Planning outcomes in County Durham are highly localised. The gap between the most and least permissive wards is 24.0% — that's not noise, it's a fundamentally different planning environment depending on where you live.
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| # | Ward | Decisions | Approved | Refused | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Horden (Historic) | 54 | 54 | 0 | 100.0% |
| 2 | Deneside (Historic) | 50 | 50 | 0 | 100.0% |
| 3 | Ferryhill | 52 | 52 | 0 | 100.0% |
| 4 | Castle Eden And Passfield | 42 | 42 | 0 | 100.0% |
| 5 | Aycliffe North And Middridge | 22 | 22 | 0 | 100.0% |
| 6 | Pittington And Sherburn | 19 | 19 | 0 | 100.0% |
| 7 | Peterlee | 16 | 16 | 0 | 100.0% |
| 8 | Bishop Middleham And Cornforth (Historic) | 78 | 77 | 1 | 98.7% |
| 9 | Bishop Auckland Town (Historic) | 276 | 272 | 4 | 98.6% |
| 10 | Barnard Castle | 65 | 64 | 1 | 98.5% |
| 11 | Lumley And West Rainton | 67 | 66 | 1 | 98.5% |
| 12 | Chester-le-Street South | 122 | 120 | 2 | 98.4% |
| 13 | Chester-le-Street North (Historic) | 53 | 52 | 1 | 98.1% |
| 14 | Passfield (Historic) | 54 | 53 | 1 | 98.1% |
| 15 | Sacriston And Witton Gilbert | 49 | 48 | 1 | 98.0% |
| 16 | Spennymoor | 51 | 50 | 1 | 98.0% |
| 17 | Tudhoe | 50 | 49 | 1 | 98.0% |
| 18 | Consett North (Historic) | 125 | 122 | 3 | 97.6% |
| 19 | Chester-le-Street East (Historic) | 80 | 78 | 2 | 97.5% |
| 20 | Durham South (Historic) | 163 | 159 | 4 | 97.5% |
| 21 | West Auckland (Historic) | 196 | 191 | 5 | 97.4% |
| 22 | Peterlee East (Historic) | 74 | 72 | 2 | 97.3% |
| 23 | Barnard Castle West (Historic) | 791 | 770 | 21 | 97.3% |
| 24 | Framwellgate And Newton Hall (Historic) | 301 | 293 | 8 | 97.3% |
| 25 | Sedgefield (Historic) | 369 | 359 | 10 | 97.3% |
| 26 | Esh And Witton Gilbert (Historic) | 260 | 253 | 7 | 97.3% |
| 27 | Aycliffe West (Historic) | 36 | 35 | 1 | 97.2% |
| 28 | Lumley (Historic) | 170 | 165 | 5 | 97.1% |
| 29 | Woodhouse Close (Historic) | 100 | 97 | 3 | 97.0% |
| 30 | Crook (Historic) | 191 | 185 | 6 | 96.9% |
| 31 | Barnard Castle East (Historic) | 607 | 587 | 20 | 96.7% |
| 32 | Belmont (Historic) | 362 | 350 | 12 | 96.7% |
| 33 | Spennymoor (Historic) | 183 | 177 | 6 | 96.7% |
| 34 | Seaham (Historic) | 144 | 139 | 5 | 96.5% |
| 35 | Stanley (Historic) | 55 | 53 | 2 | 96.4% |
| 36 | Aycliffe East (Historic) | 193 | 186 | 7 | 96.4% |
| 37 | Dalton And Dawdon | 28 | 27 | 1 | 96.4% |
| 38 | Aycliffe North And Middridge (Historic) | 77 | 74 | 3 | 96.1% |
| 39 | Chilton (Historic) | 101 | 97 | 4 | 96.0% |
| 40 | Peterlee West (Historic) | 73 | 70 | 3 | 95.9% |
| 41 | Sacriston (Historic) | 121 | 116 | 5 | 95.9% |
| 42 | Deerness (Historic) | 215 | 206 | 9 | 95.8% |
| 43 | North Lodge | 24 | 23 | 1 | 95.8% |
| 44 | Sherburn (Historic) | 211 | 202 | 9 | 95.7% |
| 45 | Weardale (Historic) | 651 | 623 | 28 | 95.7% |
| 46 | Shildon And Dene Valley (Historic) | 208 | 199 | 9 | 95.7% |
| 47 | Chester-le-Street West Central (Historic) | 111 | 106 | 5 | 95.5% |
| 48 | Tow Law (Historic) | 106 | 101 | 5 | 95.3% |
| 49 | Benfieldside (Historic) | 191 | 182 | 9 | 95.3% |
| 50 | Framwellgate And Newton Hall | 85 | 81 | 4 | 95.3% |
| 51 | Tudhoe (Historic) | 189 | 180 | 9 | 95.2% |
| 52 | Easington (Historic) | 189 | 180 | 9 | 95.2% |
| 53 | Consett North | 21 | 20 | 1 | 95.2% |
