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Local Planning Authorities success rates for planning appeals

Easily check your LPA's performance on planning appeals for 2023/24 and the previous year using the 2 tables below. For comparison purposes, the English averages for 2023/24 for s78 appeals was 28%; for householder appeals was 37%; and for enforcement appeals was 26%. Last year's table is distinguished by orange headings.

When interpreting your LPA’s figures, bear in mind it will reflect the year's mix of developments for that local planning authority and the proportion of hearings & inquiries. Obviously, the % allowed is less reliable as a guide when there is only a small number decided.  The larger the number of appeals decided, the more useful the statistics are in building a picture of the LPA's likelihood of success.

The percentage of appeals allowed by named Inspector can be found here.

Table 1. Planning appeal decisions allowed by Local Planning Authority in 2023/24

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 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 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%

Table 2. Planning appeal decisions allowed by LPA in 2022/23

Source: PINS data published 27/4/23 for the 12 months ending 31st March 2023.

Local planning authority 2022/23 planning appeals s78 appeals no. decided s78 appeals % allowed Householder appeals no. decided Householder appeals % allowed Enforcement appeals no. decided Enforcement appeals % quashed/granted
Adur 6 33% 3 0% 0 -
Allerdale 6 33% 3 33% 0 -
Amber Valley 16 13% 3 0% 0 -
Arun 29 45% 7 29% 2 0%
Ashfield 17 35% 2 0% 2 50%
Ashford 30 33% 7 0% 2 0%
Aylesbury Vale 86 51% 27 33% 7 29%
Local planning authority 2022/23 planning appeals s78 appeals no. decided s78 appeals % allowed Householder appeals no. decided Householder appeals % allowed Enforcement appeals no. decided Enforcement appeals % quashed/granted
Babergh 27 30% 5 20% 1 0%
Barking and Dagenham 43 23% 29 31% 31 26%
Barnet 150 29% 86 53% 86 41%
Barnsley 18 17% 11 27% 17 65%
Barrow-in-Furness 3 33% 0 - 4 50%
Basildon 48 38% 12 25% 52 37%
Basingstoke and Deane 48 31% 1 0% 1 0%
Bassetlaw 28 29% 6 0% 0 -
Bath and North East Somerset 32 25% 11 36% 1 0%
Bedford 55 18% 31 32% 5 20%
Bexley 55 20% 38 34% 3 33%
Birmingham 97 29% 22 50% 13 8%
Blaby 20 15% 2 0% 5 40%
Blackburn with Darwen 4 50% 6 0% 2 0%
Blackpool 20 20% 4 0% 2 50%
Bolsover 4 75% 2 100% 0 -
Bolton 29 31% 4 0% 2 0%
Boston 6 17% 1 0% 2 0%
Bournemouth, C & P 107 14% 38 45% 8 13%
Bracknell Forest 25 40% 9 11% 4 75%
Bradford 42 19% 35 29% 20 40%
Braintree 57 35% 15 73% 6 50%
Breckland 24 13% 3 33% 0 -
Brent 97 26% 45 40% 111 43%
Brentwood 35 34% 11 27% 7 14%
Brighton and Hove 51 22% 27 30% 5 40%
