Planning Approval Rate in Broxtowe
Broxtowe is somewhat more approving than the England average for planning permission: it approves 93% of applications and decides 96.8% of them within the statutory time limit, ranking #68 of 310 English authorities. This page sets out how hard it is to get planning permission in Broxtowe, how quickly the council decides, and how it compares with its neighbours — from official government figures plus the live planning activity PlanWatch tracks across Broxtowe Borough Council.
Source: official MHCLG planning statistics (PS2), 1 January 2025 to 31 December 2025. Based on 501 decisions (466 granted, 35 refused).
How Broxtowe compares
| Broxtowe | 93% |
| East Midlands average | 89.8% |
| England average | 87% |
Broxtowe is 6 points easier than the England average.
How hard is it to get planning permission in Broxtowe?
Broxtowe is in the more approving third of English authorities, granting 93% of the applications it decides (rank 68th of 310). That puts it somewhat more approving than the England average — 93% approved against an England average of 87%. Within East Midlands it is the 10th most approving of 35 local planning authorities, where the regional average is 89.8%. Refusals are uncommon here: 35 of its 501 decisions were refusals (7%). On the split by scale it is somewhat tougher on major schemes than on small ones: 88.9% of major developments approved versus 94.9% of householder and other small-scale work, from 18 major decisions.
On timing it is among the faster authorities, deciding 96.8% of applications within the statutory period against 90.6% nationally. Its figures rest on a relatively light caseload of 501 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 South Derbyshire (93.8%, more approving) and East Lindsey (92.9%, stricter). For context in East Midlands, North Kesteven approves the most (97.2%) and Oadby and Wigston the least (71.7%).
Compare Broxtowe with nearby councils
Approval rates for other authorities in East Midlands. See the full East Midlands league table.
Approval rate by development scale in Broxtowe
Live planning activity in Broxtowe Borough Council
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Planning permission in Broxtowe: common questions
Is it hard to get planning permission in Broxtowe?
On the latest official figures Broxtowe is somewhat more approving than the England average and in the more approving third of English authorities, approving 93% of the 501 applications it decided over 1 January 2025 to 31 December 2025 against 87% for England.
What percentage of planning applications does Broxtowe approve or refuse?
Refusals are uncommon here: 93% approved and 7% refused — 466 granted and 35 refused of 501 decisions, with major schemes approved at 88.9% and householder and other work at 94.9%.
How quickly does Broxtowe decide planning applications?
On timing Broxtowe is among the faster authorities: 96.8% of applications were decided within the statutory period — eight weeks for most, thirteen for major schemes — against 90.6% nationally.
Is Broxtowe stricter than nearby councils?
Broxtowe's 93% approval rate makes it the 10th most approving of 35 authorities in East Midlands, against a 89.8% regional average. Neighbouring South Derbyshire approves 93.8% and East Lindsey 92.9%.
Can I use Broxtowe's approval rate to predict whether my application will be approved?
No — the approval rate is a historic average across every application Broxtowe 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 Broxtowe 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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