Planning Approval Rate in Nuneaton and Bedworth
Nuneaton and Bedworth is markedly more likely to approve than the typical English council for planning permission: it approves 95% of applications and decides 98.3% of them within the statutory time limit, ranking #23 of 310 English authorities. This page sets out how hard it is to get planning permission in Nuneaton and Bedworth, how quickly the council decides, and how it compares with its neighbours — from official government figures plus the live planning activity PlanWatch tracks across Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council.
Source: official MHCLG planning statistics (PS2), 1 January 2025 to 31 December 2025. Based on 301 decisions (286 granted, 15 refused).
How Nuneaton and Bedworth compares
| Nuneaton and Bedworth | 95% |
| West Midlands average | 87.8% |
| England average | 87% |
Nuneaton and Bedworth is 8 points easier than the England average.
How hard is it to get planning permission in Nuneaton and Bedworth?
Nuneaton and Bedworth is among the ten per cent most approving authorities in England, granting 95% of the applications it decides (rank 23rd of 310). That puts it markedly more likely to approve than the typical English council — 95% approved against an England average of 87%. Within West Midlands it is the 3rd most approving of 30 local planning authorities, where the regional average is 87.8%. Refusals are rare here: 15 of its 301 decisions were refusals (5%). On the split by scale it is somewhat more lenient on major schemes than on small ones: 100% of major developments approved versus 95.4% of householder and other small-scale work, from 21 major decisions.
On timing it is among the faster authorities, deciding 98.3% of applications within the statutory period against 90.6% nationally. Its figures rest on a relatively light caseload of 301 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 Tamworth (95.5%, more approving) and Bromsgrove (94.5%, stricter). For context in West Midlands, Redditch approves the most (96.2%) and Lichfield the least (79.7%).
Compare Nuneaton and Bedworth with nearby councils
Approval rates for other authorities in West Midlands. See the full West Midlands league table.
Approval rate by development scale in Nuneaton and Bedworth
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Planning permission in Nuneaton and Bedworth: common questions
Is it hard to get planning permission in Nuneaton and Bedworth?
On the latest official figures Nuneaton and Bedworth is markedly more likely to approve than the typical English council and among the ten per cent most approving authorities in England, approving 95% of the 301 applications it decided over 1 January 2025 to 31 December 2025 against 87% for England.
What percentage of planning applications does Nuneaton and Bedworth approve or refuse?
Refusals are rare here: 95% approved and 5% refused — 286 granted and 15 refused of 301 decisions, with major schemes approved at 100% and householder and other work at 95.4%.
How quickly does Nuneaton and Bedworth decide planning applications?
On timing Nuneaton and Bedworth is among the faster authorities: 98.3% of applications were decided within the statutory period — eight weeks for most, thirteen for major schemes — against 90.6% nationally.
Is Nuneaton and Bedworth stricter than nearby councils?
Nuneaton and Bedworth's 95% approval rate makes it the 3rd most approving of 30 authorities in West Midlands, against a 87.8% regional average. Neighbouring Tamworth approves 95.5% and Bromsgrove 94.5%.
Can I use Nuneaton and Bedworth's approval rate to predict whether my application will be approved?
No — the approval rate is a historic average across every application Nuneaton and Bedworth 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 Nuneaton and Bedworth 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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