Brambles/Thorntree planning approval rate
Brambles/Thorntree ward in Middlesbrough has a 88.2% approval rate based on 93 planning decisions. Middlesbrough overall: 83.1%.
Last updated: March 2026
88.2%
ward approval rate
93
Decisions
82
Approved
11
Refused
83.1%
Middlesbrough average
Brambles/Thorntree is 5.1 percentage points above the Middlesbrough average, making it one of the more permissive wards in this council area. Applications here have historically faced lower refusal rates.
How Brambles/Thorntree compares
Brambles/Thorntree ward
88.2%
Middlesbrough overall
83.1%
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Recent decisions in Brambles/Thorntree
25/0643/COU
Change of use from public park (F.2(c) use class) to cemetery (sui generis use c · 2026-01-28
25/0190/MAJ
Erection of 10no. bungalows including associated works and landscaping · 2025-10-10
25/0221/FUL
Four parallel pull-in car parking spaces and adjacent pedestrian footpaths, eith · 2025-08-08
25/0116/COU
Change of use from dwelling (C3) to childrens care home (C2) · 2025-08-04
25/0095/PNO
Change of use from retail unit to 1no. 2 bedroom flat · 2025-07-25
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Less than one set of revised drawings. Based on 3,412 decisions.