Planning Approval Rate in Redbridge
Redbridge is markedly stricter than the typical English council for planning permission: it approves 74% of applications and decides 91.9% of them within the statutory time limit, ranking #302 of 310 English authorities. This page sets out how hard it is to get planning permission in Redbridge, how quickly the council decides, and how it compares with its neighbours — from official government figures plus the live planning activity PlanWatch tracks across Redbridge.
Source: official MHCLG planning statistics (PS2), 1 January 2025 to 31 December 2025. Based on 1,711 decisions (1,266 granted, 445 refused).
How Redbridge compares
| Redbridge | 74% |
| London average | 82.5% |
| England average | 87% |
Redbridge is 13 points stricter than the England average.
How hard is it to get planning permission in Redbridge?
Redbridge is among the ten per cent strictest authorities in England, granting 74% of the applications it decides (rank 302nd of 310). That puts it markedly stricter than the typical English council — 74% approved against an England average of 87%. Within London it is the 31st most approving of 34 local planning authorities, where the regional average is 82.5%. Refusals are common here: 445 of its 1,711 decisions were refusals (26%). On the split by scale it is strikingly more lenient on major schemes than on small ones: 100% of major developments approved versus 75.8% of householder and other small-scale work, from 20 major decisions.
On timing it is about average on speed, deciding 91.9% of applications within the statutory period against 90.6% nationally. Its figures rest on one of the heavier caseloads of 1,711 decisions over 1 January 2025 to 31 December 2025, where the typical English authority decides around 783. Among its London neighbours it sits between Waltham Forest (74.4%, more approving) and Havering (72.8%, stricter). For context in London, Hammersmith and Fulham approves the most (97.2%) and Barking and Dagenham the least (66.2%).
Compare Redbridge with nearby councils
Approval rates for other authorities in London. See the full London league table.
Approval rate by development scale in Redbridge
Live planning activity in Redbridge
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 Redbridge: common questions
Is it hard to get planning permission in Redbridge?
On the latest official figures Redbridge is markedly stricter than the typical English council and among the ten per cent strictest authorities in England, approving 74% of the 1,711 applications it decided over 1 January 2025 to 31 December 2025 against 87% for England.
What percentage of planning applications does Redbridge approve or refuse?
Refusals are common here: 74% approved and 26% refused — 1,266 granted and 445 refused of 1,711 decisions, with major schemes approved at 100% and householder and other work at 75.8%.
How quickly does Redbridge decide planning applications?
On timing Redbridge is about average on speed: 91.9% of applications were decided within the statutory period — eight weeks for most, thirteen for major schemes — against 90.6% nationally.
Is Redbridge stricter than nearby councils?
Redbridge's 74% approval rate makes it the 31st most approving of 34 authorities in London, against a 82.5% regional average. Neighbouring Waltham Forest approves 74.4% and Havering 72.8%.
Can I use Redbridge's approval rate to predict whether my application will be approved?
No — the approval rate is a historic average across every application Redbridge 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 Redbridge 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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