Bristol, City of 78 29% 24 58% 0 -
Broadland 13 0% 3 67% 0 -
Bromley 133 32% 99 40% 17 29%
Bromsgrove 28 39% 11 27% 0 -
Broxbourne 21 14% 7 14% 0 -
Broxtowe 16 63% 11 36% 0 -
Buckinghamshire County Council 0 - 0 - 1 0%
Burnley 13 23% 7 57% 2 50%
Bury 11 18% 5 20% 1 0%
Local planning authority 2022/23 planning appeals s78 appeals no. decided s78 appeals % allowed Householder appeals no. decided Householder appeals % allowed Enforcement appeals no. decided Enforcement appeals % quashed/granted
Calderdale 16 25% 17 29% 3 33%
Cambridge 28 29% 11 27% 3 67%
Cambridgeshire County Council 0 - 0 - 0 -
Camden 49 24% 14 36% 3 100%
Cannock Chase 5 0% 0 - 0 -
Canterbury 22 18% 12 33% 0 -
Carlisle 11 36% 4 50% 0 -
Castle Point 7 29% 19 42% 0 -
Central Bedfordshire 75 20% 29 34% 15 67%
Charnwood 17 35% 4 0% 5 60%
Chelmsford 30 23% 24 21% 5 80%
Cheltenham 16 31% 4 25% 0 -
Cherwell 30 53% 11 45% 3 33%
Cheshire East 81 40% 35 31% 7 43%
Cheshire West and Chester 64 34% 39 33% 15 47%
Chesterfield 5 40% 6 33% 0 -
Chichester 50 36% 7 57% 23 30%
Chiltern 35 20% 30 23% 8 25%
Chorley 13 38% 3 0% 2 0%
City of London 3 0% 0 - 0 -
Colchester 38 21% 14 7% 5 40%
Copeland 5 20% 0 - 0 -
Corby 0 - 0 - 0 -
Cornwall 135 29% 16 44% 14 7%
Cotswold 26 19% 4 0% 6 83%
County Durham 30 17% 10 10% 9 33%
Coventry 35 26% 12 50% 0 -
Craven 13 38% 2 100% 2 50%
Crawley 14 21% 7 43% 0 -
Croydon 164 18% 46 35% 0 -
Cumbria County Council 0 - 0 - 0 -
Local planning authority 2022/23 planning appeals s78 appeals no. decided s78 appeals % allowed Householder appeals no. decided Householder appeals % allowed Enforcement appeals no. decided Enforcement appeals % quashed/granted
Dacorum 29 10% 20 25% 4 0%
Darlington 9 11% 4 0% 0 -
Dartford 11 18% 18 11% 2 0%
Dartmoor National Park Authority 12 33% 4 50% 0 -
Daventry 2 0% 0 - 0 -
Derby 12 33% 4 25% 1 100%
Derbyshire County Council 0 - 0 - 1 0%
Derbyshire Dales 15 40% 6 33% 9 56%
Devon County Council 2 100% 0 - 0 -
Doncaster 22 14% 14 14% 4 50%
Dorset 86 22% 41 24% 3 0%
Dorset County Council 0 - 0 - 0 -
Dover 17 59% 7 29% 1 0%
Dudley 12 25% 27 22% 10 20%
Local planning authority 2022/23 planning appeals s78 appeals no. decided s78 appeals % allowed Householder appeals no. decided Householder appeals % allowed Enforcement appeals no. decided Enforcement appeals % quashed/granted
Ealing 43 30% 33 36% 29 17%
East Cambridgeshire 26 35% 12 8% 3 0%
East Devon 39 28% 9 22% 3 0%
East Hampshire 17 53% 3 0% 4 50%
East Hertfordshire 54 31% 54 41% 5 60%
East Lindsey 21 10% 2 0% 1 0%
East Northamptonshire 8 25% 0 - 0 -
East Riding of Yorkshire 35 11% 22 5% 10 50%
East Staffordshire 8 25% 4 25% 0 -
East Suffolk 33 39% 10 10% 0 -
East Sussex County Council 0 - 0 - 0 -
Eastbourne 16 13% 0 - 0 -
Eastleigh 14 7% 10 30% 0 -
Ebbsfleet Dev Corp 0 - 1 0% 0 -
