Name: UK Planning Approval Rates by Council
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All 291 Councils Ranked by Approval Rate

#	Council	Approved	Refused	Total	Rate
1	North Lanarkshire	806	2	808	99.8%
2	Dacorum	2,041	8	2,049	99.6%
3	Staffordshire	1,879	12	1,891	99.4%
4	Falkirk	1,027	8	1,035	99.2%
5	Fareham	2,906	28	2,934	99.0%
6	Mansfield	3,144	36	3,180	98.9%
7	Mid Ulster District Council	3,031	33	3,064	98.9%
8	Western Isles	1,930	21	1,951	98.9%
9	City of London	10,494	127	10,621	98.8%
10	Mid Devon	6,140	83	6,223	98.7%
11	Somerset	546	7	553	98.7%
12	LLDC	3,182	44	3,226	98.6%
13	Shetland	8,875	156	9,031	98.3%
14	North Ayrshire	1,344	26	1,370	98.1%
15	Clackmannanshire	1,051	23	1,074	97.9%
16	Harlow	2,606	57	2,663	97.9%
17	Moray	1,532	33	1,565	97.9%
18	Carlisle	4,955	127	5,082	97.5%
19	North Kesteven	701	18	719	97.5%
20	Dumfries & Galloway	22,801	599	23,400	97.4%
21	Monmouthshire	2,339	62	2,401	97.4%
22	Derry City and Strabane District Council	7,100	198	7,298	97.3%
23	Gosport	1,703	48	1,751	97.3%
24	OPDC	1,247	37	1,284	97.1%
25	Ards and North Down Borough Council	7,716	238	7,954	97.0%
26	Rushmoor	4,321	144	4,465	96.8%
27	South Lanarkshire	25,481	842	26,323	96.8%
28	Inverclyde	1,061	37	1,098	96.6%
29	Fermanagh and Omagh District Council	8,266	310	8,576	96.4%
30	Halton	2,197	81	2,278	96.4%
31	Renfrewshire	3,625	136	3,761	96.4%
32	East Dunbartonshire	1,160	46	1,206	96.2%
33	Angus	13,559	555	14,114	96.1%
34	Cheltenham	13,695	572	14,267	96.0%
35	Hambleton	4,630	195	4,825	96.0%
36	Orkney	7,615	318	7,933	96.0%
37	Argyll & Bute	4,366	186	4,552	95.9%
38	Aberdeenshire	2,814	124	2,938	95.8%
39	Cotswold	23,386	1,080	24,466	95.6%
40	Neath Port Talbot	25,371	1,236	26,607	95.4%
41	South Ribble	4,183	201	4,384	95.4%
42	South Tyneside	3,107	151	3,258	95.4%
43	Melton	3,734	184	3,918	95.3%
44	South Ayrshire	1,126	56	1,182	95.3%
45	Stirling	11,848	586	12,434	95.3%
46	Bolsover	2,062	105	2,167	95.2%
47	Hartlepool	3,333	169	3,502	95.2%
48	Lincoln	6,732	337	7,069	95.2%
49	Canterbury	10,620	548	11,168	95.1%
50	South Norfolk	6,899	357	7,256	95.1%
51	Stockton-on-Tees	2,487	127	2,614	95.1%
52	Swindon	4,357	230	4,587	95.0%
53	County Durham	14,756	801	15,557	94.9%
54	Highland	2,685	143	2,828	94.9%
55	Winchester	6,683	356	7,039	94.9%
56	Broads Authority	2,276	124	2,400	94.8%
57	North Norfolk	2,585	143	2,728	94.8%
58	Tamworth	5,532	309	5,841	94.7%
59	Broxtowe	5,004	286	5,290	94.6%
60	West Lancashire	6,611	379	6,990	94.6%
61	Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council	9,705	560	10,265	94.5%
62	East Ayrshire	1,520	89	1,609	94.5%
63	East Lindsey	6,815	397	7,212	94.5%
64	North Tyneside	5,931	346	6,277	94.5%
65	North York Moors	2,959	171	3,130	94.5%
66	West Oxfordshire	7,177	414	7,591	94.5%
67	Knowsley	4,229	249	4,478	94.4%
68	Loch Lomond & The Trossachs National Park	7,555	447	8,002	94.4%
69	Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council	9,130	554	9,684	94.3%
70	Huntingdonshire	4,842	290	5,132	94.3%
