Which councils approve the most planning applications? And which refuse the most? We ranked every council in our database that passes our data-quality gates.
Your ward, application type, and proposal details all affect outcomes.
These councils approve the highest proportion of planning applications. A high council-wide rate does not guarantee your application will succeed, ward and proposal type matter enormously.
| Council | Decisions | Rate |
|---|---|---|
| Aberdeen | 16,029 | – |
| Aberdeenshire | 2,383 | – |
| Adur & Worthing | 25,460 | – |
| Angus | 12,308 | – |
| City of London | 7,483 | 98.7% |
| Clackmannanshire | 818 | 97.4% |
| Derry City and Strabane District Council | 7,164 | 97.3% |
| Ards and North Down Borough Council | 7,825 | 97.0% |
| Cheltenham | 8,376 | 95.4% |
| Blaenau Gwent | 238 | 95.4% |
These councils have the toughest track records. If your property falls in one of these areas, professional pre-application advice is strongly recommended.
| Council | Decisions | Rate |
|---|---|---|
| West Lothian | 10,771 | – |
| West Lancashire | 3,976 | – |
| Waltham Forest | 14,067 | 73.7% |
| Uttlesford | 716 | 73.9% |
| Watford | 3,250 | 74.1% |
| Torridge | 6,307 | – |
| Thurrock | 7,916 | 76.6% |
| Redbridge | 28,705 | 77.4% |
| Hillingdon | 21,800 | 77.9% |
| Torbay | 3,364 | 79.3% |
Your ward, application type, and proposal details all affect outcomes. Get a personalised score for your specific postcode.
Check Approval Patterns, Free| # | Council | Approved | Refused | Total | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aberdeen | – | – | 16,029 | – |
| 2 | Aberdeenshire | – | – | 2,383 | – |
| 3 | Adur & Worthing | – | – | 25,460 | – |
| 4 | Angus | – | – | 12,308 | – |
| 5 | City of London | 7,389 | 94 | 7,483 | 98.7% |
| 6 | Clackmannanshire | 797 | 21 | 818 | 97.4% |
| 7 | Derry City and Strabane District Council | 6,969 | 195 | 7,164 | 97.3% |
| 8 | Ards and North Down Borough Council | 7,592 | 233 | 7,825 | 97.0% |
| 9 | Cheltenham | 7,990 | 386 | 8,376 | 95.4% |
| 10 | Blaenau Gwent | 227 | 11 | 238 | 95.4% |
| 11 | Bolsover | 1,759 | 92 | 1,851 | 95.0% |
| 12 | Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council | 9,588 | 554 | 10,142 | 94.5% |
| 13 | Darlington | 1,819 | 107 | 1,926 | 94.4% |
| 14 | Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council | 9,021 | 548 | 9,569 | 94.3% |
| 15 | Broxtowe | 3,469 | 217 | 3,686 | 94.1% |
| 16 | County Durham | 8,741 | 562 | 9,303 | 94.0% |
| 17 | Canterbury | 6,681 | 459 | 7,140 | 93.6% |
| 18 | Broads Authority | 1,274 | 89 | 1,363 | 93.5% |
| 19 | Broadland | 3,892 | 285 | 4,177 | 93.2% |
| 20 | Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council | 5,834 | 433 | 6,267 | 93.1% |
| 21 | Argyll & Bute | – | – | 3,139 | – |
