Main Location: planning approval rate
Main Location: ward in Dudley has a 89.8% approval rate based on 265 planning decisions. Dudley overall: 89.4%.
Last updated: April 2026
89.8%
ward approval rate
265
Decisions
238
Approved
27
Refused
89.4%
Dudley average
Main Location: is broadly in line with the Dudley average — neither notably strict nor notably permissive.
How Main Location: compares
Main Location: ward
89.8%
Dudley overall
89.4%
Planning in Dudley? Check your postcode to see approval rates specific to your ward and street.
Recent decisions in Main Location:
Lawful development certificate for proposed use of front garden for additional p · 03-Nov-2025
Erection of a new 3 bedroom detached house with garden building · 26-Nov-2025
Cut back Hawthorn, Silver Birch and Hazel trees overhang from fenced area to cle · 13-Oct-2025
Erection of a detached outbuilding for use as a classroom · 23-Oct-2025
Householder Local Development Order for a single storey rear extension · 30-Sep-2025
What gets approved near your property?
In Dudley, 1 in 9 applications are refused. Your PlanningLens Pro Report gives you 17 pages of intelligence specific to your property:
✓ Ward-level approval rates for your exact area
✓ Common refusal reasons in Dudley
✓ Your 10 nearest comparable planning decisions
✓ Appeal success rates
✓ PDF report to share with your architect
Get Dudley Pro Report — £79
✓ Common refusal reasons in Dudley
✓ Your 10 nearest comparable planning decisions
✓ Appeal success rates
✓ PDF report to share with your architect
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%)