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?

Horwood at 65.0% based on 20 decisions.

How much do planning approval rates vary across Buckinghamshire?

There is a 35.0% gap between Taplow and Horwood. Your postcode significantly affects outcomes.

Planning Approval Rates by Ward in Buckinghamshire

All 118 wards ranked

#	Ward	Decisions	Approved	Refused	Rate
1	Taplow	11	11	0	100.0%
2	Berryfields, Buckingham Park and Watermead	10	10	0	100.0%
3	Aylesbury North West	10	10	0	100.0%
4	Aylesbury East	13	13	0	100.0%
5	Denham South	12	12	0	100.0%
6	Gerrards Cross East Denham South West	29	28	1	96.6%
7	Wendover, Halton and Stoke Mandeville	26	25	1	96.2%
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	Long Crendon	13	12	1	92.3%
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	Former Chiltern Villages	34	31	3	91.2%
21	Gold Hill	56	51	5	91.1%
22	Chesham Bois And Weedon Hill	212	192	20	90.6%
23	Amersham Common	84	76	8	90.5%
24	Hazlemere	625	565	60	90.4%
25	Great Missenden	73	66	7	90.4%
26	Former Beaconsfield	638	575	63	90.1%
27	Former Amersham and Chesham Bois	395	356	39	90.1%
28	Penn And Coleshill	230	207	23	90.0%
29	Aston Clinton and Weston Turville	20	18	2	90.0%
30	Bierton, Kingsbrook and Wing	19	17	2	89.5%
31	Penn, Tylers Green and Loudwater	581	518	63	89.2%
32	Marlow	1,471	1,311	160	89.1%
33	West Wycombe and Lane End	322	287	35	89.1%
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	Little Missenden	71	63	8	88.7%
38	Amersham Town	159	141	18	88.7%
39	Farnham And Hedgerley	256	226	30	88.3%
40	Former Chalfont St Peter	433	382	51	88.2%
41	Iver Heath	163	143	20	87.7%
42	Gerrards Cross	307	269	38	87.6%
43	Flackwell Heath and The Wooburns	1,112	972	140	87.4%
44	Former Chalfont St Giles	557	487	70	87.4%
45	Abbey	908	791	117	87.1%
46	Prestwood And Heath End	138	120	18	87.0%
47	Chesham South	66	57	9	86.4%
48	Former Gerrards Cross	556	480	76	86.3%
49	Former Great Missenden	354	305	49	86.2%
50	Central	155	133	22	85.8%
51	Marsh and Micklefield	309	265	44	85.8%
52	Chiltern Villages	877	752	125	85.7%
53	Disraeli	181	155	26	85.6%
54	Amersham On The Hill	132	113	19	85.6%
55	Denham	221	189	32	85.5%
56	Burnham Church And Beeches	189	161	28	85.2%
57	Cholesbury, The Lee, Bellingdon	121	103	18	85.1%
58	Iver Village And Richings Park	209	177	32	84.7%
59	Former Iver	370	313	57	84.6%
60	Grendon Underwood and The Claydons	26	22	4	84.6%
61	Totteridge and Bowerdean	368	311	57	84.5%
62	The Missendens	142	120	22	84.5%
63	Downley	283	238	45	84.1%
64	Austenwood	100	84	16	84.0%
65	Terriers and Amersham Hill	477	400	77	83.9%
66	Former Chiltern Ridges	378	317	61	83.9%
67	Former Little Chalfont & Amersham Common	417	350	67	83.9%
68	Former Ridgeway East	37	31	6	83.8%
69	Gerrards Cross North	61	51	10	83.6%
70	Former Farnham Common & Burnham Beeches	362	302	60	83.4%
71	Former Denham	418	348	70	83.3%
72	Ashley Green Latimer And Chenies	111	92	19	82.9%
73	Beaconsfield	198	164	34	82.8%
74	Ridgeway	23	19	4	82.6%
75	Haddenham and Stone	23	19	4	82.6%
76	Burnham Church	17	14	3	82.4%
77	Former Chesham	268	220	48	82.1%
78	Booker and Cressex	215	176	39	81.9%
79	Princes Risborough	732	598	134	81.7%
80	Chalfont St Peter	93	76	17	81.7%
81	Amersham and Chesham Bois	178	145	33	81.5%
82	Stoke Poges	167	136	31	81.4%
83	Hilltop And Townsend	97	79	18	81.4%
84	Wexham And Fulmer	75	61	14	81.3%
85	Burnham Lent Rise And Taplow	234	190	44	81.2%
86	Former Cliveden	314	255	59	81.2%
87	Winslow	16	13	3	81.2%
88	Holmer Green	95	77	18	81.1%
89	Ivinghoe	21	17	4	81.0%
90	Vale	36	29	7	80.6%
91	Ridgeway West	896	721	175	80.5%
92	Former Chess Valley	349	281	68	80.5%
93	Former The Risboroughs	30	24	6	80.0%
94	Asheridge Vale And Lowndes	85	68	17	80.0%
95	Wexham And Iver West	20	16	4	80.0%
96	Ridgeway East	836	662	174	79.2%
97	Former Stoke Poges & Wexham	472	373	99	79.0%
98	Former The Wooburns, Bourne End and Hedsor	19	15	4	78.9%
99	Castlefield and Oakridge	340	267	73	78.5%
100	Aylesbury North	18	14	4	77.8%
101	Sands	207	160	47	77.3%
102	Chesham North	88	68	20	77.3%
103	Chalfont St Giles and Little Chalfont	215	166	49	77.2%
104	Iver	129	99	30	76.7%
105	Buckingham	30	23	7	76.7%
106	Quainton	17	13	4	76.5%
107	Newtown	38	29	9	76.3%
108	Gerrards Cross and Denham	230	174	56	75.7%
109	Hedgerley And Fulmer	24	18	6	75.0%
110	Newton Longville	28	21	7	75.0%
111	Aylesbury South East	16	12	4	75.0%
112	Burnham	149	111	38	74.5%
113	Former Ridgeway West	14	10	4	71.4%
114	Former Tylers Green and Loudwater	14	10	4	71.4%
115	Waddesdon	24	17	7	70.8%
116	Farnhams and Stoke Poges	175	123	52	70.3%
117	Former West Wycombe	23	15	8	65.2%
118	Horwood	20	13	7	65.0%

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What the data tells us

1

A 35.0% gap separates the best and worst wards. Taplow approves 100.0% of applications while Horwood approves just 65.0%. 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.

Planning Approval Rates by Ward in Buckinghamshire

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