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Local Planning Authorities success rates for planning appeals

Easily check your LPA's performance on planning appeals for 2025/26 and the previous years using the 3 tables below (to distinguish them, the year ending 31st March 2026 has orange columns, the year ending 31st March 2025 has blue headings and the year ending March 2024 has green headings).

When interpreting your LPA’s figures, bear in mind it will reflect the year's mix of developments for that local planning authority. The larger the number of appeals decided, the more useful the statistics are in building a picture of the LPA's likelihood of success. Details of how the figures were derived are found here. The percentage of appeals allowed by named Inspector can be found here.

Table 1. Planning appeal decisions allowed by Local Planning Authority in 2025/26

* denotes legacy LPAs replaced by new authorities, listed here for reference.

Local planning authority – year to 31st March 2026	s78 appeals no. decided	s78 planning appeals % allowed	Householder appeals no. decided	Householder appeals % allowed	Enforcement appeals no. decided	Enforcement appeals % quashed/granted
Adur	9	33%	3	0%	0	-
Amber Valley	11	9%	0	-	0	-
Arun	36	31%	6	50%	12	25%
Ashfield	11	36%	4	50%	0	-
Ashford	53	25%	12	50%	4	25%
Babergh	26	27%	15	47%	0	-
Barking and Dagenham	33	9%	30	37%	11	18%
Barnet	157	23%	75	39%	60	28%
Barnsley	18	44%	8	25%	3	0%
Barrow-in-Furness*	0	-	0	-	1	0%
Basildon	28	50%	21	52%	16	44%
Basingstoke and Deane	66	27%	9	44%	2	0%
Bassetlaw	22	18%	6	33%	1	0%
Bath and North East Somerset	31	29%	12	17%	11	9%
Bedford	53	28%	18	22%	24	8%
Bexley	48	27%	22	18%	15	13%
Birmingham	88	34%	44	27%	24	29%
Blaby	11	18%	2	50%	5	0%
Blackburn with Darwen	5	0%	3	0%	1	0%
Blackpool	10	20%	11	36%	4	25%
Local planning authority – year to 31st March 2026	s78 appeals no. decided	s78 planning appeals % allowed	Householder appeals no. decided	Householder appeals % allowed	Enforcement appeals no. decided	Enforcement appeals % quashed/granted
Bolsover	9	33%	3	0%	2	0%
Bolton	36	22%	18	6%	5	0%
Boston	7	14%	0	-	3	0%
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole	89	25%	40	48%	11	18%
Bracknell Forest	26	35%	9	44%	1	0%
Bradford	47	17%	41	15%	19	5%
Braintree	58	24%	12	17%	1	0%
Breckland	47	11%	3	33%	4	25%
Brent	102	18%	29	31%	75	19%
Brentwood	18	22%	16	31%	0	-
Brighton and Hove	55	38%	13	15%	6	33%
Bristol, City of	95	24%	23	30%	1	0%
Broadland	21	14%	7	14%	2	50%
Bromley	110	25%	115	42%	24	13%
Bromsgrove	21	33%	9	22%	1	0%
Broxbourne	33	30%	9	22%	16	19%
Broxtowe	10	60%	4	50%	4	25%
Buckinghamshire	127	38%	89	33%	53	17%
Burnley	10	20%	4	50%	1	0%
Bury	15	20%	12	25%	4	0%
Local planning authority – year to 31st March 2026	s78 appeals no. decided	s78 planning appeals % allowed	Householder appeals no. decided	Householder appeals % allowed	Enforcement appeals no. decided	Enforcement appeals % quashed/granted
Calderdale	37	19%	24	25%	5	20%
Cambridge	22	23%	8	13%	0	-
Cambridgeshire County Council	1	100%	0	-	1	100%
Camden	61	26%	22	36%	19	11%
Cannock Chase	6	50%	3	0%	5	40%
Canterbury	28	21%	7	43%	12	25%
Castle Point	23	43%	16	38%	2	0%
Central Bedfordshire	91	24%	28	32%	4	100%
Charnwood	22	36%	11	55%	5	0%
Chelmsford	43	44%	17	24%	11	18%
Cheltenham	5	40%	7	14%	0	-
Cherwell	41	44%	10	40%	4	0%
Cheshire East	105	36%	44	39%	26	19%
Cheshire West and Chester	67	37%	34	24%	14	29%
Chesterfield	8	0%	4	25%	0	-
Chichester	33	42%	7	57%	10	0%
Chorley	14	64%	2	50%	5	60%
Local planning authority – year to 31st March 2026	s78 appeals no. decided	s78 planning appeals % allowed	Householder appeals no. decided	Householder appeals % allowed	Enforcement appeals no. decided	Enforcement appeals % quashed/granted
City of London	7	43%	0	-	0	-
Colchester	55	33%	24	29%	26	8%
Cornwall	199	43%	23	35%	52	15%
Cotswold	32	38%	12	50%	0	-
County Durham	43	23%	4	0%	6	0%
Coventry	36	47%	32	28%	0	-
Crawley	7	57%	10	40%	4	25%
Croydon	119	18%	42	31%	7	43%
Cumberland	11	18%	3	0%	6	17%
Dacorum	34	32%	24	17%	11	9%
Darlington	5	20%	2	0%	0	-
Dartford	26	50%	12	25%	4	0%
Dartmoor National Park	18	28%	1	100%	4	25%
Derby	13	46%	2	0%	0	-
Derbyshire County Council	1	100%	0	-	0	-
Derbyshire Dales	16	44%	7	29%	2	50%
Devon County Council	0	-	0	-	0	-
Doncaster	30	27%	4	25%	8	13%
Dorset	92	35%	24	38%	7	43%
Dover	23	26%	3	33%	1	0%
Dudley	27	48%	26	50%	13	8%
Local planning authority – year to 31st March 2026	s78 appeals no. decided	s78 planning appeals % allowed	Householder appeals no. decided	Householder appeals % allowed	Enforcement appeals no. decided	Enforcement appeals % quashed/granted
Ealing	50	10%	31	32%	45	0%
East Cambridgeshire	23	22%	11	27%	2	0%
East Devon	62	32%	14	43%	10	0%
East Hampshire	22	32%	5	60%	15	27%
East Hertfordshire	51	39%	39	44%	7	29%
East Lindsey	21	33%	3	0%	1	0%
East Riding of Yorkshire	75	24%	17	6%	8	38%
East Staffordshire	10	40%	7	29%	0	-
East Suffolk	41	20%	9	33%	7	14%
East Sussex County Council	0	-	0	-	0	-
Eastbourne	11	55%	3	67%	0	-
Eastleigh	21	24%	10	20%	3	0%
Ebbsfleet Development Corporation	1	0%	0	-	0	-
Eden*	1	0%	2	50%	0	-
Elmbridge	51	35%	42	50%	6	33%
Enfield	75	20%	50	34%	24	29%
Epping Forest	90	29%	51	43%	6	17%
Epsom and Ewell	18	33%	5	20%	1	0%
Erewash	4	0%	2	0%	0	-
Essex County Council	1	0%	0	-	0	-
Exeter	17	24%	10	40%	0	-
Exmoor National Park	7	29%	0	-	0	-
Local planning authority – year to 31st March 2026	s78 appeals no. decided	s78 planning appeals % allowed	Householder appeals no. decided	Householder appeals % allowed	Enforcement appeals no. decided	Enforcement appeals % quashed/granted
Fareham	7	43%	2	50%	2	0%
Fenland	16	25%	3	100%	2	0%
Folkestone and Hythe	24	8%	6	33%	3	100%
Forest of Dean	21	38%	3	0%	8	38%
Fylde	7	86%	3	67%	0	-
Gateshead	12	33%	2	0%	0	-
Gedling	10	50%	6	50%	1	0%
Gloucester	2	0%	15	20%	1	0%
Gloucestershire County Council	1	0%	0	-	0	-
Gosport	5	20%	1	0%	0	-
Gravesham	29	28%	30	30%	14	21%
Great Yarmouth	16	31%	3	33%	0	-
Greenwich	43	26%	46	50%	5	40%
Guildford	49	29%	32	28%	17	6%
Local planning authority – year to 31st March 2026	s78 appeals no. decided	s78 planning appeals % allowed	Householder appeals no. decided	Householder appeals % allowed	Enforcement appeals no. decided	Enforcement appeals % quashed/granted
Hackney	59	39%	23	61%	20	15%
Halton	4	25%	1	0%	0	-
Hammersmith and Fulham	40	28%	5	60%	6	17%
Hampshire County Council	2	50%	0	-	2	0%
Harborough	24	29%	8	25%	9	22%
Haringey	42	29%	10	30%	24	17%
Harlow	9	33%	7	43%	3	67%
Harrow	59	14%	43	33%	7	0%
Hart	25	44%	20	35%	4	0%
Hartlepool	6	33%	1	0%	1	0%
Hastings	4	25%	2	0%	1	0%
Havant	6	33%	3	0%	3	0%
Havering	112	16%	73	47%	45	29%
Herefordshire, County of	33	24%	5	40%	3	67%
Hertfordshire County Council	1	0%	0	-	0	-
Hertsmere	16	56%	9	44%	8	25%
High Peak	11	36%	8	50%	0	-
Hillingdon	68	31%	52	58%	41	20%
Hinckley and Bosworth	21	14%	5	20%	4	0%
Horsham	89	33%	6	33%	28	11%
Hounslow	65	26%	68	68%	9	33%
Huntingdonshire	27	22%	7	14%	1	0%
Hyndburn	13	69%	3	0%	4	0%
Local planning authority – year to 31st March 2026	s78 appeals no. decided	s78 planning appeals % allowed	Householder appeals no. decided	Householder appeals % allowed	Enforcement appeals no. decided	Enforcement appeals % quashed/granted
Ipswich	16	38%	1	0%	1	0%
Isle of Wight	27	41%	8	88%	3	0%
Isles of Scilly	1	0%	1	0%	0	-
Islington	56	25%	9	11%	11	0%
Kensington and Chelsea	25	36%	17	29%	18	33%
Kent County Council	1	100%	0	-	0	-
King’s Lynn and West Norfolk	38	24%	10	10%	10	20%
Kingston upon Hull, City of	10	50%	1	0%	1	0%
Kingston upon Thames	55	33%	28	46%	3	67%
Kirklees	41	17%	20	20%	29	38%
Knowsley	3	0%	3	33%	0	-
Local planning authority – year to 31st March 2026	s78 appeals no. decided	s78 planning appeals % allowed	Householder appeals no. decided	Householder appeals % allowed	Enforcement appeals no. decided	Enforcement appeals % quashed/granted
Lake District National Park	14	0%	3	33%	19	11%
Lambeth	74	26%	28	50%	11	18%
Lancashire County Council	2	100%	0	-	1	0%
Lancaster	16	31%	12	25%	9	11%
