By development scale

Other developments (incl. householder): Approval Rates by Council

National figure: 89.1% of other developments (incl. householder) approved across England. Councils ranked below (those with any decisions at this scale).

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#	Council	Region	Approval	Decisions
1	Fareham	South East	98.9%	462
2	North Kesteven	East Midlands	98.4%	429
3	Redditch	West Midlands	98.2%	109
4	Forest of Dean	South West	97.9%	373
5	Cumberland	North West	97.6%	695
6	Fylde	North West	97.6%	296
7	Lincoln	East Midlands	97.6%	246
8	North West Leicestershire	East Midlands	97.5%	356
9	North Devon	South West	97.4%	465
10	Cheltenham	South West	97.2%	848
11	Amber Valley	East Midlands	97.1%	483
12	Redcar and Cleveland	North East	97%	270
13	Cornwall	South West	97%	2,646
14	South Ribble	North West	96.9%	261
15	South Oxfordshire	South East	96.9%	1,145
16	West Oxfordshire	South East	96.8%	849
17	Hammersmith and Fulham	London	96.7%	733
18	South Derbyshire	East Midlands	96.7%	361
19	Vale of White Horse	South East	96.6%	745
20	Rushmoor	South East	96.6%	236
21	Bath and North East Somerset	South West	96.6%	1,402
22	Winchester	South East	96.6%	738
23	Newcastle-under-Lyme	West Midlands	96.5%	285
24	South Tyneside	North East	96.4%	305
25	Wokingham	South East	96.4%	916
26	Gosport	South East	96.4%	169
27	The Broads Authority	National Parks	96.4%	56
28	Mansfield	East Midlands	96.3%	219
29	Bolsover	East Midlands	96.2%	185
30	South Norfolk	East of England	96.2%	711
31	City of London	London	96.1%	257
32	Norwich	East of England	96%	379
33	North East Lincolnshire	Yorkshire and the Humber	96%	274
34	Ebbsfleet Development Corporation	South East	96%	25
35	Mid Devon	South West	96%	346
36	Breckland	East of England	96%	428
37	North Norfolk	East of England	95.9%	610
38	Halton	North West	95.8%	189
39	Bromsgrove	West Midlands	95.8%	356
40	Broadland	East of England	95.8%	554
41	Havant	South East	95.7%	346
42	Exmoor National Park	National Parks	95.7%	115
43	Tamworth	West Midlands	95.6%	113
44	Horsham	South East	95.6%	832
45	County Durham	North East	95.5%	1,173
46	North Warwickshire	West Midlands	95.5%	222
47	North Tyneside	North East	95.4%	525
48	Nuneaton and Bedworth	West Midlands	95.4%	219
49	Erewash	East Midlands	95.4%	284
50	Adur	South East	95.4%	237
51	Melton	East Midlands	95.3%	171
52	Stockport	North West	95.3%	1,075
53	Test Valley	South East	95.3%	729
54	Tunbridge Wells	South East	95.2%	902
55	Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation	London	95.2%	21
56	Tonbridge and Malling	South East	95.1%	668
57	Stockton-on-Tees	North East	95.1%	473
58	Cherwell	South East	95.1%	774
59	Wiltshire	South West	95.1%	2,687
60	North York Moors National Park	National Parks	95%	322
61	Blackburn with Darwen	North West	94.9%	350
62	Herefordshire, County of	West Midlands	94.9%	864
63	Broxtowe	East Midlands	94.9%	374
64	Lewes	South East	94.9%	272
65	King's Lynn and West Norfolk	East of England	94.9%	665
66	Canterbury	South East	94.6%	789
67	Basingstoke and Deane	South East	94.6%	757
68	St. Helens	North West	94.5%	348
69	Yorkshire Dales National Park	National Parks	94.5%	272
70	Boston	East Midlands	94.4%	179
