Which ward in Calderdale has the highest planning approval rate?

Salterhebble Southowram And Skircoat Green at 100.0% based on 15 decisions.

Which ward in Calderdale has the lowest planning approval rate?

Greetland at 75.0% based on 12 decisions.

How much do planning approval rates vary across Calderdale?

There is a 25.0% gap between Salterhebble Southowram And Skircoat Green and Greetland. Your postcode significantly affects outcomes.

Planning Approval Rates by Ward in Calderdale

Planning outcomes in Calderdale are highly localised. The gap between the most and least permissive wards is 25.0% — that's not noise, it's a fundamentally different planning environment depending on where you live.

13,536 real decisions·22 wards·Updated June 2026

87.6% approved overall. But 1,678 applications refused since 2020. Where you live in Calderdale shifts your odds by up to 25.0%. The council average doesn't tell you which side of that gap you're on.

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All 22 wards ranked

#	Ward	Decisions	Approved	Refused	Rate
1	Salterhebble Southowram And Skircoat Green	15	15	0	100.0%
2	Halifax Town	28	27	1	96.4%
3	Brighouse	652	607	45	93.1%
4	Todmorden	655	601	54	91.8%
5	Elland	606	553	53	91.3%
6	Skircoat	1,086	977	109	90.0%
7	Rastrick	593	530	63	89.4%
8	Hipperholme And Lightcliffe	812	725	87	89.3%
9	Todmorden West	18	16	2	88.9%
10	Luddendenfoot	1,035	917	118	88.6%
11	Sowerby Bridge	556	492	64	88.5%
12	Calder	1,295	1,146	149	88.5%
13	Northowram And Shelf	852	752	100	88.3%
14	Town	1,026	897	129	87.4%
15	Illingworth And Mixenden	469	404	65	86.1%
16	Ovenden	296	253	43	85.5%
17	Greetland And Stainland	954	810	144	84.9%
18	Park	605	512	93	84.6%
19	Hebden Bridge And Todmorden East	35	29	6	82.9%
20	Warley	747	618	129	82.7%
21	Ryburn	1,182	963	219	81.5%
22	Greetland	12	9	3	75.0%

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What the data tells us

A 25.0% gap separates the best and worst wards. Salterhebble Southowram And Skircoat Green approves 100.0% of applications while Greetland approves just 75.0%. That's a fundamentally different planning environment.

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.

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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Methodology: Covers 13,536 planning decisions in Calderdale, January 2020 to present. Approval rate = approved / (approved + refused). Pending, withdrawn and invalid excluded. Ward boundaries reflect current electoral divisions. Data from Calderdale Council's public planning portal. Full methodology →