Check if planning permission is likely to be approved for any UK postcode — for free. See real council approval rates, ward-level patterns, and the 20 nearest comparable decisions to your property in a free PDF report emailed within minutes.
Instant approval rates and a free property-specific PDF report.
PlanningLens is a free planning permission checker for any postcode in England, Scotland or Wales. It analyses 2,645,704 real planning decisions from 237 UK councils to show you exactly what is being approved — and refused — near your property.
Unlike government tools that simply show you a list of recent applications, PlanningLens classifies every decision (approved or refused), groups them by ward and application type, and produces an instant approval rate for your specific area. The full Full Planning Analysis report is also free.
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Most planning intelligence is locked behind professional consultancy fees of £200–£500 per assessment, or buried in government datasets that are hard to interpret without specialist knowledge.
PlanningLens was built to make this information accessible to homeowners before they spend £5,000+ on architects and drawings. There is no paywall, no subscription, and no payment information is ever requested. The checker is free, the report is free, and the data is free to verify.
Jump straight to the council page for your area. Each page includes a free, council-specific approval rate breakdown, ward-level data, and recent decisions.
Yes. PlanningLens is a free planning permission checker covering 237 UK councils across England, Scotland and Wales. Enter any UK postcode to instantly see approval rates for your ward and application type, based on 2,645,704 real council decisions. The full property-specific PDF report is also free and emailed within minutes.
Go to PlanningLens and enter your postcode. You'll see an instant breakdown of approval and refusal rates near your property. To get a property-specific report — including the 20 nearest comparable decisions, ward-level refusal patterns and approval trends — enter your address and email and the free PDF will be emailed to you within minutes.
Yes. The postcode check is free and so is the full Planning Analysis PDF report. There is no paywall, no subscription and no payment information required. PlanningLens is a free public tool funded by its founder.
The instant postcode check shows your council's overall approval rate, broken down by ward and application type. The free Full Planning Analysis PDF includes the 20 nearest comparable planning decisions to your property, refusal pattern analysis, approval rates by application type, ward-level statistics, conservation area detection, appeal outcomes, and approval trends over time.
PlanningLens analyses 2,645,704 real planning decisions scraped directly from UK council planning portals. Every figure is verifiable — each comparable decision in your free report links back to the original council record. Approval rates reflect the proportion of decided applications that were approved; withdrawn and procedural outcomes are excluded. See our full methodology.
PlanningLens covers 237 councils across England, Scotland and Wales — including all 33 London boroughs, all major UK cities, and most district, unitary and national park authorities. See all councils ranked →
No registration or payment is required to see approval rates by postcode. To receive the free Full Planning Analysis PDF report, you provide your address and email so the report can be generated and delivered. No payment details are ever requested.
Yes. The free Full Planning Analysis report shows the 20 nearest comparable planning decisions to your property — including the proposal description, decision date, and a direct link to the council's own planning portal record so you can verify everything yourself.
Find out what actually gets approved near your property — before you spend £5,000+ on architects and drawings. Free instant check, free property-specific PDF report, emailed within minutes.
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