Leeds	94	26%	100	27%	35	6%
Leicester	31	26%	15	27%	5	0%
Leicestershire County Council	0	-	0	-	0	-
Lewes	20	20%	2	100%	2	0%
Lewisham	42	33%	18	17%	24	13%
Lichfield	20	25%	5	60%	4	75%
Lincoln	8	25%	1	100%	0	-
Lincolnshire County Council	0	-	0	-	0	-
Liverpool	57	40%	21	33%	1	100%
London Legacy Development Corporation	3	0%	0	-	0	-
Luton	41	32%	31	29%	5	40%
Local planning authority – year to 31st March 2026	s78 appeals no. decided	s78 planning appeals % allowed	Householder appeals no. decided	Householder appeals % allowed	Enforcement appeals no. decided	Enforcement appeals % quashed/granted
Maidstone	70	47%	13	23%	6	33%
Maldon	47	38%	8	63%	7	29%
Malvern Hills	47	45%	6	67%	0	-
Manchester	54	19%	15	27%	9	11%
Mansfield	2	0%	4	25%	0	-
Medway	29	17%	6	17%	5	20%
Melton	9	33%	1	0%	1	0%
Mendip*	2	50%	0	-	0	-
Merton	22	9%	19	42%	2	0%
Mid Devon	13	23%	1	0%	10	0%
Mid Suffolk	42	19%	6	50%	4	50%
Mid Sussex	37	43%	15	20%	2	50%
Middlesbrough Development Corporation	4	0%	0	-	0	-
Middlesbrough	19	32%	7	14%	3	33%
Milton Keynes	27	22%	14	43%	8	13%
Mole Valley	67	25%	28	39%	11	0%
Local planning authority – year to 31st March 2026	s78 appeals no. decided	s78 planning appeals % allowed	Householder appeals no. decided	Householder appeals % allowed	Enforcement appeals no. decided	Enforcement appeals % quashed/granted
New Forest	20	10%	6	17%	1	0%
New Forest National Park	12	50%	9	56%	2	0%
Newark and Sherwood	21	33%	3	33%	5	20%
Newcastle upon Tyne	21	5%	7	14%	1	0%
Newcastle-under-Lyme	20	60%	2	0%	0	-
Newham	53	15%	17	18%	28	14%
Norfolk County Council	5	60%	0	-	1	0%
North Devon	24	29%	3	0%	7	29%
North East Derbyshire	21	19%	5	0%	4	25%
North East Lincolnshire	8	25%	2	50%	0	-
North Hertfordshire	24	33%	5	20%	5	20%
North Kesteven	10	20%	2	0%	2	50%
North Lincolnshire	36	33%	7	0%	6	17%
North Norfolk	30	20%	3	0%	11	9%
North Northamptonshire	41	44%	25	44%	0	-
North Somerset	45	24%	14	50%	8	0%
North Tyneside	11	45%	4	0%	0	-
North Warwickshire	11	55%	2	100%	1	0%
North West Leicestershire	14	36%	3	100%	0	-
North York Moors National Park	9	33%	3	0%	0	-
North Yorkshire	150	34%	27	37%	18	33%
Northumberland	52	21%	19	42%	6	33%
Northumberland National Park	1	0%	0	-	1	0%
Norwich	7	14%	0	-	2	0%
Nottingham	34	56%	9	33%	4	0%
Nottinghamshire County Council	0	-	0	-	0	-
Nuneaton and Bedworth	5	20%	2	100%	0	-
Local planning authority – year to 31st March 2026	s78 appeals no. decided	s78 planning appeals % allowed	Householder appeals no. decided	Householder appeals % allowed	Enforcement appeals no. decided	Enforcement appeals % quashed/granted
Oadby and Wigston	2	0%	10	40%	0	-
Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation	0	-	0	-	1	0%
Oldham	11	45%	17	6%	6	0%
Oxford	26	23%	16	38%	0	-
Oxfordshire County Council	0	-	0	-	0	-
Peak District National Park	19	47%	6	33%	1	0%
Pendle	19	47%	5	20%	11	36%
Peterborough	16	13%	10	10%	3	0%
Plymouth	8	0%	1	0%	0	-
Portsmouth	23	52%	7	29%	3	33%
Preston	16	19%	3	0%	8	75%
Reading	23	17%	11	36%	13	15%
Redbridge	45	22%	51	37%	9	22%
Redcar and Cleveland	5	20%	2	50%	1	0%
Redditch	4	50%	1	0%	0	-
Reigate and Banstead	37	30%	20	20%	4	25%
Ribble Valley	28	36%	9	33%	5	0%
Richmond upon Thames	38	32%	67	43%	8	25%
Rochdale	14	43%	9	0%	0	-
Rochford	19	37%	17	47%	3	0%
Rossendale	17	29%	1	0%	5	60%
Rother	38	21%	2	0%	2	0%
Rotherham	16	38%	16	31%	5	0%
Rugby	14	36%	6	0%	12	33%
Runnymede	32	16%	11	9%	9	0%
Rushcliffe	19	32%	10	30%	3	0%
Rushmoor	5	20%	0	-	0	-
Rutland	18	33%	3	33%	0	-
Local planning authority – year to 31st March 2026	s78 appeals no. decided	s78 planning appeals % allowed	Householder appeals no. decided	Householder appeals % allowed	Enforcement appeals no. decided	Enforcement appeals % quashed/granted
Salford	9	56%	8	13%	2	0%
Sandwell	12	42%	22	23%	0	-
Sefton	17	59%	13	46%	6	0%
Selby*	0	-	0	-	4	0%
Sevenoaks	21	29%	14	21%	8	13%
Sheffield	42	45%	22	14%	16	19%
Shropshire	73	33%	19	26%	9	44%
Slough	30	30%	18	33%	22	0%
Solihull	23	26%	22	41%	6	17%
Somerset	138	38%	20	30%	3	33%
Somerset West and Taunton*	5	0%	1	0%	0	-
South Cambridgeshire	37	24%	15	20%	24	4%
South Derbyshire	23	52%	4	0%	1	100%
South Downs National Park	56	32%	18	50%	18	22%
South Gloucestershire	57	44%	40	43%	10	10%
South Hams	20	35%	22	23%	13	31%
South Holland	23	26%	6	33%	1	0%
South Kesteven	25	32%	14	43%	0	-
South Lakeland*	2	50%	0	-	0	-
South Norfolk	18	22%	6	83%	2	0%
South Oxfordshire	42	38%	13	46%	11	45%
South Ribble	10	10%	1	0%	1	0%
South Somerset*	2	50%	0	-	0	-
South Staffordshire	30	33%	10	30%	0	-
South Tyneside	3	67%	4	25%	0	-
Local planning authority – year to 31st March 2026	s78 appeals no. decided	s78 planning appeals % allowed	Householder appeals no. decided	Householder appeals % allowed	Enforcement appeals no. decided	Enforcement appeals % quashed/granted
Southampton	13	31%	11	64%	3	0%
Southend-on-Sea City Council	48	33%	19	26%	7	14%
Southwark	15	20%	10	10%	13	15%
Spelthorne	33	33%	14	21%	4	0%
St Albans	38	26%	31	42%	1	100%
St. Helens	9	22%	1	0%	3	0%
Stafford	14	50%	5	40%	0	-
Staffordshire County Council	0	-	0	-	1	100%
Staffordshire Moorlands	32	38%	9	33%	0	-
Stevenage	1	100%	1	0%	0	-
Stockport	8	63%	9	22%	8	13%
Stockton-on-Tees	13	31%	5	20%	1	0%
Stoke-on-Trent	6	33%	2	0%	0	-
Stratford-on-Avon	62	39%	14	57%	14	36%
Stroud	43	33%	28	43%	6	0%
Suffolk County Council	1	0%	0	-	0	-
Sunderland	11	0%	4	25%	4	25%
Surrey County Council	1	0%	1	0%	0	-
Surrey Heath	27	19%	20	30%	8	75%
Sutton	30	40%	20	25%	1	100%
Swale	41	32%	10	40%	11	27%
Swindon	17	24%	12	8%	0	-
Local planning authority – year to 31st March 2026	s78 appeals no. decided	s78 planning appeals % allowed	Householder appeals no. decided	Householder appeals % allowed	Enforcement appeals no. decided	Enforcement appeals % quashed/granted
Tameside	18	33%	12	17%	2	0%
Tamworth	1	0%	0	-	2	50%
Tandridge	46	52%	16	50%	14	43%
Teignbridge	40	30%	10	20%	3	0%
Telford and Wrekin	27	48%	2	0%	6	0%
Tendring	49	27%	13	31%	3	0%
Test Valley	28	32%	5	20%	13	15%
Tewkesbury	28	43%	10	20%	14	0%
Thanet	25	40%	0	-	6	17%
The Broads Authority	4	0%	2	100%	4	0%
Three Rivers	20	35%	24	50%	9	11%
Thurrock	33	21%	24	17%	2	0%
Tonbridge and Malling	22	55%	9	22%	2	0%
Torbay	24	13%	22	55%	4	0%
Torridge	37	32%	4	75%	2	100%
Tower Hamlets	41	17%	7	14%	14	7%
Trafford	35	26%	41	24%	3	0%
Tunbridge Wells	23	22%	11	27%	5	0%
Local planning authority – year to 31st March 2026	s78 appeals no. decided	s78 planning appeals % allowed	Householder appeals no. decided	Householder appeals % allowed	Enforcement appeals no. decided	Enforcement appeals % quashed/granted
Uttlesford	71	23%	9	33%	7	0%
Vale of White Horse	19	21%	5	40%	2	0%
Wakefield	34	41%	9	67%	14	0%
Walsall	18	61%	12	17%	1	0%
Waltham Forest	58	24%	32	34%	3	0%
Wandsworth	47	21%	32	44%	13	8%
Warrington	46	28%	21	38%	7	0%
Warwick	30	40%	11	45%	6	50%
Warwickshire County Council	0	-	0	-	0	-
Watford	23	35%	15	40%	2	0%
Waverley	54	41%	21	33%	8	0%
Wealden	76	36%	32	50%	14	21%
Welwyn Hatfield	11	18%	12	33%	2	50%
West Berkshire	37	43%	11	36%	1	0%
West Devon	35	40%	7	29%	1	0%
West Lancashire	25	36%	10	40%	4	50%
West Lindsey	15	13%	1	0%	0	-
West Northamptonshire	65	40%	28	25%	2	0%
West Oxfordshire	29	24%	9	22%	2	0%
West Suffolk	46	20%	4	50%	1	100%
West Sussex County Council	1	0%	0	-	0	-
Westminster	62	45%	12	42%	23	26%
Westmorland and Furness	26	35%	4	50%	8	38%
Local planning authority – year to 31st March 2026	s78 appeals no. decided	s78 planning appeals % allowed	Householder appeals no. decided	Householder appeals % allowed	Enforcement appeals no. decided	Enforcement appeals % quashed/granted
Wigan	25	36%	13	23%	9	44%
Wiltshire	108	39%	22	23%	13	15%
Winchester	36	14%	5	40%	7	14%
Windsor and Maidenhead	59	32%	33	33%	14	7%
Wirral	27	22%	13	38%	1	0%
Woking	25	24%	29	38%	3	0%
Wokingham	25	20%	8	38%	4	0%
Wolverhampton	22	41%	12	25%	0	-
Worcester	13	38%	6	17%	3	33%
Worcestershire County Council	0	-	0	-	0	-
Worthing	9	11%	1	0%	0	-
Wychavon	86	48%	12	33%	3	67%
Wyre	12	33%	2	0%	2	0%
Wyre Forest	22	36%	0	-	10	20%
York	43	16%	13	15%	3	0%
Yorkshire Dales National Park	9	11%	2	0%	2	0%

