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Planning Inspectorate Appeal Decisions by LPA and type

Over 16,500 planning appeal decisions were issued by the Planning Inspectorate (PINS) for the year ending 31st December 2023. The table below shows how many appeals of each type were issued for each local planning authority (LPA). The average appeal success rate for the year ending 31st March 2023 for each LPA is also available, but please note the different time-period to the table below, which is for the year ending 30th September 2022.

Planning appeals by LPA for year ending 31st December 2023

Local Planning Authority Planning Appeal (s78 appeals) Householder appeal (HAS) Appeal against an Enforcement Notice Lawful Development Certificate Commercial Appeal Service (CAS) Listed Building & Conservation Area Appeal Advertis-ement Appeal
Total for England 9068 4393 1622 457 387 361 292
Adur District Council 7 2




Allerdale Borough Council 5 3 1

1
Amber Valley Borough Council 12 6
1


Arun District Council 29 9 2



Ashfield District Council 9 5
1 1

Ashford Borough Council 25 7


6
Babergh District Council 35 10 2 3
2
Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council 19 7 6 1 2

Barrow-in- Furness Borough Council 4 2 1



Basildon District Council 41 24 2 2


Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council 51 4 2 2
2
Bassetlaw District Council 21 6 1 1 1 2
Bath and North East Somerset Council 26 11
1 1 6 1
Bedford Borough Council 59 28 7 2
5
Birmingham City Council 70 27 8 2 15 2 7
Blaby District Council 16 3 4 1


Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council 7 8 3
2 1
Blackpool Borough Council 18 8 2
4
5
Local Planning Authority Planning Appeal (s78 appeals) Householder appeal (HAS) Appeal against an Enforcement Notice Lawful Development Certificate Commercial Appeal Service (CAS) Listed Building & Conservation Area Appeal Advertis-ement Appeal
Bolsover District Council 4 1




Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council 15 14 4
3 2
Boston Borough Council 4
1



Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 112 52 7 3
1 2
Bracknell Forest Borough Council 11 9 4



Braintree District Council 50 15 5 3
3 1
Breckland Council 24 4 2
4

Brentwood Borough Council 31 13 6 1
1
Brighton and Hove City Council 53 20 8
1 2 8
Bristol City Council 82 23 12 1 7 3 1
Broadland District Council 17 3 2



Broads 7 3 1



Bromsgrove District Council 25 12 5 5


Broxbourne Borough Council 15 2 4



Broxtowe Borough Council 19 5 2 2


Buckinghamshire Council - Aylesbury Area 75 19 25 12
7 1
Buckinghamshire Council - Chiltern Area 29 22 6 1
2
Buckinghamshire Council - Minerals and Waste Planning 1 1 1



Buckinghamshire Council - South Bucks Area 30 13 19 3
1
Buckinghamshire Council - Wycombe Area 42 28 11

1
Burnley Borough Council 5 3 1



Bury Metropolitan Borough Council 14 6



4
Local Planning Authority Planning Appeal (s78 appeals) Householder appeal (HAS) Appeal against an Enforcement Notice Lawful Development Certificate Commercial Appeal Service (CAS) Listed Building & Conservation Area Appeal Advertis-ement Appeal
Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council 31 11 9 1 1 3 3
Cambridge City Council 28 5

2

Cambridgeshire County Council






Cannock Chase District Council 3





Canterbury City Council 19 5 1 3
1
Carlisle City Council 11 1 4
1 1
Castle Point Borough Council 15 11 8 2


Central Bedfordshire 69 25 16 5 1

Charnwood Borough Council 13 13 5
1 1
Chelmsford Borough Council 35 30 7 2

1
Cheltenham Borough Council 17 7



3
Cherwell District Council 27 13 1

4
Cheshire County Council *






Cheshire East 68 42 3 2 3 2
Cheshire West and Chester 47 37 15 1 3 1 1
Chesterfield Borough Council 7 2




Chichester District Council 39 7 17 1


Chorley Borough Council 8 7 2



City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council 28 24 13 3 10 1
City of Lincoln Council 7





City of London Council 10




11
City of Westminster Council 42 15 6 3 14 13 3
City of York Council 33 14 3 3
5 7
Colchester Borough Council 48 9 1 1 7 1 1
Copeland Borough Council 6





Corby Borough Council 3
1



Cornwall Council 173 18 22 11 1 3
Cotswold District Council 24 6 2 1
3
Coventry City Council 43 28 2 1 3
9
Craven District Council 10 2 1 1