Eden 8 25% 2 0% 0 -
Elmbridge 72 29% 44 45% 2 0%
Enfield 95 27% 48 29% 2 50%
Epping Forest 79 41% 44 41% 36 67%
Epsom and Ewell 22 14% 8 38% 1 100%
Erewash 10 20% 3 33% 2 100%
Essex County Council 1 0% 0 - 0 -
Exeter 20 40% 7 43% 0 -
Exmoor National Park Authority 2 50% 0 - 2 50%
Local planning authority 2022/23 planning appeals s78 appeals no. decided s78 appeals % allowed Householder appeals no. decided Householder appeals % allowed Enforcement appeals no. decided Enforcement appeals % quashed/granted
Fareham 15 33% 5 20% 4 50%
Fenland 5 20% 1 100% 0 -
Forest of Dean 16 13% 1 0% 6 33%
Fylde 6 17% 2 50% 0 -
Gateshead 8 13% 1 0% 0 -
Gedling 11 18% 9 44% 0 -
Gloucester 4 50% 9 33% 0 -
Gloucestershire County Council 0 - 0 - 0 -
Gossport 2 0% 3 33% 0 -
Gravesham 32 9% 38 34% 0 -
Great Yarmouth 5 20% 0 - 0 -
Greenwich 52 29% 63 32% 3 33%
Guildford 53 34% 53 36% 7 43%
Local planning authority 2022/23 planning appeals s78 appeals no. decided s78 appeals % allowed Householder appeals no. decided Householder appeals % allowed Enforcement appeals no. decided Enforcement appeals % quashed/granted
Hackney 69 35% 28 54% 18 33%
Halton 5 60% 2 0% 1 100%
Hambleton 34 53% 7 14% 4 50%
Hammersmith and Fulham 33 58% 21 19% 7 0%
Hampshire County Council 1 100% 0 - 0 -
Harborough 17 29% 13 31% 9 33%
Haringey 67 16% 32 28% 30 17%
Harlow 11 64% 8 25% 1 0%
Harrogate 50 32% 24 46% 6 17%
Harrow 48 25% 62 42% 17 65%
Hart 21 19% 26 50% 3 33%
Hartlepool 5 20% 2 0% 3 0%
Hastings 20 45% 1 100% 1 0%
Havant 6 33% 3 0% 1 0%
Havering 88 25% 50 42% 86 55%
Herefordshire, County of 28 25% 5 60% 0 -
Hertfordshire County Council 0 - 0 - 0 -
Hertsmere 14 57% 25 40% 3 67%
High Peak 12 42% 4 50% 2 50%
Hillingdon 56 27% 59 41% 30 27%
Hinckley and Bosworth 25 48% 2 0% 1 100%
Horsham 33 15% 12 33% 12 42%
Hounslow 68 40% 49 33% 4 0%
Huntingdonshire 19 16% 9 11% 0 -
Hyndburn 1 0% 1 0% 1 100%
Local planning authority 2022/23 planning appeals s78 appeals no. decided s78 appeals % allowed Householder appeals no. decided Householder appeals % allowed Enforcement appeals no. decided Enforcement appeals % quashed/granted
Ipswich 6 0% 2 0% 0 -
Isle of Wight 26 27% 11 45% 0 -
Islington 65 26% 24 17% 10 70%
Kensington and Chelsea 47 40% 22 32% 10 30%
Kent County Council 0 - 0 - 0 -
Kettering 6 33% 0 - 1 0%
King's Lynn and West Norfolk 29 28% 3 33% 3 0%
Kingston upon Hull, City of 11 27% 5 0% 0 -
Kingston upon Thames 30 33% 33 39% 0 -
Kirklees 40 23% 39 28% 12 25%
Knowsley 8 25% 1 0% 1 0%
Lake District National Park Authority 15 27% 0 - 12 33%
Local planning authority 2022/23 planning appeals s78 appeals no. decided s78 appeals % allowed Householder appeals no. decided Householder appeals % allowed Enforcement appeals no. decided Enforcement appeals % quashed/granted