| 22 | Arun | – | – | 1,419 | – |
| 23 | Belfast City Council | 12,398 | 729 | 13,127 | 94.5% |
| 24 | Bromsgrove & Redditch | 1,487 | 110 | 1,597 | 93.1% |
| 25 | Chorley | 2,948 | 223 | 3,171 | 93.0% |
| 26 | Dover | 4,294 | 332 | 4,626 | 92.8% |
| 27 | Derby | 3,266 | 255 | 3,521 | 92.8% |
| 28 | Cotswold | 9,823 | 790 | 10,613 | 92.6% |
| 29 | Cornwall | 17,007 | 1,401 | 18,408 | 92.4% |
| 30 | Cambridge | 4,390 | 362 | 4,752 | 92.4% |
| 31 | Dorset | 11,049 | 927 | 11,976 | 92.3% |
| 32 | Camden | 17,745 | 1,500 | 19,245 | 92.2% |
| 33 | Doncaster | 8,066 | 684 | 8,750 | 92.2% |
| 34 | Blaby | 2,053 | 176 | 2,229 | 92.1% |
| 35 | Basingstoke & Deane | 6,433 | 595 | 7,028 | 91.5% |
| 36 | Cannock Chase | 3,758 | 361 | 4,119 | 91.2% |
| 37 | Bath & NE Somerset | 18,105 | 1,804 | 19,909 | 90.9% |
| 38 | Derbyshire Dales | 2,014 | 207 | 2,221 | 90.7% |
| 39 | Craven | 252 | 26 | 278 | 90.7% |
| 40 | Bury | 3,885 | 417 | 4,302 | 90.3% |
| 41 | Barnsley | 17,970 | 2,147 | 20,117 | 89.3% |
| 42 | Brecon Beacons National Park | 8,124 | 1,001 | 9,125 | 89.0% |
| 43 | Chichester | 2,471 | 312 | 2,783 | 88.8% |
| 44 | BCP (Bournemouth, Christchurch & Poole) | 256 | 34 | 290 | 88.3% |
| 45 | Burnley | 192 | 28 | 220 | 87.3% |
| 46 | Babergh Mid Suffolk | 7,786 | 1,204 | 8,990 | 86.6% |
| 47 | Basildon | 869 | 136 | 1,005 | 86.5% |
| 48 | Brighton & Hove | 1,465 | 231 | 1,696 | 86.4% |
| 49 | Calderdale | 7,668 | 1,301 | 8,969 | 85.5% |
| 50 | Bristol | 14,757 | 2,527 | 17,284 | 85.4% |
| 51 | Bassetlaw | 3,044 | 543 | 3,587 | 84.9% |
| 52 | Bexley | 14,765 | 2,651 | 17,416 | 84.8% |
| 53 | Bradford | 15,358 | 3,193 | 18,551 | 82.8% |
| 54 | Blackpool | 427 | 92 | 519 | 82.3% |
| 55 | Bolton | 1,768 | 431 | 2,199 | 80.4% |
| 56 | Bromley | 20,444 | 5,184 | 25,628 | 79.8% |
| 57 | Barnet | 37,375 | 9,590 | 46,965 | 79.6% |
| 58 | Brentwood | 6,167 | 1,604 | 7,771 | 79.4% |
| 59 | Barking & Dagenham | 6,008 | 2,490 | 8,498 | 70.7% |
| 60 | Birmingham | – | – | 29,760 | – |
| 61 | Caerphilly | 2,884 | 884 | 3,768 | 76.5% |
| 62 | Cardiff | – | – | 2,048 | – |
| 63 | Carlisle | – | – | 2,970 | – |
| 64 | Castle Point | 1,749 | 327 | 2,076 | 84.2% |
| 65 | Ceredigion | – | – | 32,096 | – |
| 66 | Cheshire East | 9,267 | 1,817 | 11,084 | 83.6% |
| 67 | Dartford | 3,702 | 749 | 4,451 | 83.2% |
| 68 | Chelmsford | 320 | 65 | 385 | 83.1% |
| 69 | City of Edinburgh | – | – | 37,026 | – |
| 70 | Coventry | 1,332 | 311 | 1,643 | 81.1% |
| 71 | Croydon | 25,233 | 6,128 | 31,361 | 80.5% |
| 72 | Brent | 18,222 | 6,128 | 24,350 | 74.8% |
| 73 | Dacorum | – | – | 658 | – |
| 74 | Dartmoor NPA | – | – | 3,455 | – |
| 75 | LLDC | 1,247 | 39 | 1,286 | 97.0% |
| 76 | Halton | 1,551 | 61 | 1,612 | 96.2% |
| 77 | Inverclyde | 735 | 33 | 768 | 95.7% |
