Blaby
Live planning activity in Blaby District Council
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Recent applications in Blaby District Council
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Planning permission in Blaby: common questions
Is it hard to get planning permission in Blaby?
On the latest official figures Blaby is somewhat more approving than the England average and a little more approving than the median English authority, approving 90.8% of the 491 applications it decided over 1 January 2025 to 31 December 2025 against 87% for England.
What percentage of planning applications does Blaby approve or refuse?
Refusals are uncommon here: 90.8% approved and 9.2% refused — 446 granted and 45 refused of 491 decisions, with major schemes approved at 78.6% and householder and other work at 93.8%.
How quickly does Blaby decide planning applications?
On timing Blaby is about average on speed: 91.6% of applications were decided within the statutory period — eight weeks for most, thirteen for major schemes — against 90.6% nationally.
Is Blaby stricter than nearby councils?
Blaby's 90.8% approval rate makes it the 19th most approving of 35 authorities in East Midlands, against a 89.8% regional average. Neighbouring Rushcliffe approves 90.8% and South Kesteven 90.1%.
Can I use Blaby's approval rate to predict whether my application will be approved?
No — the approval rate is a historic average across every application Blaby 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 Blaby District 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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