Which ward in South Gloucestershire has the highest planning approval rate?

Almondsbury at 93.3% based on 15 decisions.

Which ward in South Gloucestershire has the lowest planning approval rate?

Cotswold Edge at 81.8% based on 11 decisions.

How much do planning approval rates vary across South Gloucestershire?

There is a 11.5% gap between Almondsbury and Cotswold Edge. Your postcode significantly affects outcomes.

Planning Approval Rates by Ward in South Gloucestershire

Planning outcomes in South Gloucestershire are highly localised. The gap between the most and least permissive wards is 11.5% — that's not noise, it's a fundamentally different planning environment depending on where you live.

15,285 real decisions·34 wards·Updated March 2026

All 34 wards ranked

#	Ward	Decisions	Approved	Refused	Rate
1	Almondsbury	15	14	1	93.3%
2	Charlton And Cribbs	399	368	31	92.2%
3	Emersons Green	556	505	51	90.8%
4	Thornbury	707	637	70	90.1%
5	Thornbury North	10	9	1	90.0%
6	Chipping Sodbury And Cotswold Edge	951	851	100	89.5%
7	Frenchay And Downend	991	887	104	89.5%
8	Stoke Gifford	464	415	49	89.4%
9	Yate North	400	355	45	88.8%
10	Bitton And Oldland Common	546	484	62	88.6%
11	Kingswood	308	272	36	88.3%
12	Parkwall And Warmley	274	240	34	87.6%
13	Longwell Green	409	358	51	87.5%
14	Yate Central	232	203	29	87.5%
15	Hanham	485	423	62	87.2%
16	Bradley Stoke North	349	304	45	87.1%
17	Pilning And Severn Beach	527	458	69	86.9%
18	Bradley Stoke South	206	179	27	86.9%
19	Stoke Park And Cheswick	122	106	16	86.9%
20	Patchway Coniston	180	155	25	86.1%
21	Winterbourne	564	484	80	85.8%
22	Dodington	120	103	17	85.8%
23	Frenchay And Stoke Park	21	18	3	85.7%
24	Charfield	410	351	59	85.6%
25	Filton	818	700	118	85.6%
26	Boyd Valley	1,428	1,220	208	85.4%
27	Patchway	13	11	2	84.6%
28	New Cheltenham	239	202	37	84.5%
29	Severn Vale	1,220	1,023	197	83.9%
30	Staple Hill And Mangotsfield	525	438	87	83.4%
31	Frampton Cotterell	1,404	1,171	233	83.4%
32	Ladden Brook	12	10	2	83.3%
33	Woodstock	208	172	36	82.7%
34	Cotswold Edge	11	9	2	81.8%

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What the data tells us

A 11.5% gap separates the best and worst wards. Almondsbury approves 93.3% of applications while Cotswold Edge approves just 81.8%. 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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Methodology: Covers 15,285 planning decisions in South Gloucestershire, January 2020 to present. Approval rate = approved / (approved + refused). Pending, withdrawn and invalid excluded. Ward boundaries reflect current electoral divisions. Data from South Gloucestershire Council's public planning portal. Full methodology →