| 78 | Hartlepool | 2,557 | 132 | 2,689 | 95.1% |
| 79 | Knowsley | 3,381 | 183 | 3,564 | 94.9% |
| 80 | Huntingdonshire | 1,901 | 132 | 2,033 | 93.5% |
| 81 | Hambleton | 1,741 | 145 | 1,886 | 92.3% |
| 82 | Hammersmith & Fulham | 13,579 | 1,269 | 14,848 | 91.5% |
| 83 | Kensington & Chelsea | 21,285 | 2,121 | 23,406 | 90.9% |
| 84 | Lake District NPA | 22,529 | 2,291 | 24,820 | 90.8% |
| 85 | King's Lynn & West Norfolk | 1,794 | 186 | 1,980 | 90.6% |
| 86 | Dudley | 8,202 | 942 | 9,144 | 89.7% |
| 87 | Dumfries & Galloway | – | – | 19,689 | – |
| 88 | Dundee | – | – | 8,081 | – |
| 89 | Fermanagh and Omagh District Council | 8,180 | 303 | 8,483 | 96.4% |
| 90 | East Dunbartonshire | 1,010 | 43 | 1,053 | 95.9% |
| 91 | East Ayrshire | 1,187 | 68 | 1,255 | 94.6% |
| 92 | East Lindsey | 5,022 | 354 | 5,376 | 93.4% |
| 93 | Erewash | 2,414 | 183 | 2,597 | 93.0% |
| 94 | Gateshead | 4,980 | 386 | 5,366 | 92.8% |
| 95 | Gedling | 2,877 | 281 | 3,158 | 91.1% |
| 96 | Great Yarmouth | 1,700 | 173 | 1,873 | 90.8% |
| 97 | East Hampshire | 5,897 | 680 | 6,577 | 89.7% |
| 98 | Exmoor NPA | 943 | 115 | 1,058 | 89.1% |
| 99 | Lewes & Eastbourne | 1,109 | 139 | 1,248 | 88.9% |
| 100 | East Riding of Yorkshire | 5,117 | 649 | 5,766 | 88.7% |
| 101 | Forest of Dean | 3,855 | 492 | 4,347 | 88.7% |
| 102 | Glasgow | 24,174 | 3,254 | 27,428 | 88.1% |
| 103 | Gwynedd | 8,488 | 1,174 | 9,662 | 87.8% |
| 104 | Harborough | 1,813 | 256 | 2,069 | 87.6% |
| 105 | Hertsmere | 1,701 | 242 | 1,943 | 87.5% |
| 106 | East Cambridgeshire | 6,504 | 926 | 7,430 | 87.5% |
| 107 | Exeter | 3,244 | 478 | 3,722 | 87.2% |
| 108 | Flintshire | 8,508 | 1,299 | 9,807 | 86.8% |
| 109 | Haringey | 14,851 | 2,358 | 17,209 | 86.3% |
| 110 | Fenland | 2,865 | 466 | 3,331 | 86.0% |
| 111 | Eastleigh | 14,051 | 2,355 | 16,406 | 85.7% |
| 112 | Epsom & Ewell | 3,980 | 681 | 4,661 | 85.4% |
| 113 | Ealing | 46,271 | 8,277 | 54,548 | 84.8% |
| 114 | Gloucester | 2,648 | 514 | 3,162 | 83.7% |
| 115 | Enfield | 20,705 | 5,852 | 26,557 | 78.0% |
| 116 | East Hertfordshire | 10,705 | 3,641 | 14,346 | 74.6% |
| 117 | East Lothian | – | – | 570 | – |
| 118 | Elmbridge | 44,132 | 10,535 | 54,667 | 80.7% |
| 119 | Falkirk | – | – | 964 | – |
| 120 | Fareham | – | – | 1,186 | – |
| 121 | Fife | – | – | 3,030 | – |
| 122 | Gosport | – | – | 1,156 | – |
| 123 | Hackney | 14,771 | 2,550 | 17,321 | 85.3% |
| 124 | Guildford | 8,130 | 1,934 | 10,064 | 80.8% |
| 125 | Gravesham | 626 | 209 | 835 | 75.0% |
| 126 | Greenwich | 10,872 | 3,917 | 14,789 | 73.5% |
| 127 | Harlow | – | – | 1,727 | – |
| 128 | Hinckley & Bosworth | 2,791 | 341 | 3,132 | 89.1% |
| 129 | Hounslow | 50,025 | 6,533 | 56,558 | 88.5% |
| 130 | Kingston upon Hull | 3,926 | 533 | 4,459 | 88.0% |
| 131 | Horsham | 6,544 | 894 | 7,438 | 88.0% |
