Planning appeals

Appeal overturn rates, council by council

Name: Planning appeal overturn rates by English local planning authority, 2021-2025
Creator: GapSense

We analysed 70,942 Planning Inspectorate decisions from 2021 to 2025. Nationally 31.1% of appealed refusals are overturned, but the odds swing more than threefold depending on the council. Pick yours below, or explore the map.

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Council	Appeals decided	Overturned
Adur	66	28.8%
Amber Valley	101	36.6%
Arun	198	38.4%
Ashfield	109	29.4%
Ashford	225	24.0%
Babergh	206	26.7%
Barking and Dagenham	376	25.8%
Barnet	1,120	37.4%
Barnsley	147	24.5%
Basildon	282	35.8%
Basingstoke and Deane	269	29.7%
Bassetlaw	141	28.4%
Bath and North East Somerset	222	25.2%
Bedford	385	28.1%
Bexley	396	30.3%
Birmingham	630	33.8%
Blaby	73	20.5%
Blackburn with Darwen	54	16.7%
Blackpool	113	27.4%
Bolton	192	25.0%
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole	761	28.6%
Bracknell Forest	134	29.8%
Bradford	424	25.0%
Braintree	364	28.6%
Breckland	184	17.4%
Brent	638	30.9%
Brentwood	219	31.1%
Brighton and Hove	421	30.2%
Bristol	593	34.7%
Broadland	111	23.4%
Bromley	1,016	33.7%
Bromsgrove	170	42.9%
Broxbourne	133	23.3%
Broxtowe	90	46.7%
Buckinghamshire	1,213	30.8%
Burnley	65	35.4%
Bury	93	23.7%
Calderdale	223	17.0%
Cambridge	169	26.0%
Camden	344	28.2%
Cannock Chase	42	28.6%
Canterbury	182	24.2%
Castle Point	129	36.4%
Central Bedfordshire	491	24.0%
Charnwood	151	31.8%
Chelmsford	317	23.3%
Cheltenham	86	29.1%
Cherwell	207	43.5%
Cheshire East	624	34.8%
Cheshire West and Chester	432	34.3%
Chesterfield	40	30.0%
Chichester	360	34.4%
Chorley	80	38.8%
Colchester	273	23.8%
Cornwall	915	33.1%
Cotswold	156	26.9%
County Durham	244	20.5%
Coventry	296	32.4%
Crawley	104	26.9%
Croydon	973	23.5%
Cumberland	154	27.9%
Dacorum	280	28.9%
Darlington	46	21.7%
Dartford	190	30.0%
Derby	105	30.5%
Derbyshire Dales	227	33.0%
Doncaster	159	19.5%
Dorset	611	28.0%
Dover	139	25.9%
Dudley	202	37.1%
Ealing	445	29.0%
East Cambridgeshire	159	32.1%
East Devon	291	33.7%
East Hampshire	178	35.4%
East Hertfordshire	515	33.0%
East Lindsey	98	16.3%
East Riding of Yorkshire	346	22.5%
East Staffordshire	71	31.0%
East Suffolk	309	24.6%
Eastbourne	56	37.5%
Eastleigh	130	20.0%
Elmbridge	487	36.3%
Enfield	602	30.1%
Epping Forest	635	34.0%
Epsom and Ewell	158	28.5%
Erewash	52	23.1%
Exeter	148	29.7%
Fareham	73	32.9%
Fenland	78	34.6%
Folkestone and Hythe	172	30.2%
Forest of Dean	145	29.7%
Fylde	61	27.9%
Gateshead	78	26.9%
Gedling	114	28.9%
Gloucester	82	29.3%
Gravesham	284	25.0%
Great Yarmouth	87	21.8%
Greenwich	547	37.1%
Guildford	437	33.4%
Hackney	522	41.8%
Hammersmith and Fulham	312	41.7%
Harborough	153	31.4%
Haringey	375	27.7%
Harlow	94	36.2%
Harrow	578	34.3%
Hart	231	37.7%
Hartlepool	45	22.2%
Hastings	92	39.1%
Havant	61	24.6%
Havering	691	31.4%
Herefordshire	194	28.9%
Hertsmere	167	41.3%
High Peak	137	38.0%
Hillingdon	816	34.7%
Hinckley and Bosworth	147	31.3%
Horsham	346	22.5%
Hounslow	620	40.3%
Huntingdonshire	185	25.4%
Hyndburn	48	43.8%
Ipswich	88	28.4%
Isle of Wight	216	33.8%
Islington	398	26.6%
Kensington and Chelsea	341	40.8%
King's Lynn and West Norfolk	246	28.5%
Kingston upon Hull	87	28.7%
Kingston upon Thames	360	36.7%
Kirklees	372	24.7%
Lambeth	461	28.4%
Lancaster	179	21.8%
Leeds	960	27.6%
Leicester	211	28.0%
Lewes	169	26.6%
Lewisham	400	25.5%
Lichfield	106	30.2%
Liverpool	416	39.7%
