Which ward in Lake District NPA has the highest planning approval rate?

Cleator Moor East and Frizington Ward at 100.0% based on 10 decisions.

Which ward in Lake District NPA has the lowest planning approval rate?

Bowness & Levens Ward, Cartmel Ward at 72.7% based on 11 decisions.

How much do planning approval rates vary across Lake District NPA?

There is a 27.3% gap between Cleator Moor East and Frizington Ward and Bowness & Levens Ward, Cartmel Ward. Your postcode significantly affects outcomes.

Planning Approval Rates by Ward in Lake District NPA

All 41 wards ranked

#	Ward	Decisions	Approved	Refused	Rate
1	Cleator Moor East and Frizington Ward	10	10	0	100.0%
2	Levens and Crooklands Ward	15	15	0	100.0%
3	Ambleside and Grasmere Ward, Ambleside & Grasmere Ward	40	39	1	97.5%
4	Thursby Ward	38	37	1	97.4%
5	Warnell Ward	136	132	4	97.1%
6	Shap Ward	19	18	1	94.7%
7	Greystoke and Ullswater Ward	107	101	6	94.4%
8	Keswick Ward	708	662	46	93.5%
9	Upper Kent Ward	62	58	4	93.5%
10	Windermere Ward	499	466	33	93.4%
11	Eamont and Shap Ward	61	57	4	93.4%
12	Windermere and Ambleside Ward	364	340	24	93.4%
13	Coniston and Hawkshead Ward	164	153	11	93.3%
14	Millom Without Ward	70	65	5	92.9%
15	Greystoke Ward	124	115	9	92.7%
16	Kendal Rural Ward	303	279	24	92.1%
17	Windermere Applethwaite and Troutbeck Ward, Windermere Ward	12	11	1	91.7%
18	Hawkshead Ward, Broughton & Coniston Ward	12	11	1	91.7%
19	Bothel and Wharrels Ward	131	120	11	91.6%
20	Ullswater Ward	301	275	26	91.4%
21	All Saints Ward	105	96	9	91.4%
22	Crummock & Derwent Valley Ward	279	254	25	91.0%
23	Grange and Cartmel Ward	88	80	8	90.9%
24	Askham Ward	219	199	20	90.9%
25	Bowness & Levens Ward	818	742	76	90.7%
26	Arlecdon & Ennerdale Ward	43	39	4	90.7%
27	Bowness and Lyth Ward	179	162	17	90.5%
28	Broughton & Coniston Ward	790	713	77	90.3%
29	Boltons Ward	106	95	11	89.6%
30	Cartmel Ward	240	215	25	89.6%
31	Ambleside & Grasmere Ward	881	788	93	89.4%
32	Gosforth Ward	27	24	3	88.9%
33	Black Combe & Scafell Ward	263	233	30	88.6%
34	Gosforth & Seascale Ward	144	127	17	88.2%
35	Staveley-in-Westmorland Ward, Kendal Rural Ward	22	19	3	86.4%
36	Coniston and Crake Valley Ward, Broughton & Coniston Ward	14	12	2	85.7%
37	Dacre Ward	27	23	4	85.2%
38	High Furness Ward	26	22	4	84.6%
39	Orton with Tebay Ward	17	14	3	82.4%
40	Bowness & Levens Ward, Broughton & Coniston Ward	27	21	6	77.8%
41	Bowness & Levens Ward, Cartmel Ward	11	8	3	72.7%

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What the data tells us

A 27.3% gap separates the best and worst wards. Cleator Moor East and Frizington Ward approves 100.0% of applications while Bowness & Levens Ward, Cartmel Ward approves just 72.7%. That's a fundamentally different planning environment.

High volume doesn't mean high approval. Some of the busiest wards aren't the most permissive. The number of applications a ward processes tells you nothing about how likely yours is to succeed.

Ward averages are a starting point, not a guarantee. Your specific outcome depends on your property, your neighbours, your proposal type and the comparable decisions near your address.

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Planning Approval Rates by Ward in Lake District NPA

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