Planning Trends

What's actually happening in planning across England, Scotland, Wales and NI right now.

Most Active Councils

Councils with the most new applications submitted in the last 30 days.

1. Cornwall Council 544 2. South Cambridgeshire District Council 483 3. Cambridge City Council 455 4. Leeds City Council 444 5. Camden LBC 422 6. Southend-on-Sea City Council 377 7. Bradford Metropolitan District Council 342 8. Northumberland County Council 299 9. London Borough of Brent 286 10. Maidstone Borough Council 274

Niche Category Leaders

Top 5 councils by rate — the % of their own applications matching each category, last 90 days. Ranked by rate, not raw volume, so this isn't just whichever council has the biggest database.

Farm Diversification

1. Mid Devon District Council 12.0% (15/125) 2. East Hertfordshire District Council 7.4% (9/121) 3. West Lindsey District Council 6.1% (9/148) 4. Staffordshire Moorlands District Council 5.5% (8/145) 5. East Lindsey District Council 5.2% (11/213)

Commercial Conversion

1. Spelthorne Borough Council 4.1% (6/146) 2. Ipswich Borough Council 4.1% (7/169) 3. Breckland Council 3.3% (4/121) 4. Tewkesbury Borough Council 3.1% (5/162) 5. Derbyshire Dales District Council 3.0% (5/166)

Large Sites

1. Chesterfield Borough Council 10.4% (12/115) 2. Dover District Council 7.3% (25/341) 3. East Cambridgeshire District Council 6.0% (13/215) 4. Medway Council 5.9% (25/426) 5. West Northamptonshire Council 5.9% (20/340)

What's Being Submitted

Application type breakdown nationally, last 90 days.

Other 58387 (94.7%)
Full 1019 (1.7%)
Tree 772 (1.3%)
Householder 538 (0.9%)
Listed 453 (0.7%)
Prior 168 (0.3%)
Advert 139 (0.2%)
Outline 130 (0.2%)
Major 32 (0.1%)

Growth & Momentum

Councils with the biggest change in application volume — last 30 days vs the 30 days before that.

Slough Borough Council +153.2%
62 → 157 North Warwickshire Borough Council +139.1%
23 → 55 Telford and Wrekin Council +133.3%
33 → 77 Tamworth Borough Council +125.0%
12 → 27 Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council +116.7%
6 → 13 Bromsgrove and Redditch +86.7%
30 → 56 Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council +81.8%
66 → 120 Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council +80.0%
10 → 18 Monmouthshire County Council +76.2%
21 → 37 Newcastle City Council +75.0%
84 → 147

Approval Rates

Only reliably populated for a handful of councils right now — most scrapers don't yet re-check applications for a decision after first finding them. Showing councils with at least 10 decided applications on record.

Council Approval Rate Decided
Cheltenham Borough Council 100.0% 16
South Tyneside Council 100.0% 12
Bristol City Council 100.0% 11238
London Borough of Haringey 100.0% 12
Mid Ulster Council 100.0% 10
London Borough of Barnet 100.0% 17
Dacorum Borough Council 100.0% 104
Epping Forest District Council 100.0% 215
South Staffordshire District Council 100.0% 181
West Northamptonshire Council 100.0% 37
Manchester City Council 100.0% 190
North Ayrshire Council 100.0% 17
Worcester City Council 100.0% 12
Westmorland and Furness Council 97.9% 97
Fife Council 97.5% 40
Somerset Council (South) 97.4% 38
Inverclyde Council 96.7% 30
Bath and North East Somerset Council 96.7% 604
East Devon District Council 96.4% 28
Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council 96.3% 27
Angus Council 96.0% 25
London Borough of Hillingdon 95.7% 23
Cheshire West and Chester Council 95.4% 864
Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council 95.1% 123
Cumberland Council 94.9% 39
Wyre Forest District Council 94.3% 353
Bromsgrove District Council 93.9% 345
Redditch Borough Council 93.9% 347
Runnymede Borough Council 93.8% 16
Herefordshire Council 93.7% 428
South Lakeland District Council 93.0% 5129
Huntingdonshire District Council 92.1% 738
Mid Sussex District Council 91.9% 172
East Suffolk Council 91.9% 111
Fylde Council 91.7% 12
Wychavon District Council 91.7% 36
Chorley Borough Council 91.6% 155
Malvern Hills District Council 91.4% 35
Reigate and Banstead Borough Council 91.3% 208
Fenland District Council 91.3% 23
London Borough of Ealing 91.0% 335
Camden LBC 91.0% 46406
Ipswich Borough Council 90.9% 11
East Cambridgeshire District Council 90.9% 11
Medway Council 90.8% 535
Bracknell Forest Council 90.5% 21
Chelmsford City Council 90.4% 83
Charnwood Borough Council 90.3% 31
Reading Borough Council 90.2% 153
Kings Lynn and West Norfolk Borough Council 89.9% 79
Exeter City Council 89.5% 38
Great Yarmouth Borough Council 89.5% 19
Central Bedfordshire Council 88.9% 27
Teignbridge District Council 85.3% 34
Ribble Valley Borough Council 85.1% 174
Spelthorne Borough Council 85.0% 20
Leeds City Council 84.6% 33811
Bedford Borough Council 84.4% 173
Bradford Metropolitan District Council 83.2% 1088
Gravesham Borough Council 82.8% 134
Canterbury City Council 81.9% 136169
Wrexham County Borough Council 81.3% 16
City of Edinburgh Council 80.7% 399
Rochdale Borough Council 78.1% 32
Brentwood Borough Council 76.9% 26
Erewash Borough Council 75.9% 29
Powys County Council 50.0% 12