Planning Approval Rate in Fylde
Fylde is markedly more likely to approve than the typical English council for planning permission: it approves 95.7% of applications and decides 96.9% of them within the statutory time limit, ranking #13 of 310 English authorities. This page sets out how hard it is to get planning permission in Fylde, how quickly the council decides, and how it compares with its neighbours — from official government figures plus the live planning activity PlanWatch tracks across Fylde Borough Council.
Source: official MHCLG planning statistics (PS2), 1 January 2025 to 31 December 2025. Based on 421 decisions (403 granted, 18 refused).
How Fylde compares
| Fylde | 95.7% |
| North West average | 88.3% |
| England average | 87% |
Fylde is 8.7 points easier than the England average.
How hard is it to get planning permission in Fylde?
Fylde is among the ten per cent most approving authorities in England, granting 95.7% of the applications it decides (rank 13th of 310). That puts it markedly more likely to approve than the typical English council — 95.7% approved against an England average of 87%. Within North West it is the 2nd most approving of 35 local planning authorities, where the regional average is 88.3%. Refusals are rare here: 18 of its 421 decisions were refusals (4.3%). On the split by scale it is about as likely to approve major schemes as small ones: 100% of major developments approved versus 97.6% of householder and other small-scale work, from 15 major decisions.
On timing it is among the faster authorities, deciding 96.9% of applications within the statutory period against 90.6% nationally. Its figures rest on a relatively light caseload of 421 decisions over 1 January 2025 to 31 December 2025, where the typical English authority decides around 783. Among its North West neighbours it sits between Cumberland (96.8%, more approving) and Stockport (95.1%, stricter). For context in North West, Cumberland approves the most (96.8%) and Warrington the least (76.2%).
Compare Fylde with nearby councils
Approval rates for other authorities in North West. See the full North West league table.
Approval rate by development scale in Fylde
Live planning activity in Fylde Borough Council
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Planning permission in Fylde: common questions
Is it hard to get planning permission in Fylde?
On the latest official figures Fylde is markedly more likely to approve than the typical English council and among the ten per cent most approving authorities in England, approving 95.7% of the 421 applications it decided over 1 January 2025 to 31 December 2025 against 87% for England.
What percentage of planning applications does Fylde approve or refuse?
Refusals are rare here: 95.7% approved and 4.3% refused — 403 granted and 18 refused of 421 decisions, with major schemes approved at 100% and householder and other work at 97.6%.
How quickly does Fylde decide planning applications?
On timing Fylde is among the faster authorities: 96.9% of applications were decided within the statutory period — eight weeks for most, thirteen for major schemes — against 90.6% nationally.
Is Fylde stricter than nearby councils?
Fylde's 95.7% approval rate makes it the 2nd most approving of 35 authorities in North West, against a 88.3% regional average. Neighbouring Cumberland approves 96.8% and Stockport 95.1%.
Can I use Fylde's approval rate to predict whether my application will be approved?
No — the approval rate is a historic average across every application Fylde 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 Fylde 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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