Lambeth 46 15% 30 37% 6 17%
Lancashire County Council 0 - 0 - 0 -
Lancaster 42 14% 15 27% 1 0%
Leeds 81 17% 112 26% 19 26%
Leicester 23 13% 16 38% 3 0%
Leicestershire County Council 0 - 0 - 0 -
Lewes 17 59% 12 17% 2 50%
Lewisham 58 9% 28 36% 7 43%
Lichfield 9 44% 4 25% 0 -
Lincoln 5 40% 0 - 0 -
Lincolnshire County Council 0 - 0 - 0 -
Liverpool 51 37% 29 41% 0 -
London Legacy 5 0% 0 - 0 -
Luton 42 24% 28 32% 5 20%
Local planning authority 2022/23 planning appeals s78 appeals no. decided s78 appeals % allowed Householder appeals no. decided Householder appeals % allowed Enforcement appeals no. decided Enforcement appeals % quashed/granted
Maidstone 45 33% 19 32% 35 97%
Maldon 43 42% 29 45% 0 -
Malvern Hills 31 52% 5 20% 3 100%
Manchester 30 30% 8 25% 5 40%
Mansfield 4 0% 0 - 0 -
Medway 44 30% 5 20% 6 33%
Melton 14 36% 4 75% 1 100%
Mendip 23 43% 0 - 0 -
Merton 19 21% 21 33% 0 -
Mid Devon 18 39% 1 100% 0 -
Mid Suffolk 39 18% 5 40% 23 87%
Mid Sussex 17 18% 13 23% 3 0%
Middlesbrough 13 38% 22 41% 4 25%
Milton Keynes 25 24% 9 11% 6 67%
Mole Valley 38 26% 16 44% 5 80%
Local planning authority 2022/23 planning appeals s78 appeals no. decided s78 appeals % allowed Householder appeals no. decided Householder appeals % allowed Enforcement appeals no. decided Enforcement appeals % quashed/granted
New Forest 11 18% 7 43% 3 100%
New Forest National Park Authority 9 44% 7 43% 3 0%
Newark and Sherwood 29 21% 15 33% 15 53%
Newcastle upon Tyne 9 33% 6 17% 5 40%
Newcastle-under-Lyme 4 0% 0 - 4 50%
Newham 41 17% 21 38% 19 5%
Norfolk County Council 1 100% 0 - 0 -
North Devon 25 12% 1 0% 0 -
North East Derbyshire 15 27% 2 0% 2 0%
North East Lincolnshire 10 20% 1 0% 1 100%
North Hertfordshire 17 24% 7 14% 0 -
North Kesteven 11 18% 1 0% 1 0%
North Lincolnshire 30 43% 2 50% 2 0%
North Norfolk 22 14% 1 100% 6 33%
North Northamptonshire 40 20% 15 33% 1 0%
North Somerset 41 27% 7 14% 6 0%
North Tyneside 6 0% 2 0% 0 -
North Warwickshire 10 50% 2 0% 13 77%
North West Leicestershire 11 36% 7 57% 0 -
North York Moors National Park Authority 10 20% 1 0% 2 100%
North Yorkshire County Council 0 - 0 - 0 -
Northampton 0 - 1 0% 0 -
Northamptonshire County Council 0 - 0 - 0 -
Northumberland 25 20% 17 29% 7 57%
Northumberland National Park Authority 0 - 0 - 0 -
Norwich 5 0% 0 - 1 0%
Nottingham 15 27% 7 57% 0 -
Nottinghamshire County Council 0 - 0 - 0 -
Nuneaton and Bedworth 11 45% 5 60% 2 50%
Local planning authority 2022/23 planning appeals 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 1 0% 6 17% 0 -
Old Oak & Park Royal 1 0% 0 - 2 0%
Oldham 21 10% 13 38% 1 0%
Oxford 21 38% 10 30% 3 33%
Oxfordshire County Council 0 - 0 - 0 -
Peak District National Park Authority 18 39% 5 60% 2 50%
Pendle 16 38% 6 33% 3 0%
Peterborough 20 25% 9 44% 0 -
Plymouth 11 18% 5 0% 0 -
