Regional League Table

Planning Approval Rates in South West

The 27 local planning authorities in South West, ranked by approval rate. The regional average is 89.5% (89.8% decided in time).

Council	Approval	In time	Decisions	Nat. rank
Cheltenham	96.5%	93.3%	1,021	#6
Bath and North East Somerset	94.8%	79.5%	1,835	#26
Mid Devon	94.4%	95%	675	#33
North Devon	93.8%	97.2%	963	#49
Wiltshire	93%	94.5%	3,734	#65
Plymouth	92.8%	96.6%	677	#71
Cornwall	92.6%	94.5%	4,956	#72
Forest of Dean	92.3%	92.6%	596	#83
Isles of Scilly	91.4%	86.2%	58	#99
Dorset	90.7%	91.4%	2,785	#113
Swindon	89.2%	88.1%	772	#142
Somerset	89%	86%	3,851	#147
East Devon	89%	80.2%	1,323	#148
Cotswold	89%	90.3%	1,287	#149
South Hams	88.8%	92.8%	1,050	#155
Tewkesbury	88.2%	88.9%	718	#165
North Somerset	88%	85.8%	1,148	#167
Stroud	87.3%	95.9%	1,019	#175
Torridge	86.7%	96.4%	562	#195
Bristol, City of	86%	87.4%	2,112	#206
Torbay	85.6%	81.4%	533	#217
Exeter	85.2%	85.5%	559	#225
West Devon	84.5%	93.2%	355	#233
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole	83.3%	82.7%	2,150	#247
Teignbridge	82.2%	95.3%	729	#257
South Gloucestershire	81.9%	86.1%	1,561	#260
Gloucester	80.5%	90%	431	#273