| 54 | Pelton | 42 | 40 | 2 | 95.2% |
| 55 | Bishop Auckland | 82 | 78 | 4 | 95.1% |
| 56 | Coxhoe (Historic) | 320 | 304 | 16 | 95.0% |
| 57 | Trimdon And Thornley (Historic) | 180 | 171 | 9 | 95.0% |
| 58 | Brandon | 40 | 38 | 2 | 95.0% |
| 59 | Stanley | 39 | 37 | 2 | 94.9% |
| 60 | North Lodge (Historic) | 111 | 105 | 6 | 94.6% |
| 61 | Delves Lane (Historic) | 92 | 87 | 5 | 94.6% |
| 62 | Aycliffe South | 74 | 70 | 4 | 94.6% |
| 63 | Burnopfield And Dipton (Historic) | 141 | 133 | 8 | 94.3% |
| 64 | Brandon (Historic) | 185 | 174 | 11 | 94.1% |
| 65 | Chilton | 17 | 16 | 1 | 94.1% |
| 66 | West Auckland | 68 | 64 | 4 | 94.1% |
| 67 | Pelton (Historic) | 162 | 152 | 10 | 93.8% |
| 68 | Annfield Plain (Historic) | 80 | 75 | 5 | 93.8% |
| 69 | Coundon (Historic) | 64 | 60 | 4 | 93.8% |
| 70 | Murton (Historic) | 129 | 121 | 8 | 93.8% |
| 71 | Blackhalls And Hesledens | 16 | 15 | 1 | 93.8% |
| 72 | Leadgate And Medomsley (Historic) | 318 | 298 | 20 | 93.7% |
| 73 | Evenwood (Historic) | 333 | 312 | 21 | 93.7% |
| 74 | Ferryhill (Historic) | 111 | 104 | 7 | 93.7% |
| 75 | Neville's Cross | 127 | 119 | 8 | 93.7% |
| 76 | Benfieldside | 47 | 44 | 3 | 93.6% |
| 77 | Murton | 61 | 57 | 4 | 93.4% |
| 78 | Elvet And Gilesgate (Historic) | 821 | 766 | 55 | 93.3% |
| 79 | Elvet, Gilesgate And Shincliffe | 235 | 219 | 16 | 93.2% |
| 80 | Lanchester (Historic) | 364 | 339 | 25 | 93.1% |
| 81 | Craghead And South Moor (Historic) | 58 | 54 | 4 | 93.1% |
| 82 | Consett South (Historic) | 43 | 40 | 3 | 93.0% |
| 83 | Bowburn And Coxhoe | 98 | 91 | 7 | 92.9% |
| 84 | Tanfield (Historic) | 166 | 154 | 12 | 92.8% |
| 85 | Chester-le-Street North | 41 | 38 | 3 | 92.7% |
| 86 | Deerness | 53 | 49 | 4 | 92.5% |
| 87 | Dawdon (Historic) | 132 | 122 | 10 | 92.4% |
| 88 | Upper Teesdale | 172 | 159 | 13 | 92.4% |
| 89 | Neville's Cross (Historic) | 606 | 559 | 47 | 92.2% |
| 90 | Easington And Shotton | 76 | 70 | 6 | 92.1% |
| 91 | Derwent And Pont Valley | 85 | 78 | 7 | 91.8% |
| 92 | Thornley And Wheatley Hill | 36 | 33 | 3 | 91.7% |
| 93 | Langley And Esh | 48 | 44 | 4 | 91.7% |
| 94 | Belmont | 94 | 86 | 8 | 91.5% |
| 95 | Blackhalls (Historic) | 206 | 188 | 18 | 91.3% |
| 96 | Willington And Hunwick (Historic) | 240 | 219 | 21 | 91.2% |
| 97 | Shildon And Dene Valley | 57 | 52 | 5 | 91.2% |
| 98 | Lanchester And Burnhope | 68 | 62 | 6 | 91.2% |
| 99 | Wingate (Historic) | 44 | 40 | 4 | 90.9% |
| 100 | Shotton And South Hetton (Historic) | 119 | 108 | 11 | 90.8% |
| 101 | Weardale | 131 | 119 | 12 | 90.8% |
| 102 | Lower Teesdale | 131 | 119 | 12 | 90.8% |
| 103 | Trimdon And Wingate | 41 | 37 | 4 | 90.2% |
| 104 | Delves Lane | 30 | 27 | 3 | 90.0% |
| 105 | Craghead And South Moor | 10 | 9 | 1 | 90.0% |
| 106 | Sedgefield | 87 | 78 | 9 | 89.7% |
| 107 | Consett South | 19 | 17 | 2 | 89.5% |
| 108 | Willington And Hunwick | 47 | 41 | 6 | 87.2% |
| 109 | Crook | 84 | 72 | 12 | 85.7% |
| 110 | Evenwood | 49 | 42 | 7 | 85.7% |
| 111 | Horden And Dene House | 32 | 26 | 6 | 81.2% |
| 112 | Seaham | 30 | 24 | 6 | 80.0% |
| 113 | Annfield Plain And Tanfield | 25 | 19 | 6 | 76.0% |
An extension might sail through in Horden (Historic) but face serious resistance in Annfield Plain And Tanfield.
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