Portsmouth 31 48% 11 45% 0 -
Preston 6 0% 3 0% 1 0%
Local planning authority 2022/23 planning appeals s78 appeals no. decided s78 appeals % allowed Householder appeals no. decided Householder appeals % allowed Enforcement appeals no. decided Enforcement appeals % quashed/granted
Reading 21 29% 4 50% 0 -
Redbridge 44 9% 68 38% 18 22%
Redcar and Cleveland 1 0% 5 0% 0 -
Redditch 3 0% 0 - 0 -
Reigate and Banstead 44 23% 19 21% 2 50%
Ribble Valley 27 22% 11 18% 1 0%
Richmond upon Thames 66 23% 61 44% 11 73%
Richmondshire 5 80% 1 100% 0 -
Rochdale 18 22% 13 31% 0 -
Rochford 13 54% 6 17% 7 71%
Rossendale 32 25% 10 30% 2 50%
Rother 47 34% 16 38% 2 0%
Rotherham 20 25% 7 43% 3 33%
Rugby 11 45% 7 14% 19 42%
Runnymede 16 19% 7 29% 1 100%
Rushcliffe 30 20% 8 50% 5 60%
Rushmoor 6 17% 1 0% 0 -
Rutland 18 28% 3 33% 2 100%
Ryedale 5 40% 1 0% 0 -
Local planning authority 2022/23 planning appeals s78 appeals no. decided s78 appeals % allowed Householder appeals no. decided Householder appeals % allowed Enforcement appeals no. decided Enforcement appeals % quashed/granted
Salford 21 38% 3 0% 1 0%
Sandwell 7 86% 9 11% 0 -
Scarborough 13 15% 1 100% 2 0%
Sedgemoor 16 19% 2 0% 2 100%
Sefton 18 33% 8 25% 2 0%
Selby 29 14% 8 50% 44 7%
Sevenoaks 34 32% 24 29% 5 80%
Sheffield 30 20% 17 18% 8 25%
Shepway 22 45% 7 14% 1 0%
Shropshire 62 24% 24 38% 1 100%
Slough 17 24% 11 18% 10 10%
Solihull 21 24% 7 14% 3 0%
Somerset County Council 1 0% 0 - 0 -
Somerset West & Taunton 21 33% 6 33% 3 0%
South Bucks 25 36% 11 27% 3 33%
South Cambridgeshire 58 38% 13 31% 1 100%
South Derbyshire 7 29% 1 0% 1 0%
South Downs National Park Authority 39 23% 12 42% 4 0%
South Gloucestershire 47 30% 15 20% 11 55%
South Hams 23 43% 17 47% 7 71%
South Holland 16 38% 1 0% 1 100%
South Kesteven 29 24% 6 50% 1 0%
South Lakeland 12 75% 4 0% 4 75%
South Norfolk 14 36% 1 0% 0 -
South Northamptonshire 3 33% 0 - 0 -
South Oxfordshire 27 33% 6 17% 5 60%
South Ribble 11 27% 1 0% 4 25%
South Somerset 7 14% 4 50% 0 -
South Staffordshire 19 26% 6 0% 10 30%
South Tyneside 3 0% 5 0% 1 0%
Southampton 19 11% 5 80% 2 0%
Southend-on-Sea 24 17% 20 40% 2 100%
Southwark 32 19% 17 35% 20 35%
Spelthorne 36 19% 18 22% 1 0%
St Albans 48 29% 23 35% 0 -
St. Helens 2 0% 8 38% 0 -
Stafford 15 47% 7 29% 0 -
Staffordshire County Council 0 - 0 - 1 0%
Staffordshire Moorlands 28 29% 17 41% 2 50%
Stevenage 5 60% 2 100% 0 -
Stockport 15 53% 18 44% 5 20%
Stockton-on-Tees 8 38% 6 17% 1 100%
Stoke-on-Trent 11 64% 4 50% 1 100%
Stratford-on-Avon 42 21% 13 38% 0 -
Stroud 23 22% 9 78% 6 33%
Suffolk Coastal 0 - 0 - 0 -
Suffolk County Council 1 0% 0 - 5 20%
Sunderland 17 29% 8 13% 3 0%
Surrey County Council 1 0% 0 - 1 0%
Surrey Heath 31 29% 23 22% 4 25%
Sutton 37 32% 31 55% 5 20%
Swale 27 26% 18 44% 1 0%
Swindon 18 50% 5 20% 2 50%
