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Planning Approval Rates by Ward in Scarborough

Planning outcomes in Scarborough are highly localised. The gap between the most and least permissive wards is 25.0% — that's not noise, it's a fundamentally different planning environment depending on where you live.

327 real decisions·13 wards·Updated August 2026
100.0%
Highest: Seamer
75.0%
Lowest: Hunmanby And Sherbur
25.0%
Gap
13
Wards
84.4% approved overall. But 51 applications refused since 2020. Where you live in Scarborough shifts your odds by up to 25.0%. The council average doesn't tell you which side of that gap you're on.

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All 13 wards ranked

#WardDecisionsApprovedRefusedRate
1Seamer14140
100.0%
2Filey21201
95.2%
3Whitby West20182
90.0%
4Castle40355
87.5%
5Falsgrave & Stepney15132
86.7%
6Weaponness & Ramshill50428
84.0%
7Whitby Streonshalh36306
83.3%
8Esk Valley And Coast12102
83.3%
9Scalby And The Coast17143
82.4%
10Newby1192
81.8%
11Cayton15123
80.0%
12Derwent Valley & Moor17134
76.5%
13Hunmanby And Sherburn28217
75.0%
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These are council averages. Your property is specific.

An extension might sail through in Seamer but face serious resistance in Hunmanby And Sherburn.
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What the data tells us

1
A 25.0% gap separates the best and worst wards. Seamer approves 100.0% of applications while Hunmanby And Sherburn approves just 75.0%. That's a fundamentally different planning environment.
2
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.
3
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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Methodology: Covers 327 planning decisions in Scarborough, January 2020 to December 2025. Approval rate = approved / (approved + refused). Pending, withdrawn and invalid excluded. Ward boundaries reflect current electoral divisions. Data from Scarborough Council's public planning portal. Full methodology →
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