Crawley Borough Council 10 10




Cumbria County Council






Local Planning Authority Planning Appeal (s78 appeals) Householder appeal (HAS) Appeal against an Enforcement Notice Lawful Development Certificate Commercial Appeal Service (CAS) Listed Building & Conservation Area Appeal Advertis-ement Appeal
Dacorum Borough Council 30 25 3

1
Darlington Borough Council 3 5

1

Dartford Borough Council 13 24 1
3

Dartmoor 17 4
5
2
Daventry District Council 1 1




Derby City Council 14 7 1
4
5
Derbyshire County Council






Derbyshire Dales District Council 13 9 8 2


Devon County Council






Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council 19 12 4 1 3 1
Dorset 104 37 8 8 1 10
Dorset County Council *






Dover District Council 25 6 5 1
4 1
Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council 16 17 4 2 1

Durham County Council 27 8 1 2 1 1
Local Planning Authority Planning Appeal (s78 appeals) Householder appeal (HAS) Appeal against an Enforcement Notice Lawful Development Certificate Commercial Appeal Service (CAS) Listed Building & Conservation Area Appeal Advertis-ement Appeal
East Cambridgeshire District Council 26 7 13 1
2
East Devon District Council 21 8 6

1
East Dorset District Council *

2



East Hampshire District Council 22 5 8 1


East Hertfordshire District Council 63 47 1 1 1 2
East Lindsey District Council 21
1 1


East Northamptonshire District Council 3





East Riding of Yorkshire Council 24 12 10 1 2 1
East Staffordshire Borough Council 9 5 1


1
East Suffolk 53 10 5 1 2 1 1
East Sussex County Council






Eastbourne Borough Council 14 1 4



Eastleigh Borough Council 14 7 3

1
Eden District Council 2


1

Elmbridge Borough Council 43 43 9 4


Epping Forest District Council 83 55 21 2 1 4
Epsom and Ewell Borough Council 21 9


2
Erewash Borough Council 12 3 3



Essex County Council 1





Exeter City Council 11 13 2 2 1
3
Exmoor 1

1


Local Planning Authority Planning Appeal (s78 appeals) Householder appeal (HAS) Appeal against an Enforcement Notice Lawful Development Certificate Commercial Appeal Service (CAS) Listed Building & Conservation Area Appeal Advertis-ement Appeal
Fareham Borough Council 8 2 3 1


Fenland District Council 12
1



Forest of Dean District Council 22 4 3 2


Fylde Borough Council 4 2


1
Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council 10

1 2

Gedling Borough Council 7 15 1 1


Gloucester City Council 7 5 1



Gloucestershire County Council






Gosport Borough Council 6 2

1 1
Gravesham Borough Council 23 23 1
1

Great Yarmouth Borough Council 11 3 1



Guildford Borough Council 47 51 9 8
1 2
Local Planning Authority Planning Appeal (s78 appeals) Householder appeal (HAS) Appeal against an Enforcement Notice Lawful Development Certificate Commercial Appeal Service (CAS) Listed Building & Conservation Area Appeal Advertis-ement Appeal
Halton Borough Council 5 2
1

1
Hambleton District Council 27 3 4
1 1
Hampshire County Council






Harborough District Council 20 13 3
1 1
Harlow District Council 16 5 4
1 1
Harrogate Borough Council 42 16 3 1 2 2
Hart District Council 35 25 3 1
8
Hartlepool Borough Council 5
2
2

Hastings Borough Council 21 7
1
1
Havant Borough Council 12 10




Herefordshire Council 39 4 4 3 1 1
Hertfordshire County Council






Hertsmere Borough Council 19 25 2 2 1 1
High Peak Borough Council 11 11 1

2
Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council 29 1 2
1

Horsham District Council 58 9 4 1


Huntingdonshire District Council 22 7 1 1
3
Hyndburn Borough Council 3 1 1 2 1

Local Planning Authority Planning Appeal (s78 appeals) Householder appeal (HAS) Appeal against an Enforcement Notice Lawful Development Certificate Commercial Appeal Service (CAS) Listed Building & Conservation Area Appeal Advertis-ement Appeal
Ipswich Borough Council 11 3

3

Isle of Wight Council 33 13 5 1


Kent County Council






Kettering Borough Council 1
4



King's Lynn and West Norfolk Borough Council 41 4 8 2


Kingston-Upon-Hull City Council 1 3

5

Kirklees Metropolitan Council 34 38 12 1 5 1
Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council 1 1 2



Local Planning Authority Planning Appeal (s78 appeals) Householder appeal (HAS) Appeal against an Enforcement Notice Lawful Development Certificate Commercial Appeal Service (CAS) Listed Building & Conservation Area Appeal Advertis-ement Appeal
Lake District 11 2 16 1
1
Lancashire County Council

