Which ward in East Hertfordshire has the highest planning approval rate?

Ware St Mary's at 95.2% based on 21 decisions.

Which ward in East Hertfordshire has the lowest planning approval rate?

Datchworth And Aston at 58.1% based on 360 decisions.

How much do planning approval rates vary across East Hertfordshire?

There is a 37.1% gap between Ware St Mary's and Datchworth And Aston. Your postcode significantly affects outcomes.

East Hertfordshire Planning Approval Rates by Ward: 52 Wards Compared (2026)

All 52 wards ranked

#	Ward	Decisions	Approved	Refused	Rate
1	Ware St Mary's	21	20	1	95.2%
2	Ware Trinity	104	93	11	89.4%
3	Bishop's Stortford Thorley Manor	133	118	15	88.7%
4	Hertford Kingsmead	191	162	29	84.8%
5	Bishop's Stortford Central	191	160	31	83.8%
6	Bishop's Stortford All Saints	132	110	22	83.3%
7	Bishop's Stortford Parsonage	165	137	28	83.0%
8	Hertford Castle	317	260	57	82.0%
9	Ware St Marys	93	76	17	81.7%
10	Bishops Stortford - Silverleys	426	347	79	81.5%
11	Bishop's Stortford North	309	251	58	81.2%
12	Ware Priory	227	182	45	80.2%
13	Ware - Trinity	207	166	41	80.2%
14	Hertford Sele	15	12	3	80.0%
15	Bishops Stortford - South	495	390	105	78.8%
16	Hertford Bengeo	334	263	71	78.7%
17	Ware - St Marys	263	207	56	78.7%
18	Hertford - Kingsmead	294	230	64	78.2%
19	Hertford - Bengeo	726	566	160	78.0%
20	Braughing & Standon	256	197	59	77.0%
21	Ware - Chadwell	175	134	41	76.6%
22	Hertford - Sele	326	249	77	76.4%
23	Watton-at-Stone	261	199	62	76.2%
24	The Mundens	196	149	47	76.0%
25	Bishops Stortford - All Saints	505	384	121	76.0%
26	Puckeridge	167	127	40	76.0%
27	Bishop's Stortford South	145	110	35	75.9%
28	Great Amwell & Stansteads	159	120	39	75.5%
29	Stanstead Abbotts	190	142	48	74.7%
30	Buntingford	761	567	194	74.5%
31	Bishops Stortford - Meads	633	466	167	73.6%
32	Hertford Heath & Brickendon	143	105	38	73.4%
33	Sawbridgeworth	1,004	736	268	73.3%
34	Bishops Stortford - Central	495	363	132	73.3%
35	Ware - Christchurch	352	258	94	73.3%
36	Thundridge And Standon	457	328	129	71.8%
37	Aston, Datchworth & Walkern	266	190	76	71.4%
38	Little Hadham	475	334	141	70.3%
39	Walkern	300	211	89	70.3%
40	Hertford - Castle	850	596	254	70.1%
41	Braughing	518	362	156	69.9%
42	Much Hadham	723	504	219	69.7%
43	Hunsdon	465	322	143	69.2%
44	Ware Rural	175	121	54	69.1%
45	Mundens And Cottered	363	251	112	69.1%
46	Great Amwell	230	156	74	67.8%
47	Hertford Rural	328	220	108	67.1%
48	Little Hadham & The Pelhams	317	210	107	66.2%
49	Hertford Heath	350	230	120	65.7%
50	Hertford - Rural North	392	255	137	65.1%
51	Hertford - Rural South	486	306	180	63.0%
52	Datchworth And Aston	360	209	151	58.1%

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What the data tells us

A 37.1% gap separates the best and worst wards. Ware St Mary's approves 95.2% of applications while Datchworth And Aston approves just 58.1%. That's a fundamentally different planning environment.

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