Luton	359	30.4%
Maidstone	349	33.0%
Maldon	338	40.8%
Malvern Hills	233	38.6%
Manchester	326	34.4%
Medway	225	31.6%
Melton	49	42.9%
Merton	228	29.8%
Mid Devon	84	39.3%
Mid Suffolk	259	19.7%
Mid Sussex	230	26.1%
Middlesbrough	142	26.1%
Milton Keynes	175	26.3%
Mole Valley	311	29.9%
New Forest	210	27.1%
Newark and Sherwood	217	31.8%
Newcastle upon Tyne	115	21.7%
Newcastle-under-Lyme	54	44.4%
Newham	288	22.2%
North Devon	125	28.0%
North East Derbyshire	129	27.9%
North East Lincolnshire	66	30.3%
North Hertfordshire	137	27.0%
North Kesteven	89	13.5%
North Lincolnshire	186	34.4%
North Norfolk	159	22.6%
North Northamptonshire	371	35.0%
North Somerset	218	23.4%
North Tyneside	81	29.6%
North Warwickshire	76	26.3%
North West Leicestershire	81	30.9%
North Yorkshire	984	32.9%
Northumberland	309	26.2%
Norwich	47	23.4%
Nottingham	139	31.6%
Nuneaton and Bedworth	67	40.3%
Oadby and Wigston	47	19.1%
Oldham	176	26.1%
Oxford	173	32.4%
Pendle	108	35.2%
Peterborough	156	21.8%
Plymouth	123	21.9%
Portsmouth	156	39.7%
Preston	73	16.4%
Reading	125	26.4%
Redbridge	508	29.7%
Redcar and Cleveland	51	27.5%
Reigate and Banstead	331	32.6%
Ribble Valley	170	28.2%
Richmond upon Thames	562	36.8%
Rochdale	170	28.8%
Rochford	151	41.1%
Rossendale	133	32.3%
Rother	251	27.1%
Rotherham	170	25.9%
Rugby	97	39.2%
Runnymede	126	21.4%
Rushcliffe	158	29.1%
Rushmoor	41	21.9%
Rutland	90	25.6%
Salford	99	26.3%
Sandwell	93	32.3%
Sefton	151	37.8%
Sevenoaks	320	30.6%
Sheffield	352	29.8%
Shropshire	414	29.9%
Slough	151	32.5%
Solihull	195	35.9%
Somerset	559	33.8%
South Cambridgeshire	276	34.1%
South Derbyshire	73	43.8%
South Gloucestershire	356	40.2%
South Hams	249	38.6%
South Holland	105	25.7%
South Kesteven	148	32.4%
South Norfolk	154	26.6%
South Oxfordshire	219	35.6%
South Ribble	51	21.6%
South Staffordshire	165	30.3%
South Tyneside	52	32.7%
Southampton	123	26.8%
Southend-on-Sea	309	32.0%
Southwark	210	20.5%
Spelthorne	193	28.5%
St Albans	335	33.7%
St. Helens	68	27.9%
Stafford	115	41.7%
Staffordshire Moorlands	210	35.2%
Stockport	123	29.3%
Stockton-on-Tees	82	29.3%
Stoke-on-Trent	87	40.2%
Stratford-on-Avon	334	32.9%
Stroud	236	33.5%
Sunderland	100	28.0%
Surrey Heath	239	33.5%
Sutton	344	32.9%
Swale	243	33.7%
Swindon	156	30.8%
Tameside	144	30.6%
Tandridge	354	36.7%
Teignbridge	273	32.2%
Telford and Wrekin	95	36.8%
Tendring	270	26.7%
Test Valley	160	27.5%
Tewkesbury	165	30.3%
Thanet	154	24.7%
Three Rivers	222	36.0%
Thurrock	248	28.2%
Tonbridge and Malling	183	39.9%
Torbay	272	34.9%
Torridge	112	27.7%
Tower Hamlets	279	24.0%
Trafford	284	27.5%
Tunbridge Wells	155	29.7%
Uttlesford	487	32.2%
Vale of White Horse	134	37.3%
Wakefield	230	30.4%
Walsall	120	30.0%
Waltham Forest	432	28.2%
Wandsworth	379	26.4%
Warrington	214	32.7%
Warwick	245	36.7%
Watford	195	32.3%
Waverley	383	34.7%
Wealden	463	30.7%
Welwyn Hatfield	217	30.9%
West Berkshire	227	36.6%
West Devon	213	30.0%
West Lancashire	176	31.8%
West Lindsey	106	20.8%
West Northamptonshire	370	31.9%
West Oxfordshire	201	27.9%
West Suffolk	208	26.4%
Westminster	429	33.6%
Westmorland and Furness	226	26.6%
Wigan	145	26.2%
Wiltshire	550	34.4%
Winchester	163	24.5%
Windsor and Maidenhead	390	26.7%
Wirral	224	26.8%
Woking	212	33.0%
Wokingham	225	28.0%
Wolverhampton	120	41.7%
Worcester	85	34.1%
Worthing	97	26.8%
Wychavon	307	41.0%
Wyre	96	22.9%
Wyre Forest	88	43.2%
York	209	26.8%

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