1



Lancaster City Council 23 9 3 1 1 3
Leeds City Council 66 96 21 8 17 2 4
Leicester City Council 20 16 14 3 4

Leicestershire County Council 1





Lewes District Council 18 5 1
1 1
Lichfield District Council 14 2 1

1
Lincolnshire County Council 1





Liverpool City Council 47 38
12 12 1 2
London Borough of Barking and Dagenham Council 33 20 18 6


London Borough of Barnet 116 76 50 7 2 2 2
London Borough of Bexley 40 33 15 3


London Borough of Brent 89 38 60 14 1
13
London Borough of Bromley 111 102 9 7 1 1
London Borough of Camden 44 9 12 1 8 3 13
London Borough of Croydon 206 73
9 2
25
London Borough of Ealing 39 44 25 9 1 2 1
London Borough of Enfield 51 45 4 7
2 3
London Borough of Hackney 78 37 18 4 7 2 4
London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham 31 23 12 2 3
1
London Borough of Haringey 34 16 17 2 1 1 5
London Borough of Harrow 76 76 19 5

6
London Borough of Havering 56 45 76 3

1
London Borough of Hillingdon 51 82 31 3 13
1
London Borough of Hounslow 60 53 10 8 3 2 2
London Borough of Islington 50 22 3 1 2 6 3
London Borough of Lambeth 61 35 10 6 5 4 4
London Borough of Lewisham 48 37 12 5

2
London Borough of Merton 12 25




London Borough of Newham 35 13 24 3 1 2
London Borough of Redbridge 38 31 16 4 1
6
London Borough of Southwark 30 7 6
3 4 4
London Borough of Sutton 61 29 2 2 1 1 10
London Borough of Tower Hamlets 30 8 10 2 3 5 5
London Borough of Wandsworth 56 35 12 2 4
8
Luton Borough Council 28 29 2 1


Local Planning Authority Planning Appeal (s78 appeals) Householder appeal (HAS) Appeal against an Enforcement Notice Lawful Development Certificate Commercial Appeal Service (CAS) Listed Building & Conservation Area Appeal Advertis-ement Appeal
Maidstone Borough Council 67 28 34 4 1 1
Maldon District Council 68 30
4
4 1
Malvern Hills District Council 38 6 5 1
1
Manchester City Council 24 17 6 1 22 2 1
Mansfield District Council 8 2

1

Medway Council 33 7 5 1

1
Melton Borough Council 7
2



Mendip District Council 28
3

2
Mid Devon District Council 18 1 1 1
1
Mid Suffolk District Council 57 4 2

2
Mid Sussex District Council 32 18 5

2
Middlesbrough Council 6 9 3 1 3
2
Milton Keynes Council 24 11 8 3
1
Mole Valley District Council 50 18 7 6 1

Local Planning Authority Planning Appeal (s78 appeals) Householder appeal (HAS) Appeal against an Enforcement Notice Lawful Development Certificate Commercial Appeal Service (CAS) Listed Building & Conservation Area Appeal Advertis-ement Appeal
New Forest 8 9 2 1 1

New Forest District Council 18 8 4

1
Newark & Sherwood District Council 37 8 22 1 2

Newcastle Upon Tyne City Council 10 7 2
1

Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council 7


1

No LPA Assocaited 21 9


1
Norfolk County Council 3





North Cornwall District Council *






North Devon District Council 25 5




North East Derbyshire District Council 15 1 10 2


North East Lincolnshire Council 7 1

1

North Hertfordshire District Council 19 6 1

2
North Kesteven District Council 33 2 3 1 1

North Lincolnshire Council 35 3 4



North Norfolk District Council 25 2 5
4

North Northamptonshire 40 22 1 3
4
North Somerset Council 21 8 5
2

North Tyneside Council 3 5

1
1
North Warwickshire Borough Council 9 1 4



North West Leicestershire District Council 13 4 2



North York Moors 5 2 2

1
North Yorkshire County Council






Northampton Borough Council 3 1




Northumberland 1





Northumberland County Council 37 15 7 1 1

Norwich City Council 10
5
1

Nottingham City Council 18 3
1 1
7
Nottinghamshire County Council






Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council 12 5 2



Local Planning Authority Planning Appeal (s78 appeals) Householder appeal (HAS) Appeal against an Enforcement Notice Lawful Development Certificate Commercial Appeal Service (CAS) Listed Building & Conservation Area Appeal Advertis-ement Appeal
Oadby and Wigston Borough Council 2 5




Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation 2
5
1

Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council 10 20 2 1 3 1 1
Oxford City Council 25 12 4 1
1 10
Oxfordshire County Council






Peak District 20 5 2

4
Pendle Borough Council 12 2 5 1 2

Peterborough City Council 27 6 1 2
1 1
Plymouth City Council 34 5 1
6 1 16
Portsmouth City Council 19 10 2 3
1
Preston City Council 7 5

1

Local Planning Authority Planning Appeal (s78 appeals) Householder appeal (HAS) Appeal against an Enforcement Notice Lawful Development Certificate Commercial Appeal Service (CAS) Listed Building & Conservation Area Appeal Advertis-ement Appeal
Reading Borough Council 16

1 2

Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council 5 8




Redditch Borough Council 5





Reigate and Banstead Borough Council 54 20 6 2


Ribble Valley Borough Council 30 10 2 1
3
Richmond Upon Thames London Borough Council 61 56 2 6 4 3
Richmondshire District Council 4





Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council 17 13 2 1 5
1
Rochford District Council 18 7 12 3 1

Rossendale Borough Council 12 13 2



Rother District Council 64 12 6 2
2
Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council 15 6 3
2

Royal Borough of Greenwich 58 59
7
1 10
Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea 33 24 10 2 5 14 1
Royal Borough of Kingston Upon Thames 50 27 1 4 3
12
Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead 41 43 3 1
5
Rugby Borough Council 16 6 4 1 1

Runnymede Borough Council 19 9 5 2


Rushcliffe Borough Council 23 4 2
1 1
Rushmoor Borough Council 6 1

2

Rutland County Council 14 4 4 1
1
Ryedale District Council 1 1




Local Planning Authority Planning Appeal (s78 appeals) Householder appeal (HAS) Appeal against an Enforcement Notice Lawful Development Certificate Commercial Appeal Service (CAS) Listed Building & Conservation Area Appeal Advertis-ement Appeal
Salford City Council 15 3




Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council 8 7 2
1

Scarborough Borough Council 14



1
Sedgemoor District Council 10 4 2
2

Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council 21 8 8 1 4

Selby District Council 21 8 2 3 1

Sevenoaks District Council 68 31 14 1 1 2
Sheffield City Council 37 20 10 1 8 1 1
Shepway District Council 14 8
1


Shrewsbury and Atcham Borough Council *






Shropshire County Council 56 24 2 2 5 6
Slough Borough Council 9 13 12 1 1

Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council 22 8 1



Somerset County Council






Somerset West and Taunton 20 5 2 1 1

South Cambridgeshire District Council 47 14 7 1
3
South Derbyshire District Council 8





South Downs 37 11 3 2
1
South Gloucestershire Council 49 26 8 2
1
South Hams District Council 42 19


2
South Holland District Council 23 1 1



South Kesteven District Council 19 8 2

6
South Lakeland District Council 13 3 4
1 1
South Norfolk District Council 19 1




South Northamptonshire District Council 1





Local Planning Authority Planning Appeal (s78 appeals) Householder appeal (HAS) Appeal against an Enforcement Notice Lawful Development Certificate Commercial Appeal Service (CAS) Listed Building & Conservation Area Appeal Advertis-ement Appeal
South Oxfordshire District Council 39 12 4

1
South Ribble Borough Council 10 1 3



South Somerset District Council 16 8 4

4
South Staffordshire District Council 21 8 5 1 2

South Tyneside Council 3 3 2



Southampton City Council 13 9 1 2

2
Southend-on-Sea Borough Council 29 25


1
Spelthorne Borough Council 20 13




St Albans City Council 39 23
1
2
St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council 3 9

2

Stafford Borough Council 17 13 1
2

Staffordshire County Council

3



Staffordshire Moorlands District Council 18 10 3

1
Stevenage Borough Council 2 3




Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council 12 11 5
1

Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council 5 4
1 1
1
Stoke-on-Trent City Council 7 9




Stratford-on-Avon District Council 42 27 1 2 1 1
Stroud District Council 27 10 4

1
Suffolk County Council

4



Sunderland City Council 15 8 4



Surrey County Council 1
1



Surrey Heath Borough Council 22 31 9 4
1
Swale Borough Council 40 17 3 2 1
1
Swindon Borough Council 15 16 1 1 1

Local Planning Authority Planning Appeal (s78 appeals) Householder appeal (HAS) Appeal against an Enforcement Notice Lawful Development Certificate Commercial Appeal Service (CAS) Listed Building & Conservation Area Appeal Advertis-ement Appeal
Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council 16 7

4 1
Tamworth Borough Council 4 1




Tandridge District Council 44 17 8



Teignbridge District Council 27 19 5 4
3
Telford and Wrekin Council 10 4 5 1 1 1
Tendring District Council 45 8
5