71	Nottingham	6,959	417	7,376	94.3%
72	Perth & Kinross	21,335	1,283	22,618	94.3%
73	Aberdeen	20,641	1,271	21,912	94.2%
74	Belfast City Council	12,792	790	13,582	94.2%
75	Dundee	9,984	619	10,603	94.2%
76	Midlothian	1,310	81	1,391	94.2%
77	Redcar and Cleveland	10,720	666	11,386	94.2%
78	North West Leicestershire	1,898	122	2,020	94.0%
79	Rugby	13,080	832	13,912	94.0%
80	Stevenage	3,692	235	3,927	94.0%
81	Mid Sussex	8,246	539	8,785	93.9%
82	Mid and East Antrim Borough Council	6,706	436	7,142	93.9%
83	Newcastle-under-Lyme	1,111	73	1,184	93.8%
84	North East Lincolnshire	3,117	205	3,322	93.8%
85	North Northamptonshire	4,988	329	5,317	93.8%
86	Broadland	6,940	465	7,405	93.7%
87	North Hertfordshire	1,991	133	2,124	93.7%
88	Gateshead	6,990	477	7,467	93.6%
89	Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council	7,104	485	7,589	93.6%
90	West Suffolk	37,632	2,552	40,184	93.6%
91	Blaby	3,059	214	3,273	93.5%
92	Southwark	28,497	1,986	30,483	93.5%
93	Arun	3,186	226	3,412	93.4%
94	Camden	24,205	1,716	25,921	93.4%
95	Sandwell	6,561	466	7,027	93.4%
96	Bath & NE Somerset	34,335	2,478	36,813	93.3%
97	Bromsgrove & Redditch	2,259	161	2,420	93.3%
98	Newcastle upon Tyne	11,512	823	12,335	93.3%
99	South Kesteven	8,947	641	9,588	93.3%
100	Torridge	7,855	564	8,419	93.3%
101	Wandsworth	26,190	1,893	28,083	93.3%
102	Chorley	4,077	297	4,374	93.2%
103	Dover	6,294	461	6,755	93.2%
104	South Downs	10,246	742	10,988	93.2%
105	Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council	5,954	443	6,397	93.1%
106	Erewash	3,454	256	3,710	93.1%
107	Plymouth	6,737	502	7,239	93.1%
108	Cambridge	7,937	593	8,530	93.0%
109	Cornwall	23,226	1,744	24,970	93.0%
110	Rhondda Cynon Taf	4,861	373	5,234	92.9%
111	South Holland	1,449	110	1,559	92.9%
112	Derby	4,398	341	4,739	92.8%
113	Derbyshire Dales	4,301	336	4,637	92.8%
114	Dorset	23,254	1,794	25,048	92.8%
115	Norwich	7,963	627	8,590	92.7%
116	Rotherham	2,321	182	2,503	92.7%
117	Westmorland and Furness	48,473	3,817	52,290	92.7%
118	Darlington	3,072	245	3,317	92.6%
119	Kensington & Chelsea	30,731	2,492	33,223	92.5%
120	Stockport	421	34	455	92.5%
121	Gedling	4,132	341	4,473	92.4%
122	Telford & Wrekin	13,908	1,142	15,050	92.4%
123	Torfaen	4,528	370	4,898	92.4%
124	Cannock Chase	4,979	418	5,397	92.3%
125	Middlesbrough	17,323	1,454	18,777	92.3%
126	Hammersmith & Fulham	18,058	1,521	19,579	92.2%
127	Three Rivers	3,525	298	3,823	92.2%
128	Exmoor NPA	1,680	146	1,826	92.0%
129	Pembrokeshire Coast National Park	6,384	558	6,942	92.0%
130	Solihull	5,361	468	5,829	92.0%
131	Doncaster	11,352	1,005	12,357	91.9%
132	King's Lynn & West Norfolk	2,440	215	2,655	91.9%
133	Lancaster	4,413	389	4,802	91.9%
134	Hinckley & Bosworth	3,669	330	3,999	91.7%
135	BCP (Bournemouth, Christchurch & Poole)	456	42	498	91.6%
136	Fife	5,775	538	6,313	91.5%
137	Oxford	5,677	526	6,203	91.5%
138	Rossendale	591	55	646	91.5%
139	Watford	4,522	418	4,940	91.5%
140	Wiltshire	192,846	17,811	210,657	91.5%
141	Harborough	3,602	338	3,940	91.4%
142	Lewes & Eastbourne	2,109	199	2,308	91.4%
