Planning Approval Rate in Gedling
Gedling is somewhat more approving than the England average for planning permission: it approves 92.4% of applications and decides 90.2% of them within the statutory time limit, ranking #81 of 310 English authorities. This page sets out how hard it is to get planning permission in Gedling, how quickly the council decides, and how it compares with its neighbours — from official government figures plus the live planning activity PlanWatch tracks across Gedling Borough Council.
Source: official MHCLG planning statistics (PS2), 1 January 2025 to 31 December 2025. Based on 458 decisions (423 granted, 35 refused).
How Gedling compares
| Gedling | 92.4% |
| East Midlands average | 89.8% |
| England average | 87% |
Gedling is 5.4 points easier than the England average.
How hard is it to get planning permission in Gedling?
Gedling is in the more approving third of English authorities, granting 92.4% of the applications it decides (rank 81st of 310). That puts it somewhat more approving than the England average — 92.4% approved against an England average of 87%. Within East Midlands it is the 13th most approving of 35 local planning authorities, where the regional average is 89.8%. Refusals are uncommon here: 35 of its 458 decisions were refusals (7.6%). On the split by scale it is somewhat more lenient on major schemes than on small ones: 100% of major developments approved versus 93.5% of householder and other small-scale work, from 12 major decisions.
On timing it is about average on speed, deciding 90.2% of applications within the statutory period against 90.6% nationally. Its figures rest on a relatively light caseload of 458 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 West Lindsey (92.5%, more approving) and North East Derbyshire (91.3%, stricter). For context in East Midlands, North Kesteven approves the most (97.2%) and Oadby and Wigston the least (71.7%).
Compare Gedling with nearby councils
Approval rates for other authorities in East Midlands. See the full East Midlands league table.
Approval rate by development scale in Gedling
Live planning activity in Gedling Borough Council
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Planning permission in Gedling: common questions
Is it hard to get planning permission in Gedling?
On the latest official figures Gedling is somewhat more approving than the England average and in the more approving third of English authorities, approving 92.4% of the 458 applications it decided over 1 January 2025 to 31 December 2025 against 87% for England.
What percentage of planning applications does Gedling approve or refuse?
Refusals are uncommon here: 92.4% approved and 7.6% refused — 423 granted and 35 refused of 458 decisions, with major schemes approved at 100% and householder and other work at 93.5%.
How quickly does Gedling decide planning applications?
On timing Gedling is about average on speed: 90.2% of applications were decided within the statutory period — eight weeks for most, thirteen for major schemes — against 90.6% nationally.
Is Gedling stricter than nearby councils?
Gedling's 92.4% approval rate makes it the 13th most approving of 35 authorities in East Midlands, against a 89.8% regional average. Neighbouring West Lindsey approves 92.5% and North East Derbyshire 91.3%.
Can I use Gedling's approval rate to predict whether my application will be approved?
No — the approval rate is a historic average across every application Gedling 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 Gedling 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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