 

Table 2. Planning appeal decisions allowed by Local Planning Authority in 2024/25

* denotes legacy LPAs replaced by new authorities, listed here for reference.

Local planning authority – year to 31st March 2025	s78 appeals no. decided	s78 appeals % allowed	Householder appeals no. decided	Householder appeals % allowed	Enforcement appeals no. decided	Enforcement appeals % quashed/granted
Adur	7	14%	1	0%	0	-
Allerdale*	2	50%	0	-	0	-
Amber Valley	20	45%	0	-	0	-
Arun	32	28%	6	0%	4	25%
Ashfield	27	33%	6	17%	1	0%
Ashford	57	19%	7	0%	2	0%
Babergh	53	32%	11	27%	1	0%
Barking and Dagenham	30	17%	22	23%	14	0%
Barnet	153	20%	73	53%	26	12%
Barnsley	10	30%	8	13%	11	55%
Barrow-in-Furness*	1	100%	0	-	0	-
Basildon	31	39%	16	44%	45	64%
Basingstoke and Deane	47	26%	9	22%	0	-
Bassetlaw	27	30%	4	25%	2	50%
Bath and North East Somerset	30	17%	4	75%	5	0%
Bedford	54	19%	22	36%	6	17%
Bexley	43	26%	17	35%	2	0%
Birmingham	92	34%	31	16%	11	0%
Blaby	11	36%	4	0%	1	100%
Blackburn with Darwen	2	100%	1	0%	4	0%
Blackpool	23	30%	5	40%	9	11%
Local planning authority – year to 31st March 2025	s78 appeals no. decided	s78 appeals % allowed	Householder appeals no. decided	Householder appeals % allowed	Enforcement appeals no. decided	Enforcement appeals % quashed/granted
Bolsover	6	50%	2	0%	2	0%
Bolton	14	36%	20	25%	4	25%
Boston	7	14%	0	-	2	50%
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole	142	29%	55	38%	13	23%
Bracknell Forest	13	23%	4	25%	0	-
Bradford	35	29%	31	29%	23	0%
Braintree	64	20%	14	50%	5	20%
Breckland	34	12%	9	44%	1	0%
Brent	71	20%	35	40%	72	18%
Brentwood	42	36%	16	38%	3	67%
Brighton and Hove	49	24%	18	33%	5	0%
Bristol, City of	103	37%	36	47%	2	0%
Broadland	18	6%	6	17%	15	87%
Bromley	92	27%	87	29%	10	20%
Bromsgrove	24	54%	11	36%	4	25%
Broxbourne	18	33%	8	13%	5	20%
Broxtowe	11	64%	5	60%	1	0%
Buckinghamshire	145	30%	72	28%	56	16%
Burnley	8	13%	2	50%	2	50%
Bury	19	32%	7	0%	3	67%
Local planning authority – year to 31st March 2025	s78 appeals no. decided	s78 appeals % allowed	Householder appeals no. decided	Householder appeals % allowed	Enforcement appeals no. decided	Enforcement appeals % quashed/granted
Calderdale	23	13%	20	15%	3	0%
Cambridge	23	26%	5	20%	1	0%
Cambridgeshire County Council	1	100%	0	-	0	-
Camden	61	28%	11	36%	11	9%
Cannock Chase	5	0%	4	0%	0	-
Canterbury	20	30%	11	55%	5	0%
Castle Point	16	13%	9	33%	2	0%
Central Bedfordshire	69	26%	32	16%	45	42%
Charnwood	27	37%	15	20%	1	0%
Chelmsford	56	20%	17	41%	4	0%
Cheltenham	7	14%	8	25%	1	0%
Cherwell	33	52%	14	36%	3	0%
Cheshire East	80	35%	39	21%	7	14%
Cheshire West and Chester	62	29%	31	48%	19	32%
Chesterfield	1	0%	3	33%	1	0%
Chichester	52	23%	8	50%	9	11%
Chorley	6	50%	4	25%	3	67%
City of London	3	33%	0	-	0	-
Colchester	43	26%	20	50%	4	0%
Copeland*	1	100%	0	-	0	-
Cornwall	190	32%	15	20%	39	3%
Cotswold	35	17%	7	29%	0	-
County Durham	54	24%	7	29%	19	0%
Coventry	36	28%	35	46%	1	0%
Craven*	1	0%	0	-	0	-
Crawley	7	14%	11	9%	0	-
Croydon	132	15%	39	38%	3	100%
Cumberland	18	17%	7	14%	0	-
Cumbria County Council*	1	0%	0	-	0	-
Local planning authority – year to 31st March 2025	s78 appeals no. decided	s78 appeals % allowed	Householder appeals no. decided	Householder appeals % allowed	Enforcement appeals no. decided	Enforcement appeals % quashed/granted
Dacorum	44	27%	17	29%	6	33%
Darlington	3	0%	3	33%	1	0%
Dartford	24	17%	19	53%	5	0%
Dartmoor National Park	31	29%	3	0%	7	43%
Derby	23	39%	8	0%	0	-
Derbyshire County Council	0	-	0	-	0	-
Derbyshire Dales	28	36%	10	30%	4	0%
Devon County Council	0	-	0	-	0	-
Doncaster	20	15%	3	33%	4	25%
Dorset	96	25%	28	25%	8	13%
Dover	19	16%	1	0%	4	50%
Dudley	19	47%	9	56%	2	0%
Local planning authority – year to 31st March 2025	s78 appeals no. decided	s78 appeals % allowed	Householder appeals no. decided	Householder appeals % allowed	Enforcement appeals no. decided	Enforcement appeals % quashed/granted
Ealing	50	22%	35	54%	25	4%
East Cambridgeshire	23	30%	9	56%	1	100%
East Devon	65	32%	19	37%	3	67%
East Hampshire	30	40%	6	33%	7	43%
East Hertfordshire	74	23%	43	37%	2	50%
East Lindsey	20	10%	2	0%	0	-
East Northamptonshire*	2	50%	0	-	0	-
East Riding of Yorkshire	72	25%	27	19%	14	21%
East Staffordshire	15	33%	5	40%	3	0%
East Suffolk	52	29%	15	27%	1	0%
East Sussex County Council	0	-	0	-	0	-
Eastbourne	9	11%	0	-	0	-
Eastleigh	18	11%	10	20%	0	-
Ebbsfleet Development Corporation	0	-	1	100%	0	-
Eden*	2	50%	0	-	1	0%
Elmbridge	75	29%	42	40%	1	0%
Enfield	53	11%	41	41%	2	0%
Epping Forest	85	32%	41	41%	4	75%
Epsom and Ewell	20	25%	16	38%	0	-
Erewash	6	0%	2	50%	2	0%
Essex County Council	3	0%	1	0%	2	0%
Exeter	23	9%	15	33%	1	0%
Exmoor National Park	2	50%	0	-	0	-
Local planning authority – year to 31st March 2025	s78 appeals no. decided	s78 appeals % allowed	Householder appeals no. decided	Householder appeals % allowed	Enforcement appeals no. decided	Enforcement appeals % quashed/granted
Fareham	6	17%	1	0%	3	33%
Fenland	15	40%	2	100%	2	0%
Folkestone and Hythe	31	23%	11	36%	2	0%
Forest of Dean	46	26%	1	100%	0	-
Fylde	9	33%	5	0%	0	-
Gateshead	9	22%	4	25%	5	0%
Gedling	12	17%	1	0%	7	0%
Gloucester	11	36%	8	13%	0	-
Gloucestershire County Council	0	-	0	-	0	-
Gosport	1	0%	1	0%	0	-
Gravesham	25	28%	26	27%	2	0%
Great Yarmouth	9	11%	5	40%	0	-
Greenwich	67	25%	67	54%	4	50%
Guildford	41	27%	42	31%	2	50%
Local planning authority – year to 31st March 2025	s78 appeals no. decided	s78 appeals % allowed	Householder appeals no. decided	Householder appeals % allowed	Enforcement appeals no. decided	Enforcement appeals % quashed/granted
Hackney	51	29%	33	36%	12	33%
Halton	5	40%	5	40%	2	0%
Hambleton*	2	50%	0	-	1	0%
Hammersmith and Fulham	36	36%	14	29%	4	25%
Hampshire County Council	0	-	2	0%		-
Harborough	20	25%	9	33%	2	0%
Haringey	52	27%	16	44%	13	31%
Harlow	9	33%	4	50%	2	50%
Harrogate*	1	0%	0	-	1	0%
Harrow	65	42%	38	37%	5	20%
Hart	27	22%	15	73%	2	50%
Hartlepool	5	20%	5	0%	0	-
Hartlepool Development Corporation	0	-	0	-	0	-
Hastings	10	60%	3	67%	2	50%
Havant	5	0%	6	17%	0	-
Havering	83	20%	50	34%	3	33%
Herefordshire, County of	31	29%	1	100%	6	17%
Hertfordshire County Council	2	100%	0	-	0	-
Hertsmere	19	63%	11	27%	3	33%
High Peak	16	44%	9	22%	0	-
Hillingdon	50	36%	64	36%	16	19%
Hinckley and Bosworth	21	29%	3	33%	2	50%
Horsham	53	19%	2	0%	6	17%
Hounslow	60	33%	59	44%	8	0%
Huntingdonshire	49	41%	9	44%	2	0%
Hyndburn	11	55%	4	50%	0	-
Local planning authority – year to 31st March 2025	s78 appeals no. decided	s78 appeals % allowed	Householder appeals no. decided	Householder appeals % allowed	Enforcement appeals no. decided	Enforcement appeals % quashed/granted
Ipswich	13	62%	4	25%	1	0%
Isle of Wight	40	40%	9	22%	1	0%
Isles of Scilly	0	-	0	-	0	-
Islington	60	28%	8	0%	2	0%
Kensington and Chelsea	40	43%	31	55%	3	33%
Kent County Council	0	-	0	-	0	-
King’s Lynn and West Norfolk	58	26%	15	27%	7	29%
Kingston upon Hull, City of	9	44%	6	17%	0	-
Kingston upon Thames	41	27%	25	44%	0	-
Kirklees	32	25%	42	24%	12	17%
Knowsley	2	50%	5	0%	0	-
Lake District National Park	25	28%	4	50%	32	16%
Lambeth	59	27%	18	50%	11	55%
Lancashire County Council	2	100%	0	-	2	100%
Lancaster	39	21%	1	0%	8	13%
Leeds	66	29%	76	24%	8	13%
Leicester	19	21%	20	30%	10	10%
Leicestershire County Council	0	-	0	-	0	-
Lewes	17	18%	8	38%	0	-
Lewisham	44	32%	16	44%	11	0%
Lichfield	17	35%	1	0%	0	-
Lincoln	3	67%	1	0%	1	0%
Lincolnshire County Council	0	-	0	-	0	-
Liverpool	66	32%	29	48%	0	-
London Legacy Development Corporation	1	0%	0	-	0	-
Luton	56	29%	27	26%	1	0%
Local planning authority – year to 31st March 2025	s78 appeals no. decided	s78 appeals % allowed	Householder appeals no. decided	Householder appeals % allowed	Enforcement appeals no. decided	Enforcement appeals % quashed/granted
