Which ward in Calderdale has the highest planning approval rate?

Salterhebble Southowram And Skircoat Green at 97.6% based on 42 decisions.

Which ward in Calderdale has the lowest planning approval rate?

Greetland at 78.3% based on 23 decisions.

How much do planning approval rates vary across Calderdale?

There is a 19.3% 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 19.3% — that's not noise, it's a fundamentally different planning environment depending on where you live.

13,752 real decisions·22 wards·Updated August 2026

87.6% approved overall. But 1,706 applications refused since 2020. Where you live in Calderdale shifts your odds by up to 19.3%. 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	42	41	1	97.6%
2	Halifax Town	47	45	2	95.7%
3	Brighouse	668	621	47	93.0%
4	Todmorden	649	595	54	91.7%
5	Elland	612	559	53	91.3%
6	Skircoat	1,086	977	109	90.0%
7	Rastrick	597	533	64	89.3%
8	Hipperholme And Lightcliffe	827	738	89	89.2%
9	Luddendenfoot	1,058	939	119	88.8%
10	Hebden Bridge And Todmorden East	71	63	8	88.7%
11	Sowerby Bridge	562	498	64	88.6%
12	Calder	1,282	1,133	149	88.4%
13	Northowram And Shelf	871	769	102	88.3%
14	Town	1,024	895	129	87.4%
15	Illingworth And Mixenden	471	405	66	86.0%
16	Ovenden	298	255	43	85.6%
17	Greetland And Stainland	950	806	144	84.8%
18	Todmorden West	26	22	4	84.6%
19	Park	616	519	97	84.3%
20	Warley	759	628	131	82.7%
21	Ryburn	1,204	982	222	81.6%
22	Greetland	23	18	5	78.3%

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What the data tells us

A 19.3% gap separates the best and worst wards. Salterhebble Southowram And Skircoat Green approves 97.6% of applications while Greetland approves just 78.3%. 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 13,752 planning decisions in Calderdale, January 2020 to August 2026. 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 →