Planning Approval Rate in Teignbridge
Teignbridge is somewhat stricter than the England average for planning permission: it approves 82.2% of applications and decides 95.3% of them within the statutory time limit, ranking #257 of 310 English authorities. This page sets out how hard it is to get planning permission in Teignbridge, how quickly the council decides, and how it compares with its neighbours — from official government figures plus the live planning activity PlanWatch tracks across Teignbridge District Council.
Source: official MHCLG planning statistics (PS2), 1 January 2025 to 31 December 2025. Based on 729 decisions (599 granted, 130 refused).
How Teignbridge compares
| Teignbridge | 82.2% |
| South West average | 89.5% |
| England average | 87% |
Teignbridge is 4.8 points stricter than the England average.
How hard is it to get planning permission in Teignbridge?
Teignbridge is in the stricter third of English authorities, granting 82.2% of the applications it decides (rank 257th of 310). That puts it somewhat stricter than the England average — 82.2% approved against an England average of 87%. Within South West it is the 25th most approving of 27 local planning authorities, where the regional average is 89.5%. Refusals are fairly frequent here: 130 of its 729 decisions were refusals (17.8%). On the split by scale it is somewhat tougher on major schemes than on small ones: 81.8% of major developments approved versus 86.4% of householder and other small-scale work, from 22 major decisions.
On timing it is a little faster than average, deciding 95.3% of applications within the statutory period against 90.6% nationally. Its figures rest on a mid-sized caseload of 729 decisions over 1 January 2025 to 31 December 2025, where the typical English authority decides around 783. Among its South West neighbours it sits between Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole (83.3%, more approving) and South Gloucestershire (81.9%, stricter). For context in South West, Cheltenham approves the most (96.5%) and Gloucester the least (80.5%).
Compare Teignbridge with nearby councils
Approval rates for other authorities in South West. See the full South West league table.
Approval rate by development scale in Teignbridge
Live planning activity in Teignbridge District Council
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Planning permission in Teignbridge: common questions
Is it hard to get planning permission in Teignbridge?
On the latest official figures Teignbridge is somewhat stricter than the England average and in the stricter third of English authorities, approving 82.2% of the 729 applications it decided over 1 January 2025 to 31 December 2025 against 87% for England.
What percentage of planning applications does Teignbridge approve or refuse?
Refusals are fairly frequent here: 82.2% approved and 17.8% refused — 599 granted and 130 refused of 729 decisions, with major schemes approved at 81.8% and householder and other work at 86.4%.
How quickly does Teignbridge decide planning applications?
On timing Teignbridge is a little faster than average: 95.3% of applications were decided within the statutory period — eight weeks for most, thirteen for major schemes — against 90.6% nationally.
Is Teignbridge stricter than nearby councils?
Teignbridge's 82.2% approval rate makes it the 25th most approving of 27 authorities in South West, against a 89.5% regional average. Neighbouring Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole approves 83.3% and South Gloucestershire 81.9%.
Can I use Teignbridge's approval rate to predict whether my application will be approved?
No — the approval rate is a historic average across every application Teignbridge 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 Teignbridge 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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