Which ward in Buckinghamshire has the highest planning approval rate?

Taplow at 100.0% based on 11 decisions.

Which ward in Buckinghamshire has the lowest planning approval rate?

Former West Wycombe at 65.2% based on 23 decisions.

How much do planning approval rates vary across Buckinghamshire?

There is a 34.8% gap between Taplow and Former West Wycombe. Your postcode significantly affects outcomes.

Buckinghamshire Planning Approval Rates by Ward: 119 Wards Compared (2026)

All 119 wards ranked

#	Ward	Decisions	Approved	Refused	Rate
1	Taplow	11	11	0	100.0%
2	Berryfields, Buckingham Park and Watermead	11	11	0	100.0%
3	Aylesbury North West	12	12	0	100.0%
4	Aylesbury East	15	15	0	100.0%
5	Denham South	12	12	0	100.0%
6	Wendover, Halton and Stoke Mandeville	36	35	1	97.2%
7	Gerrards Cross East Denham South West	29	28	1	96.6%
8	Former Abbey	21	20	1	95.2%
9	Former Marlow	19	18	1	94.7%
10	Beaconsfield North	128	121	7	94.5%
11	Ballinger South Heath And Chartridge	82	77	5	93.9%
12	Seer Green	113	106	7	93.8%
13	Gerrards Cross South	72	67	5	93.1%
14	Aston Clinton and Weston Turville	27	25	2	92.6%
15	Beaconsfield South	185	170	15	91.9%
16	Beaconsfield West	229	210	19	91.7%
17	Farnham Royal	24	22	2	91.7%
18	Chalfont St Giles	290	265	25	91.4%
19	St Marys And Waterside	126	115	11	91.3%
20	Bierton, Kingsbrook and Wing	23	21	2	91.3%
21	Former Chiltern Villages	34	31	3	91.2%
22	Gold Hill	56	51	5	91.1%
23	Aylesbury South West	11	10	1	90.9%
24	Chesham Bois And Weedon Hill	212	192	20	90.6%
25	Hazlemere	632	572	60	90.5%
26	Amersham Common	84	76	8	90.5%
27	Great Missenden	73	66	7	90.4%
28	Former Beaconsfield	638	575	63	90.1%
29	Former Amersham and Chesham Bois	395	356	39	90.1%
30	Penn And Coleshill	230	207	23	90.0%
31	Penn, Tylers Green and Loudwater	589	526	63	89.3%
32	Marlow	1,488	1,327	161	89.2%
33	West Wycombe and Lane End	323	288	35	89.2%
34	Chalfont Common	129	115	14	89.1%
35	Little Chalfont	173	154	19	89.0%
36	Former Penn Wood & Old Amersham	494	439	55	88.9%
37	Long Crendon	18	16	2	88.9%
38	Little Missenden	71	63	8	88.7%
39	Amersham Town	159	141	18	88.7%
40	Farnham And Hedgerley	256	226	30	88.3%
41	Former Chalfont St Peter	433	382	51	88.2%
42	Iver Heath	163	143	20	87.7%
43	Gerrards Cross	307	269	38	87.6%
44	Flackwell Heath and The Wooburns	1,118	978	140	87.5%
45	Former Chalfont St Giles	557	487	70	87.4%
46	Abbey	916	799	117	87.2%
47	Chesham South	70	61	9	87.1%
48	Prestwood And Heath End	138	120	18	87.0%
49	Former Gerrards Cross	556	480	76	86.3%
50	Former Great Missenden	354	305	49	86.2%
51	Grendon Underwood and The Claydons	29	25	4	86.2%
52	Marsh and Micklefield	311	267	44	85.9%
53	Central	155	133	22	85.8%
54	Disraeli	183	157	26	85.8%
55	Chiltern Villages	881	755	126	85.7%
56	Amersham On The Hill	132	113	19	85.6%
57	Denham	221	189	32	85.5%
58	Burnham Church And Beeches	189	161	28	85.2%
59	The Missendens	149	127	22	85.2%
60	Cholesbury, The Lee, Bellingdon	121	103	18	85.1%
