Planning Approval Rate in Gosport
Gosport is somewhat more approving than the England average for planning permission: it approves 94.2% of applications and decides 92.6% of them within the statutory time limit, ranking #38 of 310 English authorities. This page sets out how hard it is to get planning permission in Gosport, how quickly the council decides, and how it compares with its neighbours — from official government figures plus the live planning activity PlanWatch tracks across Gosport Borough Council.
Source: official MHCLG planning statistics (PS2), 1 January 2025 to 31 December 2025. Based on 243 decisions (229 granted, 14 refused).
How Gosport compares
| Gosport | 94.2% |
| South East average | 87.2% |
| England average | 87% |
Gosport is 7.2 points easier than the England average.
How hard is it to get planning permission in Gosport?
Gosport is in the more approving third of English authorities, granting 94.2% of the applications it decides (rank 38th of 310). That puts it somewhat more approving than the England average — 94.2% approved against an England average of 87%. Within South East it is the 8th most approving of 65 local planning authorities, where the regional average is 87.2%. Refusals are uncommon here: 14 of its 243 decisions were refusals (5.8%). On the split by scale it is about as likely to approve major schemes as small ones: 100% of major developments approved versus 96.4% of householder and other small-scale work, from 8 major decisions.
On timing it is a little faster than average, deciding 92.6% of applications within the statutory period against 90.6% nationally. Its figures rest on a relatively light caseload of 243 decisions over 1 January 2025 to 31 December 2025, where the typical English authority decides around 783. Among its South East neighbours it sits between South Oxfordshire (94.4%, more approving) and Tonbridge and Malling (94.1%, stricter). For context in South East, Fareham approves the most (98%) and Windsor and Maidenhead the least (68.9%).
Compare Gosport with nearby councils
Approval rates for other authorities in South East. See the full South East league table.
Approval rate by development scale in Gosport
Live planning activity in Gosport Borough Council
From the latest planning data PlanWatch holds (to 10 July 2026). These are the records we've collected — the freshness the annual government table lacks.
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Planning permission in Gosport: common questions
Is it hard to get planning permission in Gosport?
On the latest official figures Gosport is somewhat more approving than the England average and in the more approving third of English authorities, approving 94.2% of the 243 applications it decided over 1 January 2025 to 31 December 2025 against 87% for England.
What percentage of planning applications does Gosport approve or refuse?
Refusals are uncommon here: 94.2% approved and 5.8% refused — 229 granted and 14 refused of 243 decisions, with major schemes approved at 100% and householder and other work at 96.4%.
How quickly does Gosport decide planning applications?
On timing Gosport is a little faster than average: 92.6% of applications were decided within the statutory period — eight weeks for most, thirteen for major schemes — against 90.6% nationally.
Is Gosport stricter than nearby councils?
Gosport's 94.2% approval rate makes it the 8th most approving of 65 authorities in South East, against a 87.2% regional average. Neighbouring South Oxfordshire approves 94.4% and Tonbridge and Malling 94.1%.
Can I use Gosport's approval rate to predict whether my application will be approved?
No — the approval rate is a historic average across every application Gosport 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 Gosport 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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