Planning Approval Rate in Telford and Wrekin
Telford and Wrekin is somewhat more approving than the England average for planning permission: it approves 90.2% of applications and decides 99.8% of them within the statutory time limit, ranking #122 of 310 English authorities. This page sets out how hard it is to get planning permission in Telford and Wrekin, how quickly the council decides, and how it compares with its neighbours — from official government figures plus the live planning activity PlanWatch tracks across Telford and Wrekin Council.
Source: official MHCLG planning statistics (PS2), 1 January 2025 to 31 December 2025. Based on 593 decisions (535 granted, 58 refused).
How Telford and Wrekin compares
| Telford and Wrekin | 90.2% |
| West Midlands average | 87.8% |
| England average | 87% |
Telford and Wrekin is 3.2 points easier than the England average.
How hard is it to get planning permission in Telford and Wrekin?
Telford and Wrekin is a little more approving than the median English authority, granting 90.2% of the applications it decides (rank 122nd of 310). That puts it somewhat more approving than the England average — 90.2% approved against an England average of 87%. Within West Midlands it is the 13th most approving of 30 local planning authorities, where the regional average is 87.8%. Refusals are uncommon here: 58 of its 593 decisions were refusals (9.8%). On the split by scale it is somewhat tougher on major schemes than on small ones: 87.1% of major developments approved versus 91.7% of householder and other small-scale work, from 31 major decisions.
On timing it is among the faster authorities, deciding 99.8% of applications within the statutory period against 90.6% nationally. Its figures rest on a mid-sized caseload of 593 decisions over 1 January 2025 to 31 December 2025, where the typical English authority decides around 783. Among its West Midlands neighbours it sits between Stratford-on-Avon (90.6%, more approving) and Warwick (90%, stricter). For context in West Midlands, Redditch approves the most (96.2%) and Lichfield the least (79.7%).
Compare Telford and Wrekin with nearby councils
Approval rates for other authorities in West Midlands. See the full West Midlands league table.
Approval rate by development scale in Telford and Wrekin
Live planning activity in Telford and Wrekin Council
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Planning permission in Telford and Wrekin: common questions
Is it hard to get planning permission in Telford and Wrekin?
On the latest official figures Telford and Wrekin is somewhat more approving than the England average and a little more approving than the median English authority, approving 90.2% of the 593 applications it decided over 1 January 2025 to 31 December 2025 against 87% for England.
What percentage of planning applications does Telford and Wrekin approve or refuse?
Refusals are uncommon here: 90.2% approved and 9.8% refused — 535 granted and 58 refused of 593 decisions, with major schemes approved at 87.1% and householder and other work at 91.7%.
How quickly does Telford and Wrekin decide planning applications?
On timing Telford and Wrekin is among the faster authorities: 99.8% of applications were decided within the statutory period — eight weeks for most, thirteen for major schemes — against 90.6% nationally.
Is Telford and Wrekin stricter than nearby councils?
Telford and Wrekin's 90.2% approval rate makes it the 13th most approving of 30 authorities in West Midlands, against a 87.8% regional average. Neighbouring Stratford-on-Avon approves 90.6% and Warwick 90%.
Can I use Telford and Wrekin's approval rate to predict whether my application will be approved?
No — the approval rate is a historic average across every application Telford and Wrekin 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 Telford and Wrekin 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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