Planning Approval Rate in Wyre
Wyre is close to the England average for planning permission: it approves 84.9% of applications and decides 94.5% of them within the statutory time limit, ranking #226 of 310 English authorities. This page sets out how hard it is to get planning permission in Wyre, how quickly the council decides, and how it compares with its neighbours — from official government figures plus the live planning activity PlanWatch tracks across Wyre Borough Council.
Source: official MHCLG planning statistics (PS2), 1 January 2025 to 31 December 2025. Based on 563 decisions (478 granted, 85 refused).
How Wyre compares
| Wyre | 84.9% |
| North West average | 88.3% |
| England average | 87% |
Wyre is 2.1 points stricter than the England average.
How hard is it to get planning permission in Wyre?
Wyre is in the stricter third of English authorities, granting 84.9% of the applications it decides (rank 226th of 310). That puts it close to the England average — 84.9% approved against an England average of 87%. Within North West it is the 26th most approving of 35 local planning authorities, where the regional average is 88.3%. Refusals are fairly frequent here: 85 of its 563 decisions were refusals (15.1%). On the split by scale it is somewhat tougher on major schemes than on small ones: 77.3% of major developments approved versus 87.3% of householder and other small-scale work, from 22 major decisions.
On timing it is a little faster than average, deciding 94.5% of applications within the statutory period against 90.6% nationally. Its figures rest on a mid-sized caseload of 563 decisions over 1 January 2025 to 31 December 2025, where the typical English authority decides around 783. Among its North West neighbours it sits between Pendle (86%, more approving) and Rochdale (84.8%, stricter). For context in North West, Cumberland approves the most (96.8%) and Warrington the least (76.2%).
Compare Wyre with nearby councils
Approval rates for other authorities in North West. See the full North West league table.
Approval rate by development scale in Wyre
Live planning activity in Wyre Borough Council
From the latest planning data PlanWatch holds (to 24 August 2026). These are the records we've collected — the freshness the annual government table lacks.
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Planning permission in Wyre: common questions
Is it hard to get planning permission in Wyre?
On the latest official figures Wyre is close to the England average and in the stricter third of English authorities, approving 84.9% of the 563 applications it decided over 1 January 2025 to 31 December 2025 against 87% for England.
What percentage of planning applications does Wyre approve or refuse?
Refusals are fairly frequent here: 84.9% approved and 15.1% refused — 478 granted and 85 refused of 563 decisions, with major schemes approved at 77.3% and householder and other work at 87.3%.
How quickly does Wyre decide planning applications?
On timing Wyre is a little faster than average: 94.5% of applications were decided within the statutory period — eight weeks for most, thirteen for major schemes — against 90.6% nationally.
Is Wyre stricter than nearby councils?
Wyre's 84.9% approval rate makes it the 26th most approving of 35 authorities in North West, against a 88.3% regional average. Neighbouring Pendle approves 86% and Rochdale 84.8%.
Can I use Wyre's approval rate to predict whether my application will be approved?
No — the approval rate is a historic average across every application Wyre 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 Wyre Borough 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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