71	Fenland	East of England	94.4%	266
72	Solihull	West Midlands	94.2%	1,015
73	South Cambridgeshire	East of England	94.2%	1,016
74	West Suffolk	East of England	94.2%	723
75	Cheshire West and Chester	North West	94.1%	1,270
76	Great Yarmouth	East of England	94.1%	220
77	Chichester	South East	94.1%	630
78	Knowsley	North West	94%	217
79	Sefton	North West	94%	748
80	North Hertfordshire	East of England	94%	829
81	Southampton	South East	94%	563
82	New Forest	South East	94%	683
83	Rugby	West Midlands	93.9%	329
84	Hertsmere	East of England	93.9%	538
85	Mid Suffolk	East of England	93.9%	604
86	Blaby	East Midlands	93.8%	373
87	Stratford-on-Avon	West Midlands	93.8%	924
88	Hinckley and Bosworth	East Midlands	93.8%	322
89	Stevenage	East of England	93.7%	190
90	Worthing	South East	93.7%	396
91	East Lindsey	East Midlands	93.7%	474
92	West Lindsey	East Midlands	93.7%	349
93	Barnsley	Yorkshire and the Humber	93.6%	436
94	East Suffolk	East of England	93.6%	1,442
95	Medway	South East	93.6%	720
96	Gedling	East Midlands	93.5%	356
97	New Forest National Park	National Parks	93.5%	354
98	East Staffordshire	West Midlands	93.4%	412
99	Wakefield	Yorkshire and the Humber	93.4%	727
100	Huntingdonshire	East of England	93.4%	712
101	West Berkshire	South East	93.4%	873
102	Wyre Forest	West Midlands	93.3%	345
103	Plymouth	South West	93.3%	477
104	Isle of Wight	South East	93.3%	507
105	Newark and Sherwood	East Midlands	93.3%	465
106	Dorset	South West	93.3%	1,887
107	Hartlepool	North East	93.2%	146
108	Kensington and Chelsea	London	93.2%	1,506
109	Ipswich	East of England	93.2%	309
110	Lake District National Park	National Parks	93.2%	458
111	Rushcliffe	East Midlands	93.2%	587
112	Swale	South East	93.2%	453
113	Thanet	South East	93.2%	487
114	Rother	South East	93.2%	511
115	Chorley	North West	93.1%	347
116	South Downs National Park	National Parks	93.1%	1,255
117	Newcastle upon Tyne	North East	93%	645
118	Kirklees	Yorkshire and the Humber	93%	1,175
119	Cambridge	East of England	92.9%	749
120	Preston	North West	92.9%	424
121	South Hams	South West	92.8%	671
122	Torridge	South West	92.8%	223
123	Warwick	West Midlands	92.7%	750
124	Eastbourne	South East	92.7%	191
125	Somerset	South West	92.7%	2,255
126	East Devon	South West	92.7%	871
127	Gateshead	North East	92.6%	350
128	East Hampshire	South East	92.5%	413
129	South Kesteven	East Midlands	92.4%	693
130	Islington	London	92.3%	820
131	Dover	South East	92.3%	573
132	Tewkesbury	South West	92.3%	504
133	Shropshire	West Midlands	92.3%	1,259
134	Darlington	North East	92.2%	320
135	Westmorland and Furness	North West	92%	827
136	Mid Sussex	South East	92%	828
137	Hartlepool Development Corporation	North East	92%	25
138	Doncaster	Yorkshire and the Humber	92%	566
139	Southwark	London	91.9%	965
140	Eastleigh	South East	91.9%	430
141	North East Derbyshire	East Midlands	91.8%	355
142	Bexley	London	91.8%	1,079
143	Burnley	North West	91.8%	183
144	Telford and Wrekin	West Midlands	91.7%	398
145	Rossendale	North West	91.7%	132
146	South Staffordshire	West Midlands	91.7%	386
147	Braintree	East of England	91.7%	600
148	West Northamptonshire	East Midlands	91.6%	1,348
149	Salford	North West	91.6%	534