Maidstone	68	35%	13	15%	12	67%
Maldon	49	41%	7	14%	6	67%
Malvern Hills	56	36%	9	22%	4	25%
Manchester	35	60%	13	46%	14	0%
Mansfield	4	50%	0	-	0	-
Medway	25	40%	5	20%	12	17%
Melton	8	50%	0	-	0	-
Mendip*	5	40%	0	-	0	-
Merton	31	26%	12	33%	12	42%
Mid Devon	13	23%	1	100%	0	-
Mid Suffolk	45	16%	8	50%	7	14%
Mid Sussex	22	27%	15	33%	6	33%
Middlesbrough	8	25%	14	29%	6	0%
Middlesbrough Development Corporation	0	-	0	-	1	0%
Milton Keynes	13	31%	16	19%	1	0%
Mole Valley	60	23%	15	33%	8	63%
Local planning authority – year to 31st March 2025	s78 appeals no. decided	s78 appeals % allowed	Householder appeals no. decided	Householder appeals % allowed	Enforcement appeals no. decided	Enforcement appeals % quashed/granted
New Forest	19	16%	7	29%	4	0%
New Forest National Park	10	10%	9	56%	4	25%
Newark and Sherwood	36	36%	12	25%	22	32%
Newcastle-under-Lyme	10	40%	1	0%	1	100%
Newcastle upon Tyne	10	20%	2	50%	0	-
Newham	31	26%	12	17%	24	13%
Norfolk County Council	0	-	0	-	0	-
North Devon	14	14%	0	-	4	0%
North East Derbyshire	30	27%	8	38%	4	100%
North East Lincolnshire	16	38%	2	0%	0	-
North Hertfordshire	22	23%	6	33%	0	-
North Kesteven	11	0%	3	0%	4	0%
North Lincolnshire	34	35%	5	60%	6	17%
North Norfolk	20	20%	3	0%	10	30%
North Northamptonshire	57	40%	23	48%	0	-
North Somerset	40	30%	12	25%	3	33%
North Tyneside	10	20%	6	33%	1	0%
North Warwickshire	20	20%	3	67%	0	-
North West Leicestershire	13	23%	0	-	2	50%
North York Moors National Park	10	20%	7	29%	2	0%
North Yorkshire	130	38%	49	41%	20	30%
North Yorkshire County Council*	1	0%	0	-	1	100%
Northumberland	54	26%	25	28%	1	0%
Northumberland National Park	1	0%	0	-	0	-
Norwich	10	30%	2	0%	4	0%
Nottingham	26	35%	4	50%	1	0%
Nottinghamshire County Council	1	0%	0	-	0	-
Nuneaton and Bedworth	10	30%	4	25%	0	-
Local planning authority – year to 31st March 2025	s78 appeals no. decided	s78 appeals % allowed	Householder appeals no. decided	Householder appeals % allowed	Enforcement appeals no. decided	Enforcement appeals % quashed/granted
Oadby and Wigston	7	14%	7	29%	0	-
Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation	1	100%	0	-	7	43%
Oldham	14	43%	17	18%	4	0%
Oxford	21	43%	12	33%	6	50%
Oxfordshire County Council	1	0%	0	-	1	100%
Peak District National Park	32	34%	10	40%	3	67%
Pendle	12	42%	5	40%	2	0%
Peterborough	40	15%	7	14%	3	67%
Plymouth	13	38%	3	0%	0	-
Portsmouth	16	69%	9	33%	1	0%
Preston	6	17%	2	0%	0	-
Reading	17	12%	7	43%	5	0%
Redbridge	31	6%	32	28%	2	0%
Redcar and Cleveland	8	38%	6	17%	0	-
Redditch	7	14%	3	67%	1	0%
Reigate and Banstead	47	30%	24	33%	8	13%
Ribble Valley	26	38%	8	13%	3	67%
Richmond upon Thames	49	20%	67	43%	14	14%
Rochdale	17	35%	13	23%	0	-
Rochford	26	42%	12	42%	2	0%
Rossendale	15	53%	1	100%	3	33%
Rother	37	19%	7	14%	1	0%
Rotherham	24	25%	21	5%	5	40%
Rugby	12	50%	5	60%	0	-
Runnymede	20	20%	7	14%	4	50%
Rushcliffe	35	37%	7	29%	0	-
Rushmoor	6	0%	2	0%	0	-
Rutland	17	35%	4	25%	0	-
Ryedale*	2	50%	0	-	0	-
Local planning authority – year to 31st March 2025	s78 appeals no. decided	s78 appeals % allowed	Householder appeals no. decided	Householder appeals % allowed	Enforcement appeals no. decided	Enforcement appeals % quashed/granted
Salford	17	24%	2	0%	2	50%
Sandwell	11	36%	11	18%	0	-
Scarborough*	2	0%	0	-	0	-
Sedgemoor*	3	33%	0	-	4	0%
Sefton	22	45%	10	10%	6	17%
Selby*	3	33%	0	-	1	0%
Sevenoaks	49	27%	13	23%	8	38%
Sheffield	28	36%	21	19%	11	45%
Shropshire	58	28%	19	21%	3	33%
Slough	23	30%	15	40%	20	10%
Solihull	30	63%	22	64%	4	25%
Somerset	75	37%	14	29%	5	0%
Somerset West and Taunton*	1	100%	0	-	4	50%
South Cambridgeshire	28	29%	10	60%	44	0%
South Derbyshire	21	48%	2	50%	0	-
South Downs National Park	46	13%	17	18%	9	0%
South Gloucestershire	46	37%	24	46%	5	40%
South Hams	56	27%	6	33%	8	13%
South Holland	23	30%	6	17%	16	0%
South Kesteven	28	43%	4	100%	2	0%
South Lakeland*	5	20%	0	-	0	-
South Norfolk	24	17%	12	42%	1	100%
Local planning authority – year to 31st March 2025	s78 appeals no. decided	s78 appeals % allowed	Householder appeals no. decided	Householder appeals % allowed	Enforcement appeals no. decided	Enforcement appeals % quashed/granted
South Oxfordshire	33	36%	9	33%	14	0%
South Ribble	8	13%	2	0%	0	-
South Somerset*	11	45%	3	100%	0	-
South Staffordshire	41	41%	11	9%	13	0%
South Tyneside	8	63%	5	0%	0	-
Southampton	11	27%	8	50%	10	40%
Southend-on-Sea	33	36%	20	45%	9	22%
Southwark	35	14%	3	33%	5	20%
Spelthorne	32	31%	17	47%	17	24%
St Albans	41	27%	25	40%	1	100%
St. Helens	6	17%	7	14%	0	-
Stafford	21	29%	8	50%	2	0%
Staffordshire County Council	0	-	0	-	0	-
Staffordshire Moorlands	31	55%	13	23%	1	100%
Stevenage	2	50%	0	-	3	33%
Stockport	13	31%	7	14%	6	33%
Stockton-on-Tees	12	0%	5	20%	3	0%
Stoke-on-Trent	13	8%	7	71%	0	-
Stratford-on-Avon	66	30%	10	30%	3	33%
Stroud	36	31%	21	38%	0	-
Suffolk County Council	0	-	0	-	0	-
Sunderland	6	33%	5	20%	3	33%
Surrey County Council	0	-	0	-	0	-
Surrey Heath	22	64%	17	24%	4	75%
Sutton	40	25%	21	38%	9	44%
Swale	31	19%	8	25%	2	50%
Swindon	16	38%	11	45%	1	100%
Local planning authority – year to 31st March 2025	s78 appeals no. decided	s78 appeals % allowed	Householder appeals no. decided	Householder appeals % allowed	Enforcement appeals no. decided	Enforcement appeals % quashed/granted
Tameside	10	40%	10	30%	0	-
Tamworth	2	100%	2	0%	0	-
Tandridge	63	33%	21	19%	15	33%
Teignbridge	23	30%	18	44%	0	-
Telford and Wrekin	13	31%	2	0%	0	-
Tendring	48	21%	9	44%	1	0%
Test Valley	26	35%	3	33%	6	0%
Tewkesbury	30	20%	4	25%	5	20%
Thanet	29	7%	10	10%	0	-
The Broads Authority	4	0%	3	33%	7	0%
Three Rivers	23	52%	22	41%	3	0%
Thurrock	29	17%	15	13%	2	0%
Tonbridge and Malling	26	31%	17	41%	4	0%
Torbay	34	38%	24	42%	5	0%
Torridge	20	25%	1	0%	7	43%
Tower Hamlets	40	28%	6	17%	2	0%
Trafford	41	22%	33	33%	9	11%
Tunbridge Wells	25	12%	4	50%	4	0%
Local planning authority – year to 31st March 2025	s78 appeals no. decided	s78 appeals % allowed	Householder appeals no. decided	Householder appeals % allowed	Enforcement appeals no. decided	Enforcement appeals % quashed/granted
Uttlesford	101	29%	13	46%	0	-
Vale of White Horse	25	32%	9	33%	6	50%
Wakefield	29	28%	27	26%	9	11%
Walsall	20	25%	8	13%	0	-
Waltham Forest	61	15%	34	32%	2	0%
Wandsworth	47	23%	29	41%	7	14%
Warrington	27	37%	23	30%	7	0%
Warwick	37	41%	14	64%	2	0%
Warwickshire County Council	0	-	0	-	0	-
Watford	20	30%	10	10%	0	-
Waverley	68	31%	18	33%	5	0%
Wealden	80	29%	19	37%	15	0%
Welwyn Hatfield	22	32%	32	31%	3	33%
West Berkshire	35	34%	8	50%	2	0%
West Devon	42	33%	4	25%	7	14%
West Lancashire	23	43%	8	13%	7	29%
West Lindsey	13	0%	1	0%	0	-
West Northamptonshire	58	24%	10	70%	2	0%
West Oxfordshire	42	29%	17	41%	1	0%
Local planning authority – year to 31st March 2025	s78 appeals no. decided	s78 appeals % allowed	Householder appeals no. decided	Householder appeals % allowed	Enforcement appeals no. decided	Enforcement appeals % quashed/granted
West Suffolk	23	39%	1	0%	1	0%
West Sussex County Council	0	-	0	-	0	-
Westminster	64	20%	7	71%	9	11%
Westmorland and Furness	26	19%	4	0%	4	25%
Wigan	15	27%	13	8%	2	50%
Wiltshire	88	42%	22	23%	5	40%
Winchester	25	20%	4	25%	12	67%
Windsor and Maidenhead	69	23%	45	20%	0	-
Wirral	26	23%	18	22%	2	0%
Woking	23	9%	22	45%	6	33%
Wokingham	37	30%	3	33%	20	30%
Wolverhampton	19	42%	10	40%	5	40%
Worcester	19	37%	4	0%	0	-
Worcestershire County Council	1	0%	0	-	0	-
Worthing	14	21%	6	33%	0	-
Wychavon	95	53%	10	40%	6	50%
Wyre	15	20%	8	38%	4	0%
Wyre Forest	13	46%	10	60%	4	50%
York	27	19%	13	38%	12	25%
Yorkshire Dales National Park	11	9%	2	50%	2	0%

