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.

15,481 real decisions·34 wards·Updated June 2026

All 34 wards ranked

#	Ward	Decisions	Approved	Refused	Rate
1	Almondsbury	15	14	1	93.3%
2	Charlton And Cribbs	404	373	31	92.3%
3	Emersons Green	564	513	51	91.0%
4	Thornbury	715	645	70	90.2%
5	Thornbury North	10	9	1	90.0%
6	Chipping Sodbury And Cotswold Edge	964	864	100	89.6%
7	Stoke Gifford	470	421	49	89.6%
8	Frenchay And Downend	1,003	898	105	89.5%
9	Yate North	408	363	45	89.0%
10	Bitton And Oldland Common	553	490	63	88.6%
11	Kingswood	311	275	36	88.4%
12	Parkwall And Warmley	280	246	34	87.9%
13	Longwell Green	414	363	51	87.7%
14	Yate Central	235	206	29	87.7%
15	Hanham	490	428	62	87.3%
16	Bradley Stoke North	350	305	45	87.1%
17	Pilning And Severn Beach	533	464	69	87.1%
18	Stoke Park And Cheswick	124	108	16	87.1%
19	Bradley Stoke South	206	179	27	86.9%
20	Patchway Coniston	182	157	25	86.3%
21	Dodington	122	105	17	86.1%
22	Winterbourne	571	490	81	85.8%
23	Charfield	414	355	59	85.7%
24	Filton	828	710	118	85.7%
25	Frenchay And Stoke Park	21	18	3	85.7%
26	Boyd Valley	1,448	1,239	209	85.6%
27	New Cheltenham	240	203	37	84.6%
28	Patchway	13	11	2	84.6%
29	Severn Vale	1,235	1,035	200	83.8%
30	Frampton Cotterell	1,431	1,193	238	83.4%
31	Staple Hill And Mangotsfield	533	444	89	83.3%
32	Ladden Brook	12	10	2	83.3%
33	Woodstock	209	173	36	82.8%
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 15,481 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 →