| 132 | Kirklees | 16,696 | 2,384 | 19,080 | 87.5% |
| 133 | Lancaster | 1,517 | 241 | 1,758 | 86.3% |
| 134 | Isle of Wight | 7,522 | 1,223 | 8,745 | 86.0% |
| 135 | Hastings | 3,150 | 559 | 3,709 | 84.9% |
| 136 | High Peak | 5,694 | 1,064 | 6,758 | 84.3% |
| 137 | Leeds | 21,030 | 3,964 | 24,994 | 84.1% |
| 138 | Lichfield | 2,058 | 394 | 2,452 | 83.9% |
| 139 | Lambeth | 18,129 | 3,744 | 21,873 | 82.9% |
| 140 | Lewisham | 16,078 | 3,432 | 19,510 | 82.4% |
| 141 | Islington | 57,085 | 12,220 | 69,305 | 82.4% |
| 142 | Hart | 4,397 | 958 | 5,355 | 82.1% |
| 143 | Leicester | 289 | 65 | 354 | 81.6% |
| 144 | Kingston | 16,501 | 4,523 | 21,024 | 78.5% |
| 145 | Havering | 15,020 | 4,125 | 19,145 | 78.5% |
| 146 | Harrow | 11,443 | 4,204 | 15,647 | 73.1% |
| 147 | Highland | – | – | 2,639 | – |
| 148 | Mid Ulster District Council | 2,842 | 63 | 2,905 | 97.8% |
| 149 | Monmouthshire | 776 | 42 | 818 | 94.9% |
| 150 | Lincoln | 3,243 | 202 | 3,445 | 94.1% |
| 151 | Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council | 6,991 | 474 | 7,465 | 93.7% |
| 152 | Liverpool | – | – | 33,059 | – |
| 153 | Loch Lomond & The Trossachs National Park | 6,427 | 388 | 6,815 | 94.3% |
| 154 | Neath Port Talbot | 17,228 | 1,081 | 18,309 | 94.1% |
| 155 | Mid and East Antrim Borough Council | 6,639 | 433 | 7,072 | 93.9% |
| 156 | North Norfolk | 1,355 | 89 | 1,444 | 93.8% |
| 157 | North Hertfordshire | 1,364 | 95 | 1,459 | 93.5% |
| 158 | North East Lincolnshire | 2,187 | 155 | 2,342 | 93.4% |
| 159 | Mid Sussex | 5,039 | 371 | 5,410 | 93.1% |
| 160 | Newcastle-under-Lyme | 833 | 62 | 895 | 93.1% |
| 161 | Melton | 1,957 | 151 | 2,108 | 92.8% |
| 162 | Midlothian | 850 | 68 | 918 | 92.6% |
| 163 | Newcastle upon Tyne | 7,307 | 613 | 7,920 | 92.3% |
| 164 | Middlesbrough | 14,462 | 1,265 | 15,727 | 92.0% |
| 165 | North East Derbyshire | 4,464 | 501 | 4,965 | 89.9% |
| 166 | New Forest | 7,586 | 890 | 8,476 | 89.5% |
| 167 | North Northamptonshire | 1,691 | 213 | 1,904 | 88.8% |
| 168 | North Somerset | 10,834 | 1,384 | 12,218 | 88.7% |
| 169 | Merthyr Tydfil | 726 | 93 | 819 | 88.6% |
| 170 | Newry, Mourne and Down District Council | 10,939 | 1,403 | 12,342 | 88.6% |
| 171 | New Forest National Park | 7,350 | 1,024 | 8,374 | 87.8% |
| 172 | Merton | 15,411 | 2,497 | 17,908 | 86.1% |
| 173 | Newark & Sherwood | 5,129 | 1,009 | 6,138 | 83.6% |
| 174 | Newham | 10,542 | 2,371 | 12,913 | 81.6% |
| 175 | Maidstone | 810 | 189 | 999 | 81.1% |
| 176 | Luton | 2,498 | 635 | 3,133 | 79.7% |
| 177 | Maldon | 2,125 | 846 | 2,971 | 71.5% |
| 178 | Mansfield | – | – | 1,947 | – |
| 179 | Mid Devon | – | – | 4,396 | – |
| 180 | Moray | – | – | 1,362 | – |
| 181 | Newport | – | – | 2,449 | – |
| 182 | North Ayrshire | – | – | 1,131 | – |