Source: PINS Annual Statistics  * denotes LPAs replaced by new LPAs, listed here for reference.

Note on how these figures are derived: These statistics use PINS' Casework Database as published on 11th June 2025 and reflect PINS categorisation of appeals. The 3 biggest categories, s78 appeals, householder and enforcement appeals, cover the majority of appeals, HOWEVER please note the statistics above do NOT include the following miscellaneous other categories: advertisement appeals, called-in planning appeals; commercial appeals; lawful development certificate appeals; listed building consent appeals; minerals & waste appeals; s106 agreement appeals. In other words, if PINS have not classified an appeal as a s78 appeal, a householder appeal or an enforcement appeal, then it is not included in the statistics above.

 

Table 3. Planning appeal decisions allowed by Local Planning Authority in 2023/24

Source: PINS data published April 2024 for the 12 months ending 31st March 2024.

Local planning authority 2023/24	s78 appeals no. decided	s78 appeals % allowed	Householder appeals no. decided	Householder appeals % allowed	Enforcement appeals no. decided	Enforcement appeals % quashed/granted
Adur	7	71%	2	50%	0	-
Allerdale	4	75%	2	50%	1	0%
Amber Valley	16	50%	8	25%	0	-
Arun	36	31%	7	57%	0	-
Ashfield	14	21%	4	0%	2	100%
Ashford	28	25%	6	0%	4	75%
Aylesbury Vale	68	32%	24	21%	23	39%
Babergh	35	14%	10	30%	2	50%
Barking and Dagenham	36	22%	27	41%	18	44%
Barnet	124	22%	78	54%	47	36%
Barnsley	19	11%	5	60%	7	86%
Barrow-in-Furness	3	100%	2	0%	1	0%
Basildon	41	27%	30	37%	15	13%
Basingstoke and Deane	48	35%	6	50%	5	0%
Bassetlaw	25	32%	3	100%	1	100%
Bath and North East Somerset	31	23%	9	22%	2	0%
Bedford	54	33%	25	48%	4	50%
Bexley	36	25%	24	21%	14	29%
Birmingham	65	35%	33	36%	11	0%
Blaby	10	20%	3	67%	3	33%
Blackburn with Darwen	11	18%	6	17%	1	0%
Blackpool	11	64%	7	0%	3	33%
Local planning authority 2023/24	s78 appeals no. decided	s78 appeals % allowed	Householder appeals no. decided	Householder appeals % allowed	Enforcement appeals no. decided	Enforcement appeals % quashed/granted
Bolsover	3	33%	0	-	0	-
Bolton	15	47%	22	14%	4	50%
Boston	5	0%	0	-	1	100%
Bournemouth, C & P	107	18%	48	35%	4	25%
Bracknell Forest	18	28%	10	50%	1	0%
Bradford	26	12%	23	17%	12	0%
Braintree	51	29%	17	41%	3	67%
Breckland	28	14%	6	50%	2	50%
Brent	92	35%	40	50%	57	32%
Brentwood	21	10%	9	22%	1	0%
Brighton and Hove	62	31%	17	12%	11	27%
Bristol, City of	79	32%	16	44%	16	44%
Broadland	11	0%	6	33%	2	50%
Bromley	112	24%	100	34%	11	18%
Bromsgrove	23	35%	12	42%	8	13%
Broxbourne	20	30%	6	17%	5	0%
Broxtowe	21	33%	3	33%	2	50%
Buckinghamshire	1	100%	1	0%	0	-
Burnley	3	67%	4	25%	0	-
Bury	18	33%	5	20%	1	0%
Local planning authority 2023/24	s78 appeals no. decided	s78 appeals % allowed	Householder appeals no. decided	Householder appeals % allowed	Enforcement appeals no. decided	Enforcement appeals % quashed/granted
Calderdale	38	13%	20	5%	10	50%
Cambridge	36	25%	7	14%	0	-
Cambridgeshire	0	-	0	-	0	-
Camden	42	7%	11	55%	17	41%
Cannock Chase	4	25%	1	100%	0	-
Canterbury	27	26%	9	33%	3	67%
Carlisle	8	25%	1	0%	4	25%
Castle Point	19	47%	7	14%	7	43%
Central Bedfordshire	78	19%	25	40%	13	38%
Charnwood	16	50%	11	0%	4	50%
Chelmsford	33	18%	27	11%	6	0%
Cheltenham	18	33%	7	43%	0	-
Cherwell	36	33%	12	17%	2	50%
Cheshire East	75	33%	44	36%	5	0%
Cheshire West and Chester	44	30%	27	41%	9	22%
Local planning authority 2023/24	s78 appeals no. decided	s78 appeals % allowed	Householder appeals no. decided	Householder appeals % allowed	Enforcement appeals no. decided	Enforcement appeals % quashed/granted
Chesterfield	6	67%	4	0%	1	100%
Chichester	43	35%	8	50%	11	36%
Chiltern	35	14%	24	25%	4	75%
Chorley	11	18%	7	0%	6	33%
City of London	10	30%	0	-	0	-
Colchester	48	21%	12	17%	1	100%
Copeland	3	100%	0	-	0	-
Corby	4	50%	1	0%	2	50%
Cornwall	167	28%	13	31%	25	52%
Cotswold	22	18%	5	40%	3	0%
County Durham	39	33%	7	14%	4	0%
Coventry	38	26%	29	31%	2	50%
Craven	12	58%	1	0%	1	100%
Crawley	10	0%	11	36%	0	-
Croydon	206	20%	63	38%	1	0%
Cumbria	0	-	0	-	0	-
Local planning authority 2023/24	s78 appeals no. decided	s78 appeals % allowed	Householder appeals no. decided	Householder appeals % allowed	Enforcement appeals no. decided	Enforcement appeals % quashed/granted
Dacorum	38	32%	30	43%	3	33%
Darlington	2	0%	4	75%	2	50%
Dartford	19	16%	25	32%	3	0%
Dartmoor	16	25%	4	50%	0	-
Daventry	1	0%	1	0%	0	-
Derby	18	39%	9	33%	1	0%
Derbyshire	0	-	0	-	0	-
Derbyshire Dales	13	23%	7	29%	6	33%
Devon	0	-	0	-	0	-
Doncaster	25	8%	10	30%	6	17%
Dorset	106	25%	27	19%	11	36%
Dorset	0	-	0	-	0	-
Dover	28	29%	7	0%	5	20%
Dudley	22	9%	9	33%	0	-
Local planning authority 2023/24	s78 appeals no. decided	s78 appeals % allowed	Householder appeals no. decided	Householder appeals % allowed	Enforcement appeals no. decided	Enforcement appeals % quashed/granted
Ealing	54	19%	42	40%	32	19%
East Cambridgeshire	22	41%	6	33%	11	73%
East Devon	26	35%	10	20%	4	25%
East Dorset	0	-	0	-	2	100%
East Hampshire	17	35%	4	25%	7	57%
East Hertfordshire	58	28%	42	40%	4	100%
East Lindsey	21	14%	0	-	1	0%
East Northamptonshire	0	-	0	-	0	-
East Riding of Yorkshire	23	9%	14	21%	10	40%
East Staffordshire	9	33%	6	50%	1	0%
East Suffolk	49	16%	12	17%	5	80%
East Sussex	0	-	0	-	0	-
Eastbourne	11	73%	2	0%	5	20%
Eastleigh	16	13%	7	29%	4	25%
Ebbsfleet Dev Corp	0	-	0	-	0	-
Eden	2	0%	0	-	0	-
Elmbridge	47	17%	36	47%	11	18%
Enfield	60	37%	40	38%	4	0%
Epping Forest	95	24%	58	33%	17	29%
Epsom and Ewell	17	24%	14	21%	0	-
