Planning Approval Rate in Kingston upon Hull, City of

Kingston upon Hull, City of is in the more approving third of English authorities, granting 91.5% of the applications it decides (rank 97th of 310). That puts it somewhat more approving than the England average — 91.5% approved against an England average of 87%. Within Yorkshire and the Humber it is the 5th most approving of 15 local planning authorities, where the regional average is 87.4%. Refusals are uncommon here: 35 of its 412 decisions were refusals (8.5%). On the split by scale it is somewhat more lenient on major schemes than on small ones: 100% of major developments approved versus 90.7% of householder and other small-scale work, from 18 major decisions.

On timing it is among the slower authorities, deciding 80.3% of applications within the statutory period against 90.6% nationally. Its figures rest on a relatively light caseload of 412 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 Kirklees (91.6%, more approving) and North Yorkshire (89.5%, stricter). For context in Yorkshire and the Humber, North East Lincolnshire approves the most (95.3%) and Rotherham the least (79.9%).