Planning Approval Rate in Hinckley and Bosworth
Hinckley and Bosworth is close to the England average for planning permission: it approves 88.2% of applications and decides 79.8% of them within the statutory time limit, ranking #166 of 310 English authorities. This page sets out how hard it is to get planning permission in Hinckley and Bosworth, how quickly the council decides, and how it compares with its neighbours — from official government figures plus the live planning activity PlanWatch tracks across Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council.
Source: official MHCLG planning statistics (PS2), 1 January 2025 to 31 December 2025. Based on 484 decisions (427 granted, 57 refused).
How Hinckley and Bosworth compares
| Hinckley and Bosworth | 88.2% |
| East Midlands average | 89.8% |
| England average | 87% |
Hinckley and Bosworth is 1.2 points easier than the England average.
How hard is it to get planning permission in Hinckley and Bosworth?
Hinckley and Bosworth is a little stricter than the median English authority, granting 88.2% of the applications it decides (rank 166th of 310). That puts it close to the England average — 88.2% approved against an England average of 87%. Within East Midlands it is the 26th most approving of 35 local planning authorities, where the regional average is 89.8%. Refusals are uncommon here: 57 of its 484 decisions were refusals (11.8%). On the split by scale it is far tougher on major schemes than on small ones: 78.3% of major developments approved versus 93.8% of householder and other small-scale work, from 46 major decisions.
On timing it is among the slower authorities, deciding 79.8% of applications within the statutory period against 90.6% nationally. Its figures rest on a relatively light caseload of 484 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 Chesterfield (89%, more approving) and Rutland (87%, stricter). For context in East Midlands, North Kesteven approves the most (97.2%) and Oadby and Wigston the least (71.7%).
Compare Hinckley and Bosworth with nearby councils
Approval rates for other authorities in East Midlands. See the full East Midlands league table.
Approval rate by development scale in Hinckley and Bosworth
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Planning permission in Hinckley and Bosworth: common questions
Is it hard to get planning permission in Hinckley and Bosworth?
On the latest official figures Hinckley and Bosworth is close to the England average and a little stricter than the median English authority, approving 88.2% of the 484 applications it decided over 1 January 2025 to 31 December 2025 against 87% for England.
What percentage of planning applications does Hinckley and Bosworth approve or refuse?
Refusals are uncommon here: 88.2% approved and 11.8% refused — 427 granted and 57 refused of 484 decisions, with major schemes approved at 78.3% and householder and other work at 93.8%.
How quickly does Hinckley and Bosworth decide planning applications?
On timing Hinckley and Bosworth is among the slower authorities: 79.8% of applications were decided within the statutory period — eight weeks for most, thirteen for major schemes — against 90.6% nationally.
Is Hinckley and Bosworth stricter than nearby councils?
Hinckley and Bosworth's 88.2% approval rate makes it the 26th most approving of 35 authorities in East Midlands, against a 89.8% regional average. Neighbouring Chesterfield approves 89% and Rutland 87%.
Can I use Hinckley and Bosworth's approval rate to predict whether my application will be approved?
No — the approval rate is a historic average across every application Hinckley and Bosworth 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 Hinckley and Bosworth 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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