Erewash	10	30%	3	67%	1	100%
Essex	2	50%	0	-	0	-
Exeter	11	36%	16	25%	5	20%
Exmoor	2	50%	0	-	0	-
Local planning authority 2023/24	s78 appeals no. decided	s78 appeals % allowed	Householder appeals no. decided	Householder appeals % allowed	Enforcement appeals no. decided	Enforcement appeals % quashed/granted
Fareham	10	20%	3	33%	3	0%
Fenland	19	42%	0	-	1	100%
Forest of Dean	31	35%	3	0%	9	33%
Fylde	7	29%	2	0%	2	0%
Gateshead	11	36%	1	100%	0	-
Gedling	9	33%	16	31%	1	0%
Gloucester	8	25%	5	20%	1	0%
Gloucestershire	1	100%	0	-	0	-
Gossport	5	40%	1	100%	0	-
Gravesham	29	17%	26	35%	2	50%
Great Yarmouth	15	27%	5	20%	1	0%
Greenwich	56	29%	64	36%	0	-
Guildford	44	27%	46	52%	9	22%
Local planning authority 2023/24	s78 appeals no. decided	s78 appeals % allowed	Householder appeals no. decided	Householder appeals % allowed	Enforcement appeals no. decided	Enforcement appeals % quashed/granted
Hackney	85	42%	32	47%	33	30%
Halton	4	50%	1	0%	0	-
Hambleton	29	38%	1	0%	3	67%
Hammersmith and Fulham	41	49%	19	32%	15	40%
Hampshire	0	-	0	-	0	-
Harborough	24	33%	12	17%	3	67%
Haringey	36	42%	14	36%	22	14%
Harlow	22	32%	7	0%	4	50%
Harrogate	37	32%	9	56%	3	33%
Harrow	80	26%	69	45%	29	48%
Hart	39	36%	17	47%	5	0%
Hartlepool	10	50%	1	0%	3	33%
Hastings	11	18%	9	56%	1	100%
Havant	11	27%	9	33%	2	100%
Havering	73	18%	52	46%	38	47%
Herefordshire, County of	42	19%	4	25%	5	60%
Hertfordshire	0	-	0	-	0	-
Hertsmere	20	40%	30	37%	2	50%
High Peak	15	47%	12	25%	0	-
Hillingdon	66	24%	97	43%	22	36%
Hinckley and Bosworth	28	36%	4	50%	4	50%
Horsham	69	20%	8	25%	9	33%
Hounslow	69	30%	47	55%	12	50%
Huntingdonshire	28	7%	6	67%	1	0%
Hyndburn	5	40%	3	67%	0	-
Local planning authority 2023/24	s78 appeals no. decided	s78 appeals % allowed	Householder appeals no. decided	Householder appeals % allowed	Enforcement appeals no. decided	Enforcement appeals % quashed/granted
Ipswich	13	38%	4	0%	0	-
Isle of Wight	41	41%	10	60%	5	20%
Islington	58	31%	12	33%	5	20%
Kensington and Chelsea	37	49%	23	30%	7	43%
Kent	0	-	0	-	0	-
Kettering	1	0%	0	-	4	75%
King's Lynn and West Norfolk	45	29%	8	50%	9	56%
Kingston upon Hull, City of	8	13%	4	50%	1	100%
Kingston upon Thames	57	28%	36	44%	1	0%
Kirklees	39	28%	36	31%	21	29%
Knowsley	2	0%	1	0%	2	0%
Local planning authority 2023/24	s78 appeals no. decided	s78 appeals % allowed	Householder appeals no. decided	Householder appeals % allowed	Enforcement appeals no. decided	Enforcement appeals % quashed/granted
Lake District	15	20%	3	67%	23	35%
Lambeth	73	42%	26	38%	11	9%
Lancashire	0	-	0	-	1	0%
Lancaster	23	26%	6	33%	7	71%
Leeds	70	27%	103	34%	25	40%
Leicester	24	17%	14	36%	15	40%
Leicestershire	1	100%	0	-	1	100%
Lewes	21	48%	3	33%	1	0%
Lewisham	53	21%	36	47%	10	30%
Lichfield	18	11%	3	33%	1	100%
Lincoln	8	25%	0	-	0	-
Lincolnshire	1	100%	0	-	1	100%
Liverpool	55	49%	29	45%	0	-
London Legacy	0	-	0	-	0	-
Luton	32	9%	25	36%	1	0%
Local planning authority 2023/24	s78 appeals no. decided	s78 appeals % allowed	Householder appeals no. decided	Householder appeals % allowed	Enforcement appeals no. decided	Enforcement appeals % quashed/granted
Maidstone	70	30%	24	33%	13	69%
Maldon	55	31%	22	32%	0	-
Malvern Hills	50	28%	5	80%	4	0%
Manchester	30	33%	18	22%	8	25%
Mansfield	9	11%	2	50%	0	-
Medway	32	38%	9	33%	8	75%
Melton	8	50%	0	-	4	75%
Mendip	26	31%	1	100%	3	100%
Merton	12	8%	21	33%	0	-
Mid Devon	19	42%	0	-	1	0%
Mid Suffolk	65	23%	4	0%	5	20%
Mid Sussex	28	14%	22	14%	6	50%
Middlesbrough	7	0%	12	58%	0	-
Milton Keynes	33	24%	15	7%	4	100%
Mole Valley	46	17%	14	36%	3	33%
Local planning authority 2023/24	s78 appeals no. decided	s78 appeals % allowed	Householder appeals no. decided	Householder appeals % allowed	Enforcement appeals no. decided	Enforcement appeals % quashed/granted
New Forest	20	15%	6	50%	4	50%
New Forest National Park	6	50%	10	30%	3	0%
Newark and Sherwood	33	18%	11	9%	23	30%
Newcastle upon Tyne	11	45%	11	27%	1	0%
Newcastle-under-Lyme	11	36%	0	-	0	-
Newham	32	16%	10	40%	25	16%
Norfolk	2	50%	0	-	0	-
North Devon	24	29%	5	20%	0	-
North East Derbyshire	18	33%	3	33%	10	20%
North East Lincolnshire	10	20%	0	-	0	-
North Hertfordshire	17	18%	7	29%	1	100%
North Kesteven	33	9%	2	0%	3	33%
North Lincolnshire	34	24%	4	25%	4	25%
North Norfolk	26	15%	5	60%	6	50%
North Northamptonshire	0	-	0	-	0	-
Local planning authority 2023/24	s78 appeals no. decided	s78 appeals % allowed	Householder appeals no. decided	Householder appeals % allowed	Enforcement appeals no. decided	Enforcement appeals % quashed/granted
North Somerset	21	14%	10	10%	4	75%
North Tyneside	5	40%	7	29%	0	-
North Warwickshire	13	15%	1	0%	3	33%
North West Leicestershire	20	35%	1	100%	2	0%
North York Moors	5	20%	2	100%	0	-
North Yorkshire	0	-	0	-	0	-
Northampton	3	33%	1	100%	0	-
Northamptonshire	0	-	0	-	0	-
Northumberland	45	38%	18	22%	9	33%
Northumberland National Park	2	50%	0	-	1	0%
Norwich	11	18%	0	-	4	75%
Nottingham	21	14%	1	0%	0	-
Nottinghamshire	0	-	1	0%	0	-
Nuneaton and Bedworth	8	0%	3	67%	0	-
Local planning authority 2023/24	s78 appeals no. decided	s78 appeals % allowed	Householder appeals no. decided	Householder appeals % allowed	Enforcement appeals no. decided	Enforcement appeals % quashed/granted
Oadby and Wigston	2	0%	5	20%	0	-
Old Oak & Park Royal	1	0%	0	-	8	38%
Oldham	14	29%	22	32%	3	33%
Oxford	27	22%	14	50%	6	50%
Oxfordshire	0	-	0	-	0	-
Peak District	21	33%	5	40%	1	0%
Pendle	12	33%	5	40%	5	20%
Peterborough	22	18%	7	57%	1	0%
Plymouth	37	8%	7	57%	2	50%
Portsmouth	19	37%	6	33%	2	100%
Preston	5	20%	3	0%	0	-
