Gornal Ward planning approval rate
Gornal Ward ward in Dudley has a 88.8% approval rate based on 320 planning decisions. Dudley overall: 89.4%.
Last updated: March 2026
88.8%
ward approval rate
320
Decisions
284
Approved
36
Refused
89.4%
Dudley average
Gornal Ward is broadly in line with the Dudley average — neither notably strict nor notably permissive.
How Gornal Ward compares
Gornal Ward ward
88.8%
Dudley overall
89.4%
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Recent decisions in Gornal Ward
Single storey rear/side extension · 04-Dec-2025
Erection of outbuilding to rear for use as personal training business (retrospec · 10-Nov-2025
Lawful Development Certificate for existing use for the retention of boundary tr · 25-Nov-2025
Lawful development certificate for proposed mobile lodge on land at rear garden. · 06-Nov-2025
Householder Local Development Order for a single strey rear extension (following · 22-Oct-2025
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Less than one set of revised drawings. Based on 13,083 decisions.
Other wards in Dudley
Wollaston and Stourbridge Town Ward (90.7%)
Norton Ward (93.9%)
Halesowen South Ward (88.1%)
Pedmore and Stourbridge East Ward (86.4%)
Kingswinford South Ward (90.8%)
Kingswinford North and Wall Heath Ward (89.8%)
Sedgley Ward (82.9%)
Halesowen North Ward (87.2%)
St. Thomas's Ward (85.5%)
Castle and Priory Ward (88.4%)
Hayley Green and Cradley South Ward (92.0%)
St. James's Ward (85.9%)