Planning Approval Rate in North Tyneside
North Tyneside is markedly more likely to approve than the typical English council for planning permission: it approves 96% of applications and decides 99.2% of them within the statutory time limit, ranking #11 of 310 English authorities. This page sets out how hard it is to get planning permission in North Tyneside, how quickly the council decides, and how it compares with its neighbours — from official government figures plus the live planning activity PlanWatch tracks across North Tyneside.
Source: official MHCLG planning statistics (PS2), 1 January 2025 to 31 December 2025. Based on 648 decisions (622 granted, 26 refused).
How North Tyneside compares
| North Tyneside | 96% |
| North East average | 91.7% |
| England average | 87% |
North Tyneside is 9 points easier than the England average.
How hard is it to get planning permission in North Tyneside?
North Tyneside is among the ten per cent most approving authorities in England, granting 96% of the applications it decides (rank 11th of 310). That puts it markedly more likely to approve than the typical English council — 96% approved against an England average of 87%. Within North East it is the 2nd most approving of 14 local planning authorities, where the regional average is 91.7%. Refusals are rare here: 26 of its 648 decisions were refusals (4%). On the split by scale it is somewhat tougher on major schemes than on small ones: 88.9% of major developments approved versus 95.4% of householder and other small-scale work, from 18 major decisions.
On timing it is among the faster authorities, deciding 99.2% of applications within the statutory period against 90.6% nationally. Its figures rest on a mid-sized caseload of 648 decisions over 1 January 2025 to 31 December 2025, where the typical English authority decides around 783. Among its North East neighbours it sits between Redcar and Cleveland (96.7%, more approving) and South Tyneside (95.7%, stricter). For context in North East, Redcar and Cleveland approves the most (96.7%) and Middlesbrough the least (77.2%).
Compare North Tyneside with nearby councils
Approval rates for other authorities in North East. See the full North East league table.
Approval rate by development scale in North Tyneside
Live planning activity in North Tyneside
From the latest planning data PlanWatch holds (to 24 August 2026). These are the records we've collected — the freshness the annual government table lacks.
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Planning permission in North Tyneside: common questions
Is it hard to get planning permission in North Tyneside?
On the latest official figures North Tyneside is markedly more likely to approve than the typical English council and among the ten per cent most approving authorities in England, approving 96% of the 648 applications it decided over 1 January 2025 to 31 December 2025 against 87% for England.
What percentage of planning applications does North Tyneside approve or refuse?
Refusals are rare here: 96% approved and 4% refused — 622 granted and 26 refused of 648 decisions, with major schemes approved at 88.9% and householder and other work at 95.4%.
How quickly does North Tyneside decide planning applications?
On timing North Tyneside is among the faster authorities: 99.2% of applications were decided within the statutory period — eight weeks for most, thirteen for major schemes — against 90.6% nationally.
Is North Tyneside stricter than nearby councils?
North Tyneside's 96% approval rate makes it the 2nd most approving of 14 authorities in North East, against a 91.7% regional average. Neighbouring Redcar and Cleveland approves 96.7% and South Tyneside 95.7%.
Can I use North Tyneside's approval rate to predict whether my application will be approved?
No — the approval rate is a historic average across every application North Tyneside 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 North Tyneside 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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