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Planning applications by council, made usable.

Council rankings and open-data explainers that connect national planning statistics back to the live applications people search for on a postcode.

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UK Planning Approval Rates 2026

Every England district planning authority ranked by approval rate, refusal rate and decision speed from 1 January 2025 to 31 December 2025 official MHCLG data.

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Authorities 310

Decisions 300,645

Approval rate 87%