Planning Approval Rate in The Broads Authority

The Broads Authority is in the more approving third of English authorities, granting 94.1% of the applications it decides (rank 43rd of 310). That puts it somewhat more approving than the England average — 94.1% approved against an England average of 87%. Within National Parks it is the 3rd most approving of 10 local planning authorities, where the regional average is 91.2%. Refusals are uncommon here: 6 of its 102 decisions were refusals (5.9%). On the split by scale it is about as likely to approve major schemes as small ones: 100% of major developments approved versus 96.4% of householder and other small-scale work, from 1 major decision.

On timing it is a little faster than average, deciding 96.1% of applications within the statutory period against 90.6% nationally. Its figures rest on a relatively light caseload of 102 decisions over 1 January 2025 to 31 December 2025, where the typical English authority decides around 783. Among its National Parks neighbours it sits between North York Moors National Park (94.4%, more approving) and Exmoor National Park (92.5%, stricter). For context in National Parks, Northumberland National Park approves the most (94.6%) and Peak District National Park the least (86.5%).