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: 120 Wards Compared (2026)

All 120 wards ranked

#	Ward	Decisions	Approved	Refused	Rate
1	Taplow	11	11	0	100.0%
2	Berryfields, Buckingham Park and Watermead	12	12	0	100.0%
3	Aylesbury East	27	27	0	100.0%
4	Denham South	12	12	0	100.0%
5	Gerrards Cross East Denham South West	29	28	1	96.6%
6	Former Abbey	21	20	1	95.2%
7	Aylesbury North West	20	19	1	95.0%
8	Former Marlow	19	18	1	94.7%
9	Beaconsfield North	128	121	7	94.5%
10	Ballinger South Heath And Chartridge	82	77	5	93.9%
11	Seer Green	113	106	7	93.8%
12	Aylesbury South West	15	14	1	93.3%
13	Gerrards Cross South	72	67	5	93.1%
14	Wendover, Halton and Stoke Mandeville	42	39	3	92.9%
15	Beaconsfield West	227	210	17	92.5%
16	Aston Clinton and Weston Turville	38	35	3	92.1%
17	Beaconsfield South	185	170	15	91.9%
18	Farnham Royal	24	22	2	91.7%
19	Chalfont St Giles	290	265	25	91.4%
20	St Marys And Waterside	126	115	11	91.3%
21	Former Chiltern Villages	34	31	3	91.2%
22	Gold Hill	56	51	5	91.1%
23	Chesham Bois And Weedon Hill	212	192	20	90.6%
24	Amersham Common	84	76	8	90.5%
25	Great Missenden	73	66	7	90.4%
26	Former Beaconsfield	636	575	61	90.4%
27	Hazlemere	653	589	64	90.2%
28	Former Amersham and Chesham Bois	396	357	39	90.2%
29	Penn And Coleshill	230	207	23	90.0%
30	Marlow	1,534	1,370	164	89.3%
31	West Wycombe and Lane End	330	294	36	89.1%
32	Chalfont Common	129	115	14	89.1%
33	Little Chalfont	173	154	19	89.0%
34	Former Penn Wood & Old Amersham	496	441	55	88.9%
35	Penn, Tylers Green and Loudwater	619	549	70	88.7%
36	Little Missenden	71	63	8	88.7%
37	Amersham Town	159	141	18	88.7%
38	Farnham And Hedgerley	256	226	30	88.3%
39	Former Chalfont St Peter	434	383	51	88.2%
40	Grendon Underwood and The Claydons	42	37	5	88.1%
41	Iver Heath	163	143	20	87.7%
42	Gerrards Cross	307	269	38	87.6%
43	Flackwell Heath and The Wooburns	1,141	998	143	87.5%
44	Former Chalfont St Giles	557	487	70	87.4%
45	Abbey	931	811	120	87.1%
46	Prestwood And Heath End	138	120	18	87.0%
47	Aylesbury West	15	13	2	86.7%
48	Long Crendon	30	26	4	86.7%
49	Former Gerrards Cross	556	480	76	86.3%
50	Former Great Missenden	354	305	49	86.2%
51	Chesham South	87	75	12	86.2%
52	Chiltern Villages	915	788	127	86.1%
53	Marsh and Micklefield	315	271	44	86.0%
54	Ivinghoe	50	43	7	86.0%
55	Central	155	133	22	85.8%
56	The Missendens	189	162	27	85.7%
57	Amersham On The Hill	132	113	19	85.6%
58	Denham	221	189	32	85.5%
59	Bierton, Kingsbrook and Wing	34	29	5	85.3%
60	Burnham Church And Beeches	189	161	28	85.2%
61	Iver Village And Richings Park	208	177	31	85.1%
62	Cholesbury, The Lee, Bellingdon	121	103	18	85.1%
63	Haddenham and Stone	47	40	7	85.1%
64	Disraeli	186	158	28	84.9%
65	Former Iver	370	313	57	84.6%
66	Terriers and Amersham Hill	496	417	79	84.1%
67	Totteridge and Bowerdean	377	317	60	84.1%
68	Austenwood	100	84	16	84.0%
69	Chalfont St Peter	125	105	20	84.0%
70	Former Chiltern Ridges	378	317	61	83.9%
71	Former Little Chalfont & Amersham Common	417	350	67	83.9%
72	Former Ridgeway East	37	31	6	83.8%
73	Downley	289	242	47	83.7%
74	Gerrards Cross North	61	51	10	83.6%
75	Former Denham	418	349	69	83.5%
76	Beaconsfield	248	207	41	83.5%
77	Former Farnham Common & Burnham Beeches	362	302	60	83.4%
78	Amersham and Chesham Bois	218	181	37	83.0%
79	Ashley Green Latimer And Chenies	111	92	19	82.9%
80	Buckingham	58	48	10	82.8%
81	Ridgeway	23	19	4	82.6%
82	Burnham Church	17	14	3	82.4%
83	Booker and Cressex	226	186	40	82.3%
84	Former Chesham	269	221	48	82.2%
85	Quainton	39	32	7	82.1%
86	Princes Risborough	756	620	136	82.0%
87	Stoke Poges	167	136	31	81.4%
88	Hilltop And Townsend	97	79	18	81.4%
89	Wexham And Fulmer	75	61	14	81.3%
90	Former Cliveden	315	256	59	81.3%
91	Burnham Lent Rise And Taplow	234	190	44	81.2%
92	Newton Longville	48	39	9	81.2%
93	Aylesbury North	32	26	6	81.2%
94	Aylesbury South East	32	26	6	81.2%
95	Holmer Green	95	77	18	81.1%
96	Chesham North	122	99	23	81.1%
97	Vale	36	29	7	80.6%
98	Former Chess Valley	349	281	68	80.5%
99	Ridgeway West	919	739	180	80.4%
100	Former The Risboroughs	30	24	6	80.0%
101	Asheridge Vale And Lowndes	85	68	17	80.0%
102	Waddesdon	45	36	9	80.0%
103	Wexham And Iver West	20	16	4	80.0%
104	Ridgeway East	872	693	179	79.5%
105	Former Stoke Poges & Wexham	471	373	98	79.2%
106	Iver	157	124	33	79.0%
107	Former The Wooburns, Bourne End and Hedsor	19	15	4	78.9%
108	Castlefield and Oakridge	349	275	74	78.8%
109	Horwood	33	26	7	78.8%
110	Chalfont St Giles and Little Chalfont	249	196	53	78.7%
111	Gerrards Cross and Denham	283	220	63	77.7%
112	Sands	213	165	48	77.5%
113	Winslow	22	17	5	77.3%
114	Burnham	184	142	42	77.2%
115	Newtown	38	29	9	76.3%
116	Hedgerley And Fulmer	24	18	6	75.0%
117	Farnhams and Stoke Poges	218	156	62	71.6%
118	Former Ridgeway West	14	10	4	71.4%
119	Former Tylers Green and Loudwater	14	10	4	71.4%
120	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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