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

Ware St Mary's at 93.3% based on 15 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 35.2% 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	15	14	1	93.3%
2	Ware Trinity	102	91	11	89.2%
3	Bishop's Stortford Thorley Manor	126	111	15	88.1%
4	Hertford Kingsmead	184	156	28	84.8%
5	Bishop's Stortford Parsonage	159	134	25	84.3%
6	Bishop's Stortford Central	187	157	30	84.0%
7	Bishop's Stortford All Saints	123	102	21	82.9%
8	Hertford Sele	11	9	2	81.8%
9	Ware St Marys	93	76	17	81.7%
10	Hertford Castle	304	248	56	81.6%
11	Bishops Stortford - Silverleys	426	347	79	81.5%
12	Bishop's Stortford North	293	238	55	81.2%
13	Ware - Trinity	207	166	41	80.2%
14	Ware Priory	220	176	44	80.0%
15	Hertford Bengeo	322	254	68	78.9%
16	Bishops Stortford - South	495	390	105	78.8%
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	247	192	55	77.7%
21	Ware - Chadwell	175	134	41	76.6%
22	Hertford - Sele	326	249	77	76.4%
23	Watton-at-Stone	258	197	61	76.4%
24	Bishops Stortford - All Saints	505	384	121	76.0%
25	Puckeridge	167	127	40	76.0%
26	The Mundens	190	144	46	75.8%
27	Great Amwell & Stansteads	154	116	38	75.3%
28	Hertford Heath & Brickendon	133	100	33	75.2%
29	Stanstead Abbotts	190	142	48	74.7%
30	Buntingford	748	556	192	74.3%
31	Bishop's Stortford South	136	101	35	74.3%
32	Bishops Stortford - Meads	633	466	167	73.6%
33	Bishops Stortford - Central	495	363	132	73.3%
34	Ware - Christchurch	352	258	94	73.3%
35	Sawbridgeworth	1,001	733	268	73.2%
36	Thundridge And Standon	457	328	129	71.8%
37	Aston, Datchworth & Walkern	261	187	74	71.6%
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	721	502	219	69.6%
43	Mundens And Cottered	363	251	112	69.1%
44	Ware Rural	171	118	53	69.0%
45	Hunsdon	462	319	143	69.0%
46	Great Amwell	230	156	74	67.8%
47	Hertford Rural	320	214	106	66.9%
48	Little Hadham & The Pelhams	304	201	103	66.1%
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 35.2% gap separates the best and worst wards. Ware St Mary's approves 93.3% of applications while Datchworth And Aston approves just 58.1%. That's a fundamentally different planning environment.

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