Local planning authority 2023/24	s78 appeals no. decided	s78 appeals % allowed	Householder appeals no. decided	Householder appeals % allowed	Enforcement appeals no. decided	Enforcement appeals % quashed/granted
Reading	19	37%	2	50%	1	100%
Redbridge	45	16%	39	49%	12	17%
Redcar and Cleveland	7	43%	6	33%	0	-
Redditch	4	50%	1	100%	0	-
Reigate and Banstead	55	44%	23	48%	5	40%
Ribble Valley	28	18%	8	38%	3	0%
Richmond upon Thames	55	25%	55	47%	0	-
Richmondshire	5	40%	0	-	0	-
Rochdale	14	36%	13	38%	3	0%
Rochford	18	33%	12	58%	11	82%
Rossendale	8	38%	17	41%	2	0%
Rother	65	14%	12	42%	8	38%
Rotherham	18	22%	14	21%	3	0%
Rugby	25	32%	7	43%	0	-
Runnymede	12	42%	8	50%	9	22%
Rushcliffe	22	32%	4	0%	0	-
Rushmoor	5	0%	1	0%	0	-
Rutland	13	15%	5	20%	2	100%
Ryedale	2	0%	1	0%	0	-
Local planning authority 2023/24	s78 appeals no. decided	s78 appeals % allowed	Householder appeals no. decided	Householder appeals % allowed	Enforcement appeals no. decided	Enforcement appeals % quashed/granted
Salford	16	19%	3	0%	0	-
Sandwell	7	43%	5	20%	4	50%
Scarborough	8	0%	1	0%	0	-
Sedgemoor	12	25%	3	33%	2	0%
Sefton	22	23%	7	43%	12	33%
Selby	15	7%	7	29%	4	75%
Sevenoaks	71	28%	35	46%	19	32%
Sheffield	48	42%	17	24%	11	18%
Shepway	20	25%	9	22%	1	0%
Shropshire	64	33%	21	38%	4	0%
Slough	11	36%	11	36%	10	10%
Solihull	22	23%	6	17%	4	50%
Somerset	0	-	0	-	0	-
Somerset West & Taunton	22	9%	2	0%	2	0%
South Bucks	42	31%	13	31%	17	53%
South Cambridgeshire	65	37%	17	6%	9	44%
South Derbyshire	9	67%	1	0%	0	-
Local planning authority 2023/24	s78 appeals no. decided	s78 appeals % allowed	Householder appeals no. decided	Householder appeals % allowed	Enforcement appeals no. decided	Enforcement appeals % quashed/granted
South Downs	39	33%	13	46%	4	50%
South Gloucestershire	50	46%	31	32%	10	50%
South Hams	47	32%	23	57%	2	50%
South Holland	19	16%	3	33%	0	-
South Kesteven	19	21%	6	17%	2	50%
South Lakeland	14	14%	2	0%	4	50%
South Norfolk	16	19%	3	33%	0	-
South Northamptonshire	1	100%	0	-	0	-
South Oxfordshire	46	33%	10	60%	4	25%
South Ribble	6	17%	1	0%	2	0%
South Somerset	13	8%	6	67%	8	25%
South Staffordshire	26	19%	6	33%	5	40%
South Tyneside	7	29%	4	25%	1	0%
Southampton	12	8%	10	20%	3	33%
Southend-on-Sea	30	23%	40	30%	1	0%
Southwark	30	20%	6	33%	11	18%
Spelthorne	22	14%	9	67%	0	-
Local planning authority 2023/24	s78 appeals no. decided	s78 appeals % allowed	Householder appeals no. decided	Householder appeals % allowed	Enforcement appeals no. decided	Enforcement appeals % quashed/granted
St Albans	40	28%	23	48%	1	0%
St. Helens	10	10%	6	33%	0	-
Stafford	16	63%	14	57%	1	0%
Staffordshire	1	100%	0	-	3	0%
Staffordshire Moorlands	18	22%	8	63%	0	-
Stevenage	1	0%	4	25%	3	33%
Stockport	14	21%	9	11%	3	33%
Stockton-on-Tees	8	13%	3	33%	0	-
Stoke-on-Trent	10	20%	9	44%	0	-
Stratford-on-Avon	48	27%	23	39%	1	0%
Stroud	32	28%	17	29%	2	0%
Suffolk	0	-	0	-	0	-
Suffolk Coastal	0	-	0	-	0	-
Sunderland	19	47%	4	50%	4	0%
Surrey	0	-	0	-	1	0%
Surrey Heath	30	33%	32	50%	9	67%
Sutton	61	16%	21	57%	1	100%
Swale	43	28%	13	77%	5	0%
Swindon	19	47%	20	25%	2	50%
Local planning authority 2023/24	s78 appeals no. decided	s78 appeals % allowed	Householder appeals no. decided	Householder appeals % allowed	Enforcement appeals no. decided	Enforcement appeals % quashed/granted
Tameside	18	28%	9	11%	1	0%
Tamworth	4	25%	2	50%	0	-
Tandridge	60	28%	23	39%	8	38%
Taunton Deane	0	-	0	-	0	-
Teignbridge	35	37%	17	29%	3	0%
Telford and Wrekin	11	18%	5	40%	16	75%
Tendring	49	24%	4	25%	2	0%
Test Valley	39	15%	6	50%	3	33%
Tewkesbury	24	46%	7	29%	7	43%
Thanet	26	23%	5	20%	3	33%
The Broads Authority	7	29%	3	33%	0	-
The Isles of Scilly	1	0%	1	100%	0	-
Three Rivers	15	53%	32	22%	3	0%
Thurrock	29	31%	12	42%	4	0%
Tonbridge and Malling	29	38%	18	33%	1	100%
Torbay	36	19%	25	32%	0	-
Torridge	29	14%	2	50%	6	33%
Tower Hamlets	36	28%	8	25%	10	10%
Trafford	22	23%	19	26%	1	0%
Tunbridge Wells	31	29%	5	60%	11	36%
Local planning authority 2023/24	s78 appeals no. decided	s78 appeals % allowed	Householder appeals no. decided	Householder appeals % allowed	Enforcement appeals no. decided	Enforcement appeals % quashed/granted
Uttlesford	68	24%	22	64%	2	0%
Vale of White Horse	21	43%	8	25%	1	0%
Wakefield	19	21%	10	0%	14	14%
Walsall	11	55%	10	30%	3	67%
Waltham Forest	56	27%	22	45%	8	25%
Wandsworth	58	17%	31	26%	11	55%
Warrington	14	43%	9	44%	5	40%
Warwick	30	40%	19	32%	1	0%
Warwickshire	0	-	0	-	1	100%
Watford	23	22%	18	22%	4	75%
Waverley	73	25%	21	43%	14	71%
Wealden	100	27%	12	17%	9	44%
Wellingborough	0	-	0	-	0	-
Welwyn Hatfield	24	17%	22	27%	2	100%
West Berkshire	30	20%	7	43%	2	50%
West Devon	29	14%	9	44%	1	100%
West Lancashire	24	21%	4	50%	1	0%
West Lindsey	15	47%	5	0%	2	100%
West Northamptonshire	0	-	0	-	0	-
West Oxfordshire	30	37%	8	38%	7	71%
West Somerset	0	-	0	-	0	-
West Suffolk	35	26%	15	13%	1	0%
West Sussex	1	0%	1	100%	0	-
Westminster	48	19%	16	31%	8	0%
Local planning authority 2023/24	s78 appeals no. decided	s78 appeals % allowed	Householder appeals no. decided	Householder appeals % allowed	Enforcement appeals no. decided	Enforcement appeals % quashed/granted
Wigan	14	14%	3	0%	2	0%
Wiltshire	103	37%	15	20%	12	50%
Winchester	26	15%	7	43%	7	14%
Windsor and Maidenhead	42	26%	35	31%	2	0%
Wirral	30	23%	12	25%	0	-
Woking	14	21%	23	48%	0	-
Wokingham	25	28%	9	22%	14	36%
Wolverhampton	8	25%	10	30%	1	0%
Worcester	5	0%	4	50%	2	0%
Worcestershire	0	-	0	-	0	-
Worthing	16	25%	7	0%	0	-
Wychavon	36	39%	2	50%	9	44%
Wycombe	39	23%	24	42%	12	42%
Wyre	12	17%	4	50%	8	50%
Wyre Forest	14	29%	6	50%	1	0%
York	33	39%	10	20%	2	100%
Yorkshire Dales	4	50%	1	0%	1	0%

