Planning Approval Rate in Warwick
Warwick is somewhat more approving than the England average for planning permission: it approves 90% of applications and decides 93.9% of them within the statutory time limit, ranking #127 of 310 English authorities. This page sets out how hard it is to get planning permission in Warwick, how quickly the council decides, and how it compares with its neighbours — from official government figures plus the live planning activity PlanWatch tracks across Warwick District Council.
Source: official MHCLG planning statistics (PS2), 1 January 2025 to 31 December 2025. Based on 939 decisions (845 granted, 94 refused).
How Warwick compares
| Warwick | 90% |
| West Midlands average | 87.8% |
| England average | 87% |
Warwick is 3 points easier than the England average.
How hard is it to get planning permission in Warwick?
Warwick is a little more approving than the median English authority, granting 90% of the applications it decides (rank 127th of 310). That puts it somewhat more approving than the England average — 90% approved against an England average of 87%. Within West Midlands it is the 14th most approving of 30 local planning authorities, where the regional average is 87.8%. Refusals are uncommon here: 94 of its 939 decisions were refusals (10%). On the split by scale it is somewhat tougher on major schemes than on small ones: 82.4% of major developments approved versus 92.7% of householder and other small-scale work, from 34 major decisions.
On timing it is a little faster than average, deciding 93.9% of applications within the statutory period against 90.6% nationally. Its figures rest on a mid-sized caseload of 939 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 Telford and Wrekin (90.2%, more approving) and Cannock Chase (89.9%, stricter). For context in West Midlands, Redditch approves the most (96.2%) and Lichfield the least (79.7%).
Compare Warwick with nearby councils
Approval rates for other authorities in West Midlands. See the full West Midlands league table.
Approval rate by development scale in Warwick
Live planning activity in Warwick District Council
From the latest planning data PlanWatch holds (to 20 August 2026). These are the records we've collected — the freshness the annual government table lacks.
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Planning permission in Warwick: common questions
Is it hard to get planning permission in Warwick?
On the latest official figures Warwick is somewhat more approving than the England average and a little more approving than the median English authority, approving 90% of the 939 applications it decided over 1 January 2025 to 31 December 2025 against 87% for England.
What percentage of planning applications does Warwick approve or refuse?
Refusals are uncommon here: 90% approved and 10% refused — 845 granted and 94 refused of 939 decisions, with major schemes approved at 82.4% and householder and other work at 92.7%.
How quickly does Warwick decide planning applications?
On timing Warwick is a little faster than average: 93.9% of applications were decided within the statutory period — eight weeks for most, thirteen for major schemes — against 90.6% nationally.
Is Warwick stricter than nearby councils?
Warwick's 90% approval rate makes it the 14th most approving of 30 authorities in West Midlands, against a 87.8% regional average. Neighbouring Telford and Wrekin approves 90.2% and Cannock Chase 89.9%.
Can I use Warwick's approval rate to predict whether my application will be approved?
No — the approval rate is a historic average across every application Warwick 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 Warwick 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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