| 183 | North Kesteven | – | – | 539 | – |
| 184 | North Lanarkshire | – | – | 474 | – |
| 185 | OPDC | 1,030 | 32 | 1,062 | 97.0% |
| 186 | Rushmoor | 2,533 | 107 | 2,640 | 96.0% |
| 187 | Renfrewshire | 2,527 | 118 | 2,645 | 95.5% |
| 188 | North Tyneside | 4,124 | 208 | 4,332 | 95.2% |
| 189 | Redcar and Cleveland | 8,439 | 559 | 8,998 | 93.8% |
| 190 | North West Leicestershire | 1,033 | 74 | 1,107 | 93.3% |
| 191 | North York Moors | – | – | 2,737 | – |
| 192 | Rugby | 9,802 | 718 | 10,520 | 93.2% |
| 193 | Sandwell | 5,634 | 427 | 6,061 | 93.0% |
| 194 | Nottingham | 3,667 | 300 | 3,967 | 92.4% |
| 195 | Norwich | 4,335 | 362 | 4,697 | 92.3% |
| 196 | Plymouth | 4,215 | 364 | 4,579 | 92.0% |
| 197 | Rotherham | 1,580 | 137 | 1,717 | 92.0% |
| 198 | Pembrokeshire Coast National Park | 4,579 | 440 | 5,019 | 91.2% |
| 199 | Rhondda Cynon Taf | 3,439 | 334 | 3,773 | 91.2% |
| 200 | Northumberland | 451 | 47 | 498 | 90.6% |
| 201 | Sefton | 4,539 | 479 | 5,018 | 90.5% |
| 202 | Oldham | 5,751 | 654 | 6,405 | 89.8% |
| 203 | North Yorkshire | 2,434 | 284 | 2,718 | 89.5% |
| 204 | Rushcliffe | 6,157 | 731 | 6,888 | 89.4% |
| 205 | Powys | 4,380 | 549 | 4,929 | 88.9% |
| 206 | Rutland | 10,361 | 1,455 | 11,816 | 87.7% |
| 207 | Pembrokeshire | 22,401 | 3,247 | 25,648 | 87.3% |
| 208 | Rossendale | 356 | 53 | 409 | 87.0% |
| 209 | Runnymede | 7,419 | 1,135 | 8,554 | 86.7% |
| 210 | Reigate & Banstead | 6,485 | 1,014 | 7,499 | 86.5% |
| 211 | Portsmouth | 5,479 | 857 | 6,336 | 86.5% |
| 212 | Pendle | 2,343 | 371 | 2,714 | 86.3% |
| 213 | Peterborough | 21,857 | 3,552 | 25,409 | 86.0% |
| 214 | Oadby & Wigston | 1,482 | 355 | 1,837 | 80.7% |
| 215 | Orkney | – | – | 6,972 | – |
| 216 | Oxford | 3,128 | 445 | 3,573 | 87.5% |
| 217 | Perth & Kinross | – | – | 18,268 | – |
| 218 | Somerset | 467 | 7 | 474 | 98.5% |
| 219 | Shetland | 7,558 | 141 | 7,699 | 98.2% |
| 220 | Staffordshire | 623 | 13 | 636 | 98.0% |
| 221 | South Ayrshire | 884 | 39 | 923 | 95.8% |
| 222 | Stockport | 250 | 12 | 262 | 95.4% |
| 223 | Stockton-on-Tees | 1,969 | 113 | 2,082 | 94.6% |
| 224 | South Ribble | 3,094 | 185 | 3,279 | 94.4% |
| 225 | South Norfolk | 3,956 | 243 | 4,199 | 94.2% |
| 226 | Tamworth | 4,106 | 253 | 4,359 | 94.2% |
| 227 | Stevenage | 2,728 | 174 | 2,902 | 94.0% |
| 228 | Southwark | 21,918 | 1,642 | 23,560 | 93.0% |
| 229 | Solihull | 3,662 | 331 | 3,993 | 91.7% |
| 230 | Swindon | 2,033 | 186 | 2,219 | 91.6% |
| 231 | Sunderland | 5,683 | 536 | 6,219 | 91.4% |
| 232 | South Kesteven | 5,453 | 515 | 5,968 | 91.4% |
| 233 | South Downs | 5,228 | 502 | 5,730 | 91.2% |
| 234 | South Holland | 775 | 91 | 866 | 89.5% |
| 235 | Southend-on-Sea | 986 | 122 | 1,108 | 89.0% |
| 236 | Sheffield | 4,154 | 517 | 4,671 | 88.9% |
| 237 | South Gloucestershire | 9,509 | 1,680 | 11,189 | 85.0% |