143	Test Valley	5,541	522	6,063	91.4%
144	Lake District NPA	29,320	2,787	32,107	91.3%
145	Swale	1,546	147	1,693	91.3%
146	Babergh Mid Suffolk	17,650	1,704	19,354	91.2%
147	Horsham	12,019	1,162	13,181	91.2%
148	Northumberland	572	55	627	91.2%
149	Rutland	19,747	1,900	21,647	91.2%
150	Exeter	6,591	663	7,254	90.9%
151	Merthyr Tydfil	1,093	110	1,203	90.9%
152	Forest of Dean	5,826	587	6,413	90.8%
153	Westminster	59,552	6,034	65,586	90.8%
154	East Cambridgeshire	10,338	1,064	11,402	90.7%
155	Southampton	913	94	1,007	90.7%
156	West Lothian	12,435	1,271	13,706	90.7%
157	Bury	5,487	570	6,057	90.6%
158	East Hampshire	8,858	918	9,776	90.6%
159	Sheffield	6,541	677	7,218	90.6%
160	Tewkesbury	6,441	665	7,106	90.6%
161	Brecon Beacons National Park	11,872	1,258	13,130	90.4%
162	Tendring	1,640	175	1,815	90.4%
163	Great Yarmouth	2,415	260	2,675	90.3%
164	New Forest National Park	11,570	1,241	12,811	90.3%
165	North Somerset	18,222	1,956	20,178	90.3%
166	Tonbridge & Malling	7,854	840	8,694	90.3%
167	North East Derbyshire	5,845	632	6,477	90.2%
168	Surrey Heath	4,608	503	5,111	90.2%
169	Basingstoke & Deane	10,584	1,167	11,751	90.1%
170	York	10,725	1,175	11,900	90.1%
171	Barnsley	22,158	2,458	24,616	90.0%
172	Basildon	1,484	164	1,648	90.0%
173	Chichester	4,216	472	4,688	89.9%
174	Brighton & Hove	2,839	324	3,163	89.8%
175	City of Edinburgh	57,448	6,506	63,954	89.8%
176	Warwick	11,336	1,287	12,623	89.8%
177	Wakefield	11,979	1,374	13,353	89.7%
178	Kingston upon Hull	5,807	679	6,486	89.5%
179	Oldham	6,610	778	7,388	89.5%
180	West Berkshire	1,116	131	1,247	89.5%
181	Adur & Worthing	31,869	3,775	35,644	89.4%
182	Dudley	11,699	1,383	13,082	89.4%
183	Powys	6,448	762	7,210	89.4%
184	East Riding of Yorkshire	7,928	947	8,875	89.3%
185	Rushcliffe	7,135	857	7,992	89.3%
186	Southend-on-Sea	1,500	183	1,683	89.1%
187	Fenland	4,595	570	5,165	89.0%
188	North Yorkshire	3,407	426	3,833	88.9%
189	Tower Hamlets	22,852	2,845	25,697	88.9%
190	Haringey	21,593	2,749	24,342	88.7%
191	Reigate & Banstead	12,605	1,601	14,206	88.7%
192	Gwynedd	9,780	1,259	11,039	88.6%
193	Liverpool	42,558	5,477	48,035	88.6%
194	Newry, Mourne and Down District Council	11,009	1,418	12,427	88.6%
195	Sunderland	9,780	1,262	11,042	88.6%
196	Craven	430	56	486	88.5%
197	Portsmouth	8,152	1,062	9,214	88.5%
198	Wigan	4,972	646	5,618	88.5%
199	Isle of Wight	13,002	1,718	14,720	88.3%
200	Newport	5,132	688	5,820	88.2%
201	Trafford	11,725	1,570	13,295	88.2%
202	Glasgow	35,152	4,737	39,889	88.1%
203	Newark & Sherwood	9,529	1,302	10,831	88.0%
204	Sefton	6,268	853	7,121	88.0%
205	Ceredigion	32,975	4,539	37,514	87.9%
206	Epsom & Ewell	7,643	1,057	8,700	87.9%
207	Hounslow	64,241	8,860	73,101	87.9%
208	Hertsmere	3,638	506	4,144	87.8%
209	Flintshire	12,586	1,764	14,350	87.7%
210	Calderdale	12,046	1,706	13,752	87.6%
211	Dartford	6,887	978	7,865	87.6%
212	Ealing	61,329	8,718	70,047	87.6%
213	New Forest	8,270	1,172	9,442	87.6%
214	Peterborough	29,415	4,151	33,566	87.6%
215	Richmond	29,106	4,113	33,219	87.6%