61	Iver Village And Richings Park	209	177	32	84.7%
62	Totteridge and Bowerdean	370	313	57	84.6%
63	Former Iver	370	313	57	84.6%
64	Downley	283	238	45	84.1%
65	Terriers and Amersham Hill	482	405	77	84.0%
66	Austenwood	100	84	16	84.0%
67	Ivinghoe	25	21	4	84.0%
68	Former Chiltern Ridges	378	317	61	83.9%
69	Former Little Chalfont & Amersham Common	417	350	67	83.9%
70	Beaconsfield	211	177	34	83.9%
71	Former Ridgeway East	37	31	6	83.8%
72	Gerrards Cross North	61	51	10	83.6%
73	Former Farnham Common & Burnham Beeches	362	302	60	83.4%
74	Former Denham	418	348	70	83.3%
75	Winslow	18	15	3	83.3%
76	Chalfont St Peter	101	84	17	83.2%
77	Ashley Green Latimer And Chenies	111	92	19	82.9%
78	Ridgeway	23	19	4	82.6%
79	Burnham Church	17	14	3	82.4%
80	Former Chesham	268	220	48	82.1%
81	Princes Risborough	739	605	134	81.9%
82	Booker and Cressex	216	177	39	81.9%
83	Amersham and Chesham Bois	184	150	34	81.5%
84	Stoke Poges	167	136	31	81.4%
85	Hilltop And Townsend	97	79	18	81.4%
86	Wexham And Fulmer	75	61	14	81.3%
87	Burnham Lent Rise And Taplow	234	190	44	81.2%
88	Former Cliveden	314	255	59	81.2%
89	Holmer Green	95	77	18	81.1%
90	Aylesbury South East	21	17	4	81.0%
91	Vale	36	29	7	80.6%
92	Buckingham	36	29	7	80.6%
93	Former Chess Valley	349	281	68	80.5%
94	Ridgeway West	903	726	177	80.4%
95	Former The Risboroughs	30	24	6	80.0%
96	Asheridge Vale And Lowndes	85	68	17	80.0%
97	Aylesbury North	20	16	4	80.0%
98	Wexham And Iver West	20	16	4	80.0%
99	Ridgeway East	844	670	174	79.4%
100	Former Stoke Poges & Wexham	472	373	99	79.0%
101	Former The Wooburns, Bourne End and Hedsor	19	15	4	78.9%
102	Chesham North	95	75	20	78.9%
103	Newton Longville	33	26	7	78.8%
104	Haddenham and Stone	28	22	6	78.6%
105	Castlefield and Oakridge	343	269	74	78.4%
106	Chalfont St Giles and Little Chalfont	226	177	49	78.3%
107	Iver	137	107	30	78.1%
108	Sands	210	163	47	77.6%
109	Quainton	22	17	5	77.3%
110	Newtown	38	29	9	76.3%
111	Gerrards Cross and Denham	243	185	58	76.1%
112	Burnham	157	118	39	75.2%
113	Hedgerley And Fulmer	24	18	6	75.0%
114	Waddesdon	29	21	8	72.4%
115	Farnhams and Stoke Poges	186	133	53	71.5%
116	Former Ridgeway West	14	10	4	71.4%
117	Former Tylers Green and Loudwater	14	10	4	71.4%
118	Horwood	24	17	7	70.8%
119	Former West Wycombe	23	15	8	65.2%

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What the data tells us

1

A 34.8% gap separates the best and worst wards. Taplow approves 100.0% of applications while Former West Wycombe approves just 65.2%. That's a fundamentally different planning environment.

2

High volume doesn't mean high approval. Some of the busiest wards aren't the most permissive. The number of applications a ward processes tells you nothing about how likely yours is to succeed.

3

Ward averages are a starting point, not a guarantee. Your specific outcome depends on your property, your neighbours, your proposal type and the comparable decisions near your address.

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