Planning Approval Rate in East Riding of Yorkshire
East Riding of Yorkshire is close to the England average for planning permission: it approves 89.4% of applications and decides 98.2% of them within the statutory time limit, ranking #140 of 310 English authorities. This page sets out how hard it is to get planning permission in East Riding of Yorkshire, how quickly the council decides, and how it compares with its neighbours — from official government figures plus the live planning activity PlanWatch tracks across East Riding of Yorkshire Council.
Source: official MHCLG planning statistics (PS2), 1 January 2025 to 31 December 2025. Based on 1,878 decisions (1,679 granted, 199 refused).
How East Riding of Yorkshire compares
| East Riding of Yorkshire | 89.4% |
| Yorkshire and the Humber average | 87.4% |
| England average | 87% |
East Riding of Yorkshire is 2.4 points easier than the England average.
How hard is it to get planning permission in East Riding of Yorkshire?
East Riding of Yorkshire is a little more approving than the median English authority, granting 89.4% of the applications it decides (rank 140th of 310). That puts it close to the England average — 89.4% approved against an England average of 87%. Within Yorkshire and the Humber it is the 7th most approving of 15 local planning authorities, where the regional average is 87.4%. Refusals are uncommon here: 199 of its 1,878 decisions were refusals (10.6%). On the split by scale it is about as likely to approve major schemes as small ones: 91.2% of major developments approved versus 90.9% of householder and other small-scale work, from 136 major decisions.
On timing it is among the faster authorities, deciding 98.2% of applications within the statutory period against 90.6% nationally. Its figures rest on one of the heavier caseloads of 1,878 decisions over 1 January 2025 to 31 December 2025, where the typical English authority decides around 783. Among its Yorkshire and the Humber neighbours it sits between North Yorkshire (89.5%, more approving) and Sheffield (87.2%, stricter). For context in Yorkshire and the Humber, North East Lincolnshire approves the most (95.3%) and Rotherham the least (79.9%).
Compare East Riding of Yorkshire with nearby councils
Approval rates for other authorities in Yorkshire and the Humber. See the full Yorkshire and the Humber league table.
Approval rate by development scale in East Riding of Yorkshire
Live planning activity in East Riding of Yorkshire Council
From the latest planning data PlanWatch holds (to 4 September 2026). These are the records we've collected — the freshness the annual government table lacks.
What people apply for in East Riding of Yorkshire Council
Where planning activity concentrates in East Riding of Yorkshire Council
Recent applications in East Riding of Yorkshire Council
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Planning permission in East Riding of Yorkshire: common questions
Is it hard to get planning permission in East Riding of Yorkshire?
On the latest official figures East Riding of Yorkshire is close to the England average and a little more approving than the median English authority, approving 89.4% of the 1,878 applications it decided over 1 January 2025 to 31 December 2025 against 87% for England.
What percentage of planning applications does East Riding of Yorkshire approve or refuse?
Refusals are uncommon here: 89.4% approved and 10.6% refused — 1,679 granted and 199 refused of 1,878 decisions, with major schemes approved at 91.2% and householder and other work at 90.9%.
How quickly does East Riding of Yorkshire decide planning applications?
On timing East Riding of Yorkshire is among the faster authorities: 98.2% of applications were decided within the statutory period — eight weeks for most, thirteen for major schemes — against 90.6% nationally.
Is East Riding of Yorkshire stricter than nearby councils?
East Riding of Yorkshire's 89.4% approval rate makes it the 7th most approving of 15 authorities in Yorkshire and the Humber, against a 87.4% regional average. Neighbouring North Yorkshire approves 89.5% and Sheffield 87.2%.
Can I use East Riding of Yorkshire's approval rate to predict whether my application will be approved?
No — the approval rate is a historic average across every application East Riding of Yorkshire 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 East Riding of Yorkshire 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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