150	Cotswold	South West	91.6%	950
151	Derby	East Midlands	91.5%	682
152	Sunderland	North East	91.5%	398
153	Arun	South East	91.4%	568
154	Wandsworth	London	91.3%	1,206
155	North Yorkshire	Yorkshire and the Humber	91.3%	3,015
156	North Somerset	South West	91.3%	793
157	Brighton and Hove	South East	91.2%	1,074
158	Harborough	East Midlands	91.1%	604
159	Derbyshire Dales	East Midlands	91.1%	282
160	Northumberland	North East	91.1%	1,219
161	Sutton	London	91%	708
162	Hastings	South East	90.9%	198
163	East Riding of Yorkshire	Yorkshire and the Humber	90.9%	1,141
164	Maldon	East of England	90.9%	242
165	Bury	North West	90.8%	586
166	Babergh	East of England	90.8%	620
167	Kingston upon Hull, City of	Yorkshire and the Humber	90.7%	248
168	Milton Keynes	South East	90.7%	960
169	Dacorum	East of England	90.4%	853
170	Waverley	South East	90.4%	1,018
171	Cannock Chase	West Midlands	90.3%	154
172	Wolverhampton	West Midlands	90.3%	586
173	Dartmoor National Park	National Parks	90.3%	195
174	North Lincolnshire	Yorkshire and the Humber	90.3%	434
175	Stroud	South West	90.2%	778
176	Wychavon	West Midlands	90.2%	633
177	West Devon	South West	90.2%	173
178	Nottingham	East Midlands	90.1%	716
179	Three Rivers	East of England	90.1%	699
180	Rutland	East Midlands	90.1%	406
181	Northumberland National Park	National Parks	90%	20
182	Middlesbrough Development Corporation	North East	90%	50
183	Reigate and Banstead	South East	90%	752
184	Bracknell Forest	South East	90%	391
185	Manchester	North West	89.9%	1,148
186	High Peak	East Midlands	89.8%	235
187	South Holland	East Midlands	89.8%	264
188	Merton	London	89.7%	893
189	Stafford	West Midlands	89.7%	312
190	Cheshire East	North West	89.7%	1,750
191	Bristol, City of	South West	89.7%	1,387
192	Chesterfield	East Midlands	89.5%	220
193	Oldham	North West	89.5%	686
194	Ashford	South East	89.5%	684
195	East Cambridgeshire	East of England	89.4%	483
196	Worcester	West Midlands	89.4%	311
197	Tandridge	South East	89.4%	483
198	Sandwell	West Midlands	89.2%	686
199	Bassetlaw	East Midlands	89.2%	352
200	Camden	London	89%	1,077
201	Swindon	South West	89%	575
202	Sheffield	Yorkshire and the Humber	89%	1,334
203	Tameside	North West	89%	381
204	Chelmsford	East of England	88.9%	948
205	Wirral	North West	88.8%	742
206	Central Bedfordshire	East of England	88.7%	1,071
207	Isles of Scilly	South West	88.6%	35
208	Portsmouth	South East	88.6%	437
209	Sevenoaks	South East	88.5%	809
210	Broxbourne	East of England	88.5%	348
211	Ealing	London	88.2%	1,096
212	Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole	South West	88.2%	1,388
213	Pendle	North West	88.1%	243
214	Haringey	London	88.1%	824
215	Torbay	South West	87.9%	379
216	Malvern Hills	West Midlands	87.9%	455
217	St Albans	East of England	87.8%	1,092
218	Charnwood	East Midlands	87.7%	641
219	Epsom and Ewell	South East	87.7%	494
220	Hillingdon	London	87.6%	1,304
221	Ribble Valley	North West	87.4%	358
222	Walsall	West Midlands	87.3%	591
223	Wyre	North West	87.3%	387
224	Folkestone and Hythe	South East	87.3%	479
225	Coventry	West Midlands	87.2%	862
226	Bradford	Yorkshire and the Humber	87.2%	1,693
227	Welwyn Hatfield	East of England	87.1%	495