216	Wirral	7,019	993	8,012	87.6%
217	Luton	3,912	568	4,480	87.3%
218	Runnymede	11,943	1,758	13,701	87.2%
219	Thanet	23,515	3,493	27,008	87.1%
220	Bristol	22,477	3,371	25,848	87.0%
221	Tameside	3,853	575	4,428	87.0%
222	Warrington	9,731	1,453	11,184	87.0%
223	Hastings	5,346	807	6,153	86.9%
224	South Gloucestershire	13,864	2,082	15,946	86.9%
225	Hackney	18,557	2,821	21,378	86.8%
226	Sevenoaks	11,003	1,679	12,682	86.8%
227	South Staffordshire	1,427	217	1,644	86.8%
228	Dartmoor NPA	3,764	586	4,350	86.5%
229	Leeds	39,625	6,174	45,799	86.5%
230	Kirklees	25,571	4,048	29,619	86.3%
231	Spelthorne	1,414	225	1,639	86.3%
232	Merton	15,684	2,509	18,193	86.2%
233	Pendle	3,045	486	3,531	86.2%
234	High Peak	7,727	1,245	8,972	86.1%
235	Hart	9,035	1,487	10,522	85.9%
236	Castle Point	2,607	432	3,039	85.8%
237	Swansea	3,313	547	3,860	85.8%
238	Woking	6,783	1,126	7,909	85.8%
239	Chelmsford	433	72	505	85.7%
240	Bolton	4,131	702	4,833	85.5%
241	Bexley	18,359	3,188	21,547	85.2%
242	Pembrokeshire	25,071	4,378	29,449	85.1%
243	Gloucester	3,682	649	4,331	85.0%
244	Newham	18,570	3,327	21,897	84.8%
245	Blackpool	632	116	748	84.5%
246	Lambeth	26,892	4,944	31,836	84.5%
247	Lichfield	2,527	464	2,991	84.5%
248	Stafford	3,904	715	4,619	84.5%
249	Cheshire East	12,785	2,372	15,157	84.4%
250	Scarborough	276	51	327	84.4%
251	Windsor & Maidenhead	6,632	1,236	7,868	84.3%
252	Bassetlaw	3,938	743	4,681	84.1%
253	Sutton	15,599	2,939	18,538	84.1%
254	Brentwood	10,186	1,943	12,129	84.0%
255	Coventry	2,238	430	2,668	83.9%
256	Birmingham	27,768	5,352	33,120	83.8%
257	Maidstone	1,540	303	1,843	83.6%
258	Wyre	600	118	718	83.6%
259	Leicester	448	90	538	83.3%
260	Staffordshire Moorlands	8,691	1,760	10,451	83.2%
261	Lewisham	21,297	4,378	25,675	82.9%
262	Slough	14,817	3,062	17,879	82.9%
263	Islington	70,582	14,632	85,214	82.8%
264	Selby	4,994	1,039	6,033	82.8%
265	Gravesham	1,384	289	1,673	82.7%
266	Cardiff	4,274	910	5,184	82.4%
267	Guildford	14,924	3,261	18,185	82.1%
268	Oadby & Wigston	1,885	417	2,302	81.9%
269	Barnet	45,334	10,185	55,519	81.7%
270	Stoke-on-Trent	1,437	324	1,761	81.6%
271	Croydon	33,013	7,599	40,612	81.3%
272	Bromley	29,303	6,864	36,167	81.0%
273	Thurrock	9,067	2,121	11,188	81.0%
274	Torbay	4,588	1,082	5,670	80.9%
275	Eastleigh	20,177	4,845	25,022	80.6%
276	Kingston	19,915	4,861	24,776	80.4%
277	Hillingdon	24,657	6,178	30,835	80.0%
278	Enfield	25,373	6,367	31,740	79.9%
279	Havering	19,231	4,966	24,197	79.5%
280	Bradford	22,312	5,870	28,182	79.2%
281	Redbridge	26,226	7,157	33,383	78.6%
282	Elmbridge	57,689	15,929	73,618	78.4%
283	Caerphilly	3,885	1,081	4,966	78.2%
284	Greenwich	18,206	5,064	23,270	78.2%
285	Waltham Forest	16,356	5,108	21,464	76.2%
286	Brent	25,052	7,911	32,963	76.0%
287	Harrow	16,811	5,340	22,151	75.9%
288	Maldon	3,317	1,052	4,369	75.9%
289	Uttlesford	870	301	1,171	74.3%
290	East Hertfordshire	12,728	4,574	17,302	73.6%
291	Barking & Dagenham	6,580	2,596	9,176	71.7%

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