Local planning authority 2022/23 planning appeals s78 appeals no. decided s78 appeals % allowed Householder appeals no. decided Householder appeals % allowed Enforcement appeals no. decided Enforcement appeals % quashed/granted
Tameside 11 36% 11 27% 0 -
Tamworth 8 13% 0 - 0 -
Tandridge 34 35% 24 50% 2 50%
Taunton Deane 0 - 0 - 0 -
Teignbridge 36 25% 12 33% 5 20%
Telford and Wrekin 9 44% 6 50% 1 100%
Tendring 41 20% 8 50% 2 100%
Test Valley 18 28% 10 20% 1 100%
Tewkesbury 34 26% 6 0% 12 33%
Thanet 22 23% 9 22% 0 -
The Broads National Park Authority 1 0% 0 - 1 0%
The Isles of Scilly 1 100% 1 0% 0 -
Three Rivers 24 33% 21 33% 2 0%
Thurrock 26 42% 25 36% 7 43%
Tonbridge and Malling 20 60% 12 33% 5 80%
Torbay 24 29% 21 43% 0 -
Torridge 19 21% 0 - 1 0%
Tower Hamlets 39 21% 11 36% 10 40%
Trafford 28 29% 19 26% 0 -
Tunbridge Wells 16 19% 6 50% 1 0%
Local planning authority 2022/23 planning appeals s78 appeals no. decided s78 appeals % allowed Householder appeals no. decided Householder appeals % allowed Enforcement appeals no. decided Enforcement appeals % quashed/granted
Uttlesford 82 26% 10 20% 0 -
Vale of White Horse 24 33% 3 33% 6 17%
Wakefield 34 24% 18 28% 13 8%
Walsall 18 33% 8 13% 8 88%
Waltham Forest 66 20% 25 20% 18 22%
Wandsworth 46 11% 25 36% 19 21%
Warrington 28 32% 18 33% 11 18%
Warwick 25 24% 28 25% 1 100%
Warwickshire County Council 0 - 0 - 0 -
Watford 19 21% 15 33% 4 50%
Waverley 65 34% 20 20% 2 0%
Wealden 76 29% 11 18% 13 38%
Wellingborough 1 100% 0 - 0 -
Welwyn Hatfield 22 32% 21 43% 3 67%
West Berkshire 31 39% 8 38% 4 75%
West Devon 21 14% 5 40% 6 50%
West Lancashire 23 22% 20 40% 1 0%
West Lindsey 18 22% 6 17% 1 0%
West Northamptonshire 28 29% 20 20% 6 50%
West Oxfordshire 35 20% 9 22% 3 0%
West Somerset 0 - 0 - 0 -
West Suffolk 34 38% 7 14% 0 -
West Sussex County Council 1 100% 0 - 0 -
Westminster 62 27% 16 19% 3 0%
Local planning authority 2022/23 planning appeals s78 appeals no. decided s78 appeals % allowed Householder appeals no. decided Householder appeals % allowed Enforcement appeals no. decided Enforcement appeals % quashed/granted
Wigan 12 33% 5 40% 1 0%
Wiltshire 78 33% 18 22% 6 17%
Winchester 14 29% 2 50% 6 0%
Windsor and Maidenhead 47 26% 28 25% 5 80%
Wirral 22 32% 14 29% 0 -
Woking 20 40% 14 50% 8 50%
Wokingham 49 41% 13 23% 7 43%
Wolverhampton 13 54% 9 44% 6 17%
Worcester 11 55% 9 22% 3 67%
Worcestershire County Council 0 - 0 - 0 -
Worthing 13 15% 7 29% 0 -
Wychavon 53 36% 7 14% 5 40%
Wycombe 41 24% 35 23% 8 50%
Wyre 18 39% 4 50% 6 33%
Wyre Forest 17 29% 2 50% 5 60%
York 31 32% 12 42% 1 0%
Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority 7 29% 3 0% 1 0%

Source: Planning Inspectorate Quarterly and Annual Volume Statistics


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