228	Stoke-on-Trent	West Midlands	87.1%	271
229	Tendring	East of England	87.1%	559
230	Reading	South East	87.1%	448
231	Oxford	South East	87%	830
232	Wealden	South East	86.8%	987
233	Westminster	London	86.7%	3,014
234	Peak District National Park	National Parks	86.4%	374
235	Lewisham	London	86.4%	823
236	Surrey Heath	South East	86.4%	513
237	Dudley	West Midlands	86.4%	565
238	Teignbridge	South West	86.4%	450
239	Ashfield	East Midlands	86.3%	241
240	Bedford	East of England	86.3%	731
241	Wigan	North West	86.2%	485
242	Trafford	North West	86.2%	1,162
243	Exeter	South West	86.1%	416
244	Runnymede	South East	86.1%	504
245	Lancaster	North West	85.9%	497
246	Calderdale	Yorkshire and the Humber	85.8%	583
247	North Northamptonshire	East Midlands	85.7%	824
248	Guildford	South East	85.6%	999
249	Basildon	East of England	85.4%	567
250	Peterborough	East of England	85.4%	515
251	Maidstone	South East	85.1%	767
252	Spelthorne	South East	85.1%	497
253	Buckinghamshire	South East	85%	3,371
254	Croydon	London	84.9%	953
255	York	Yorkshire and the Humber	84.8%	933
256	Brentwood	East of England	84.8%	534
257	Liverpool	North West	84.1%	948
258	Rochdale	North West	83.9%	448
259	Leicester	East Midlands	83.8%	809
260	Southend-on-Sea	East of England	83.8%	616
261	Birmingham	West Midlands	83.7%	2,778
262	Leeds	Yorkshire and the Humber	83.3%	2,849
263	East Hertfordshire	East of England	83.2%	918
264	West Lancashire	North West	83%	401
265	Harrow	London	82.7%	979
266	Thurrock	East of England	82.6%	494
267	Staffordshire Moorlands	West Midlands	82.5%	291
268	Hackney	London	82.4%	625
269	Lichfield	West Midlands	82.4%	505
270	Enfield	London	82.3%	1,455
271	Gloucester	South West	82.2%	337
272	Watford	East of England	82%	399
273	Dartford	South East	81.9%	448
274	Woking	South East	81.8%	622
275	Hart	South East	81.7%	613
276	South Gloucestershire	South West	81.6%	1,057
277	Colchester	East of England	81.1%	815
278	Harlow	East of England	81%	189
279	Richmond upon Thames	London	81%	1,563
280	Rochford	East of England	81%	332
281	Tower Hamlets	London	80.7%	560
282	Bolton	North West	80.7%	746
283	Luton	East of England	80.5%	518
284	Kingston upon Thames	London	80%	886
285	Newham	London	79.9%	573
286	Barnet	London	79.7%	1,751
287	Crawley	South East	79.6%	181
288	Blackpool	North West	79.4%	204
289	Lambeth	London	79.4%	950
290	Brent	London	79.4%	1,245
291	Castle Point	East of England	79.1%	350
292	Hyndburn	North West	78.8%	165
293	Mole Valley	South East	78.8%	736
294	Slough	South East	78.7%	508
295	Bromley	London	78.1%	1,636
296	Uttlesford	East of England	78%	850
297	Elmbridge	South East	77.6%	957
298	Warrington	North West	77.4%	659
299	Middlesbrough	North East	77.3%	229
300	Waltham Forest	London	76.6%	872
301	Havering	London	76.5%	1,156
302	Greenwich	London	76%	1,062
303	Redbridge	London	75.8%	1,344
304	Rotherham	Yorkshire and the Humber	73.9%	518
305	Gravesham	South East	73.2%	466
306	Windsor and Maidenhead	South East	72.2%	1,204
307	Oadby and Wigston	East Midlands	70.6%	231
308	Epping Forest	East of England	70.6%	985
309	Hounslow	London	69.2%	950
310	Barking and Dagenham	London	65.9%	525

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