Source: Planning Inspectorate Quarterly and Annual Volume Statistics

 

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Local planning authority	Date Replaced	New LPA name
Allerdale*	Apr-23	Cumberland
Barrow-in-Furness*	Apr-23	Westmorland & Furness
Carlisle*	Apr-23	Cumberland
Copeland*	Apr-23	Cumberland
Corby*	Apr-21	North Northamptonshire
Craven*	Apr-23	North Yorkshire
Cumbria County Council*	Apr-23	Cumberland, Westmorland & Furness
Daventry*	Apr-21	West Northamptonshire
East Northamptonshire*	Apr-21	North Northamptonshire
Eden*	Apr-23	Westmorland & Furness
Hambleton*	Apr-23	North Yorkshire
Harrogate*	Apr-23	North Yorkshire
Kettering*	Apr-21	North Northamptonshire
Mendip*	Apr-21	Somerset
North Yorkshire County Council*	Apr-23	North Yorkshire
Northampton*	Apr-21	West Northamptonshire
Richmondshire*	Apr-23	North Yorkshire
Ryedale*	Apr-23	North Yorkshire
Scarborough*	Apr-23	North Yorkshire
Sedgemoor*	Apr-21	Somerset
Selby*	Apr-23	North Yorkshire
Somerset West and Taunton*	Apr-21	Somerset
South Lakeland*	Apr-21	Westmorland & Furness
South Northamptonshire*	Apr-21	West Northamptonshire
South Somerset*	Apr-21	Somerset
Wellingborough*	Apr-21	North Northamptonshire

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