Planning Approval Rate in Tandridge
Tandridge is close to the England average for planning permission: it approves 84.6% of applications and decides 94.1% of them within the statutory time limit, ranking #231 of 310 English authorities. This page sets out how hard it is to get planning permission in Tandridge, how quickly the council decides, and how it compares with its neighbours — from official government figures plus the live planning activity PlanWatch tracks across Tandridge District Council.
Source: official MHCLG planning statistics (PS2), 1 January 2025 to 31 December 2025. Based on 709 decisions (600 granted, 109 refused).
How Tandridge compares
| Tandridge | 84.6% |
| South East average | 87.2% |
| England average | 87% |
Tandridge is 2.4 points stricter than the England average.
How hard is it to get planning permission in Tandridge?
Tandridge is in the stricter third of English authorities, granting 84.6% of the applications it decides (rank 231st of 310). That puts it close to the England average — 84.6% approved against an England average of 87%. Within South East it is the 47th most approving of 65 local planning authorities, where the regional average is 87.2%. Refusals are fairly frequent here: 109 of its 709 decisions were refusals (15.4%). On the split by scale it is far tougher on major schemes than on small ones: 62.5% of major developments approved versus 89.4% of householder and other small-scale work, from 24 major decisions.
On timing it is a little faster than average, deciding 94.1% of applications within the statutory period against 90.6% nationally. Its figures rest on a mid-sized caseload of 709 decisions over 1 January 2025 to 31 December 2025, where the typical English authority decides around 783. Among its South East neighbours it sits between Epsom and Ewell (85.4%, more approving) and Guildford (84.5%, stricter). For context in South East, Fareham approves the most (98%) and Windsor and Maidenhead the least (68.9%).
Compare Tandridge with nearby councils
Approval rates for other authorities in South East. See the full South East league table.
Approval rate by development scale in Tandridge
Live planning activity in Tandridge District Council
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Planning permission in Tandridge: common questions
Is it hard to get planning permission in Tandridge?
On the latest official figures Tandridge is close to the England average and in the stricter third of English authorities, approving 84.6% of the 709 applications it decided over 1 January 2025 to 31 December 2025 against 87% for England.
What percentage of planning applications does Tandridge approve or refuse?
Refusals are fairly frequent here: 84.6% approved and 15.4% refused — 600 granted and 109 refused of 709 decisions, with major schemes approved at 62.5% and householder and other work at 89.4%.
How quickly does Tandridge decide planning applications?
On timing Tandridge is a little faster than average: 94.1% of applications were decided within the statutory period — eight weeks for most, thirteen for major schemes — against 90.6% nationally.
Is Tandridge stricter than nearby councils?
Tandridge's 84.6% approval rate makes it the 47th most approving of 65 authorities in South East, against a 87.2% regional average. Neighbouring Epsom and Ewell approves 85.4% and Guildford 84.5%.
Can I use Tandridge's approval rate to predict whether my application will be approved?
No — the approval rate is a historic average across every application Tandridge 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 Tandridge District 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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