Test Valley Borough Council 33 11 2
1 2
Tewkesbury Borough Council 22 5 7


2
Thanet District Council 28 8 3

4 1
The Isles of Scilly Council 1 1




Three Rivers District Council 15 31 3 4

1
Thurrock Borough Council 34 15 4 1
1
Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council 22 22 3 1
4
Torbay Council 34 26

2 2
Torridge District Council 28 1 5 2
1
Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council 25 17 1 1
2
Tunbridge Wells Borough Council 25 3 8 1 1

Local Planning Authority Planning Appeal (s78 appeals) Householder appeal (HAS) Appeal against an Enforcement Notice Lawful Development Certificate Commercial Appeal Service (CAS) Listed Building & Conservation Area Appeal Advertis-ement Appeal
Uttlesford District Council 68 20 2
1 8
Vale of White Horse District Council 19 7
1
2
Wakefield Metropolitan District Council 18 11 11 1 4 1 1
Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council 13 10 3 1 1 1
Waltham Forest London Borough Council 50 21 8 4 1

Warrington Borough Council 14 14 10 1
1
Warwick District Council 30 21 1 2 3 7
Watford Borough Council 26 20 6

1 6
Waverley Borough Council 83 20 8 1


Wealden District Council 101 10 9 2
7
Welwyn Hatfield Council 23 28 1 4


West Berkshire District Council 35 5 2 1
2
West Devon Borough Council 31 6 1 1


West Lancashire District Council 18 11 2 3


West Lindsey District Council 11 5 2 2


West Northamptonshire 39 26 1 4
2 2
West Oxfordshire District Council 27 9 6

1
Local Planning Authority Planning Appeal (s78 appeals) Householder appeal (HAS) Appeal against an Enforcement Notice Lawful Development Certificate Commercial Appeal Service (CAS) Listed Building & Conservation Area Appeal Advertis-ement Appeal
West Suffolk 38 10 1
2 1
West Sussex County Council 2





Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council 13 4 1
4
1
Wiltshire Council 84 9 9 1 1 6
Winchester City Council 25 6 12 1
2
Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council 19 14

2

Woking Borough Council 19 22 2 1


Wokingham Borough Council 29 12 11 3 1 1
Wolverhampton City Council 13 9 5
2

Worcester City Council 3 5 3 1 1 2
Worcestershire County Council 1





Worthing Borough Council 14 6
1


Wychavon District Council 29 3 5

1
Wyre Borough Council 11 5 8



Wyre Forest District Council 13 5 6



Yorkshire Dales 5 1 1 1
1
England Totals 9068 4393 1622 457 387 361 292

Source: Planning Inspectorate Casework Data
* LPAs which have since been superceded by a new authority
**In addition to the appeals listed in the table, the following appeals were also decided by the Planning Inspectorate in 2023 and are downloadable on Appeal Finder:

Planning Applications 'Called in' by the Secretary of State for his own decision:

Over the year ending 31/12/2023: 1 in City of Westminster Counil; 1 in the London Borough of Lambeth; 1 in the London Borough of Barnet; 1 in Buckinghamshire Council Aylesbury Area and 1 in North Herts District Council.

Section 106 Agreement Appeals:

Over the year ending 31/12/2023: 2 in the London Borough of Harrow; 1 in Dacorum Borough Council; 2 in Shropshire Council; 1 in Leeds City Council; 1 in Northumberland; 1 in Dartford; 1 in the London Borough of Wandsworth; 1 in Elmbridge Borough Council (BC); 1 in Harrogate BC, 1 in Warrington BC and 1 in Central Bedfordshire.

Appeals against Enforcement of a Listed Building Notice/ Conservation Area Notice:

Over the year ending 31/12/2023: 1 in Calderdale Metropolitan BC; 2 in Cheshire East Council; 1 in City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council; 1 in City of Westminster Council; 1 in Cotswold DC; 1 in Durham Council; 1 in Exeter City Council; 1 in Hartlepool Borough Council; 1 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk BC; 2 in Kirklees Metropolitan Council; 1 in Lancashire Council; 1 in Newark & Sherwood DC; 2 in Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea; 1 in South Downs; 1 in South Lakeland DC; 1 in Test Valley BC; 1 in Warwick DC and 2 in Wiltshire Council.

Planning appeals allowed by each LPA

For the percentage of appeals allowed (% success rate) for each local planning authority, please see our annual analysis of the statistics for the year ending 31st March at LPA success rates for planning appeals. Please note these figures are for a different time period from the table above.

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