Planning Approval Rate in Redditch
Redditch is markedly more likely to approve than the typical English council for planning permission: it approves 96.2% of applications and decides 89.9% of them within the statutory time limit, ranking #10 of 310 English authorities. This page sets out how hard it is to get planning permission in Redditch, how quickly the council decides, and how it compares with its neighbours — from official government figures plus the live planning activity PlanWatch tracks across Redditch Borough Council.
Source: official MHCLG planning statistics (PS2), 1 January 2025 to 31 December 2025. Based on 159 decisions (153 granted, 6 refused).
How Redditch compares
| Redditch | 96.2% |
| West Midlands average | 87.8% |
| England average | 87% |
Redditch is 9.2 points easier than the England average.
How hard is it to get planning permission in Redditch?
Redditch is among the ten per cent most approving authorities in England, granting 96.2% of the applications it decides (rank 10th of 310). That puts it markedly more likely to approve than the typical English council — 96.2% approved against an England average of 87%. Within West Midlands it is the most approving of 30 local planning authorities, where the regional average is 87.8%. Refusals are rare here: 6 of its 159 decisions were refusals (3.8%). On the split by scale it is somewhat tougher on major schemes than on small ones: 88.9% of major developments approved versus 98.2% of householder and other small-scale work, from 9 major decisions.
On timing it is about average on speed, deciding 89.9% of applications within the statutory period against 90.6% nationally. Its figures rest on a relatively light caseload of 159 decisions over 1 January 2025 to 31 December 2025, where the typical English authority decides around 783. It is more approving than its nearest West Midlands peer by rank, Tamworth (95.5%). At the other end of West Midlands, Lichfield is the strictest authority, approving 79.7%.
Compare Redditch with nearby councils
Approval rates for other authorities in West Midlands. See the full West Midlands league table.
Approval rate by development scale in Redditch
Live planning activity in Redditch Borough Council
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Planning permission in Redditch: common questions
Is it hard to get planning permission in Redditch?
On the latest official figures Redditch is markedly more likely to approve than the typical English council and among the ten per cent most approving authorities in England, approving 96.2% of the 159 applications it decided over 1 January 2025 to 31 December 2025 against 87% for England.
What percentage of planning applications does Redditch approve or refuse?
Refusals are rare here: 96.2% approved and 3.8% refused — 153 granted and 6 refused of 159 decisions, with major schemes approved at 88.9% and householder and other work at 98.2%.
How quickly does Redditch decide planning applications?
On timing Redditch is about average on speed: 89.9% of applications were decided within the statutory period — eight weeks for most, thirteen for major schemes — against 90.6% nationally.
Is Redditch stricter than nearby councils?
Redditch's 96.2% approval rate makes it the most approving of 30 authorities in West Midlands, against a 87.8% regional average. Neighbouring Tamworth approves 95.5%.
Can I use Redditch's approval rate to predict whether my application will be approved?
No — the approval rate is a historic average across every application Redditch 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 Redditch 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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