Planning Approval Rate in North Warwickshire
North Warwickshire is somewhat more approving than the England average for planning permission: it approves 93.3% of applications and decides 82.9% of them within the statutory time limit, ranking #63 of 310 English authorities. This page sets out how hard it is to get planning permission in North Warwickshire, 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 Warwickshire Borough Council.
Source: official MHCLG planning statistics (PS2), 1 January 2025 to 31 December 2025. Based on 375 decisions (350 granted, 25 refused).
How North Warwickshire compares
| North Warwickshire | 93.3% |
| West Midlands average | 87.8% |
| England average | 87% |
North Warwickshire is 6.3 points easier than the England average.
How hard is it to get planning permission in North Warwickshire?
North Warwickshire is in the more approving third of English authorities, granting 93.3% of the applications it decides (rank 63rd of 310). That puts it somewhat more approving than the England average — 93.3% approved against an England average of 87%. Within West Midlands it is the 9th most approving of 30 local planning authorities, where the regional average is 87.8%. Refusals are uncommon here: 25 of its 375 decisions were refusals (6.7%). On the split by scale it is about as likely to approve major schemes as small ones: 96.8% of major developments approved versus 95.5% of householder and other small-scale work, from 31 major decisions.
On timing it is among the slower authorities, deciding 82.9% of applications within the statutory period against 90.6% nationally. Its figures rest on a relatively light caseload of 375 decisions over 1 January 2025 to 31 December 2025, where the typical English authority decides around 783. Among its West Midlands neighbours it sits between Rugby (93.4%, more approving) and Wyre Forest (92.9%, stricter). For context in West Midlands, Redditch approves the most (96.2%) and Lichfield the least (79.7%).
Compare North Warwickshire with nearby councils
Approval rates for other authorities in West Midlands. See the full West Midlands league table.
Approval rate by development scale in North Warwickshire
Live planning activity in North Warwickshire Borough Council
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Planning permission in North Warwickshire: common questions
Is it hard to get planning permission in North Warwickshire?
On the latest official figures North Warwickshire is somewhat more approving than the England average and in the more approving third of English authorities, approving 93.3% of the 375 applications it decided over 1 January 2025 to 31 December 2025 against 87% for England.
What percentage of planning applications does North Warwickshire approve or refuse?
Refusals are uncommon here: 93.3% approved and 6.7% refused — 350 granted and 25 refused of 375 decisions, with major schemes approved at 96.8% and householder and other work at 95.5%.
How quickly does North Warwickshire decide planning applications?
On timing North Warwickshire is among the slower authorities: 82.9% of applications were decided within the statutory period — eight weeks for most, thirteen for major schemes — against 90.6% nationally.
Is North Warwickshire stricter than nearby councils?
North Warwickshire's 93.3% approval rate makes it the 9th most approving of 30 authorities in West Midlands, against a 87.8% regional average. Neighbouring Rugby approves 93.4% and Wyre Forest 92.9%.
Can I use North Warwickshire's approval rate to predict whether my application will be approved?
No — the approval rate is a historic average across every application North Warwickshire 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 Warwickshire 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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