Liverpool vs Glasgow, planning approval compared

How do planning outcomes differ between Liverpool and Glasgow? A side-by-side comparison based on 60,487 combined decisions.

Last updated: September 2026

Liverpool: –

33,059 decisions · – approved · – refused · 104 wards

Glasgow: 88.1%

27,428 decisions · 24,174 approved · 3,254 refused · 23 wards

Overall approval rates

Liverpool (33,059 decided)

–

Glasgow (27,428 decided)

88.1%

By application type

Advertisement, Liverpool (4,113 decided)

–

Advertisement, Glasgow (1,978 decided)

82.5%

Certificate of Lawfulness, Liverpool (2,884 decided)

–

Certificate of Lawfulness, Glasgow (781 decided)

98.6%

Change of Use, Liverpool (17 decided)

–

Discharge of Conditions, Glasgow (477 decided)

99.8%

Full, Liverpool (16,677 decided)

–

Full, Glasgow (11,946 decided)

87.7%

Listed Building, Liverpool (3,135 decided)

–

Listed Building, Glasgow (3,566 decided)

92.5%

Other, Liverpool (16,329 decided)

–

Other, Glasgow (22,319 decided)

88.2%

Prior Approval, Liverpool (1,174 decided)

–

Prior Approval, Glasgow (392 decided)

92.6%

Trees, Liverpool (3,698 decided)

–

What the numbers mean

PlanningLens is currently withholding the headline approval rate for at least one of these councils on data-quality grounds, so no approval-rate comparison is published here. Decision volumes are still shown.

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