Which ward in Calderdale has the highest planning approval rate?

Salterhebble Southowram And Skircoat Green at 97.9% based on 47 decisions.

Which ward in Calderdale has the lowest planning approval rate?

Ryburn at 81.5% based on 1,211 decisions.

How much do planning approval rates vary across Calderdale?

There is a 16.4% gap between Salterhebble Southowram And Skircoat Green and Ryburn. 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 16.4% — that's not noise, it's a fundamentally different planning environment depending on where you live.

8,969 real decisions·22 wards·Updated September 2026

85.5% approved overall. But 1,301 applications refused since 2020. Where you live in Calderdale shifts your odds by up to 16.4%. 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	47	46	1	97.9%
2	Brighouse	670	623	47	93.0%
3	Todmorden	649	595	54	91.7%
4	Halifax Town	58	53	5	91.4%
5	Elland	618	564	54	91.3%
6	Skircoat	1,086	977	109	90.0%
7	Hipperholme And Lightcliffe	831	742	89	89.3%
8	Rastrick	605	540	65	89.3%
9	Hebden Bridge And Todmorden East	83	74	9	89.2%
10	Luddendenfoot	1,067	947	120	88.8%
11	Sowerby Bridge	564	500	64	88.7%
12	Calder	1,282	1,133	149	88.4%
13	Northowram And Shelf	882	777	105	88.1%
14	Todmorden West	33	29	4	87.9%
15	Town	1,024	895	129	87.4%
16	Illingworth And Mixenden	473	407	66	86.0%
17	Ovenden	303	260	43	85.8%
18	Greetland And Stainland	950	806	144	84.8%
19	Park	620	521	99	84.0%
20	Greetland	30	25	5	83.3%
21	Warley	768	633	135	82.4%
22	Ryburn	1,211	987	224	81.5%

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What the data tells us

A 16.4% gap separates the best and worst wards. Salterhebble Southowram And Skircoat Green approves 97.9% of applications while Ryburn approves just 81.5%. 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 8,969 planning decisions in Calderdale, January 2020 to September 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 →