Planning Approval Rate in Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation
Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation is close to the England average for planning permission: it approves 88.9% of applications and decides 98.1% of them within the statutory time limit, ranking #154 of 310 English authorities. This page sets out how hard it is to get planning permission in Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation, how quickly the council decides, and how it compares with its neighbours — from official government figures plus the live planning activity PlanWatch tracks across Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation.
Source: official MHCLG planning statistics (PS2), 1 January 2025 to 31 December 2025. Based on 54 decisions (48 granted, 6 refused).
How Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation compares
| Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation | 88.9% |
| London average | 82.5% |
| England average | 87% |
Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation is 1.9 points easier than the England average.
How hard is it to get planning permission in Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation?
Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation is a little more approving than the median English authority, granting 88.9% of the applications it decides (rank 154th of 310). That puts it close to the England average — 88.9% approved against an England average of 87%. Within London it is the 9th most approving of 34 local planning authorities, where the regional average is 82.5%. Refusals are uncommon here: 6 of its 54 decisions were refusals (11.1%). On the split by scale it is somewhat more lenient on major schemes than on small ones: 100% of major developments approved versus 95.2% of householder and other small-scale work, from 5 major decisions.
On timing it is among the faster authorities, deciding 98.1% of applications within the statutory period against 90.6% nationally. Its figures rest on a relatively light caseload of 54 decisions over 1 January 2025 to 31 December 2025, where the typical English authority decides around 783. Among its London neighbours it sits between Camden (89.4%, more approving) and Sutton (88.3%, stricter). For context in London, Hammersmith and Fulham approves the most (97.2%) and Barking and Dagenham the least (66.2%).
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Planning permission in Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation: common questions
Is it hard to get planning permission in Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation?
On the latest official figures Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation is close to the England average and a little more approving than the median English authority, approving 88.9% of the 54 applications it decided over 1 January 2025 to 31 December 2025 against 87% for England.
What percentage of planning applications does Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation approve or refuse?
Refusals are uncommon here: 88.9% approved and 11.1% refused — 48 granted and 6 refused of 54 decisions, with major schemes approved at 100% and householder and other work at 95.2%.
How quickly does Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation decide planning applications?
On timing Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation is among the faster authorities: 98.1% of applications were decided within the statutory period — eight weeks for most, thirteen for major schemes — against 90.6% nationally.
Is Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation stricter than nearby councils?
Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation's 88.9% approval rate makes it the 9th most approving of 34 authorities in London, against a 82.5% regional average. Neighbouring Camden approves 89.4% and Sutton 88.3%.
Can I use Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation's approval rate to predict whether my application will be approved?
No — the approval rate is a historic average across every application Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation 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 Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation 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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