| 238 | South Staffordshire | 846 | 164 | 1,010 | 83.8% |
| 239 | Sevenoaks | 4,980 | 1,003 | 5,983 | 83.2% |
| 240 | Slough | 11,739 | 2,449 | 14,188 | 82.7% |
| 241 | South Lanarkshire | – | – | 22,591 | – |
| 242 | South Tyneside | – | – | 2,828 | – |
| 243 | Southampton | – | – | 319 | – |
| 244 | Surrey Heath | 2,864 | 378 | 3,242 | 88.3% |
| 245 | Swale | 753 | 106 | 859 | 87.7% |
| 246 | Tameside | 2,452 | 481 | 2,933 | 83.6% |
| 247 | Stafford | 2,652 | 523 | 3,175 | 83.5% |
| 248 | Swansea | 2,036 | 413 | 2,449 | 83.1% |
| 249 | Spelthorne | 897 | 190 | 1,087 | 82.5% |
| 250 | St Helens | – | – | 283 | – |
| 251 | Staffordshire Moorlands | 6,877 | 1,625 | 8,502 | 80.9% |
| 252 | Stirling | – | – | 10,162 | – |
| 253 | Western Isles | 1,829 | 21 | 1,850 | 98.9% |
| 254 | Winchester | 3,910 | 252 | 4,162 | 94.0% |
| 255 | West Oxfordshire | 4,170 | 310 | 4,480 | 93.1% |
| 256 | Wandsworth | 21,953 | 1,699 | 23,652 | 92.8% |
| 257 | Telford & Wrekin | 11,278 | 967 | 12,245 | 92.1% |
| 258 | Westmorland and Furness | 36,734 | 3,152 | 39,886 | 92.1% |
| 259 | Wakefield | 9,230 | 808 | 10,038 | 92.0% |
| 260 | Torfaen | 3,084 | 276 | 3,360 | 91.8% |
| 261 | West Northamptonshire | 139 | 13 | 152 | 91.5% |
| 262 | West Suffolk | 21,055 | 1,972 | 23,027 | 91.4% |
| 263 | Tonbridge & Malling | 5,383 | 552 | 5,935 | 90.7% |
| 264 | Test Valley | 3,217 | 337 | 3,554 | 90.5% |
| 265 | Westminster | 51,212 | 5,407 | 56,619 | 90.5% |
| 266 | Three Rivers | 784 | 84 | 868 | 90.3% |
| 267 | Tewkesbury | 4,437 | 521 | 4,958 | 89.5% |
| 268 | Wiltshire | 122,132 | 14,383 | 136,515 | 89.5% |
| 269 | Wigan | 4,035 | 492 | 4,527 | 89.1% |
| 270 | York | 6,015 | 735 | 6,750 | 89.1% |
| 271 | Warwick | 7,542 | 991 | 8,533 | 88.4% |
| 272 | Trafford | 8,764 | 1,154 | 9,918 | 88.4% |
| 273 | West Berkshire | 552 | 79 | 631 | 87.5% |
| 274 | Tendring | 974 | 149 | 1,123 | 86.7% |
| 275 | Thanet | – | – | 20,959 | – |
| 276 | Warrington | 8,003 | 1,320 | 9,323 | 85.8% |
| 277 | Scarborough | 207 | 36 | 243 | 85.2% |
| 278 | Wirral | 6,184 | 1,075 | 7,259 | 85.2% |
| 279 | Tower Hamlets | 13,331 | 2,333 | 15,664 | 85.1% |
| 280 | Richmond | 20,162 | 3,656 | 23,818 | 84.7% |
| 281 | Wyre | 579 | 108 | 687 | 84.3% |
| 282 | Sutton | 14,165 | 2,842 | 17,007 | 83.3% |
| 283 | Selby | 3,595 | 744 | 4,339 | 82.8% |
| 284 | Windsor & Maidenhead | 3,536 | 785 | 4,321 | 81.8% |
| 285 | Stoke-on-Trent | 1,329 | 303 | 1,632 | 81.4% |
| 286 | Woking | 3,521 | 836 | 4,357 | 80.8% |
| 287 | Torbay | 2,668 | 696 | 3,364 | 79.3% |
| 288 | Hillingdon | 16,983 | 4,817 | 21,800 | 77.9% |
| 289 | Redbridge | 22,208 | 6,497 | 28,705 | 77.4% |
| 290 | Thurrock | 6,062 | 1,854 | 7,916 | 76.6% |
| 291 | Torridge | – | – | 6,307 | – |
| 292 | Watford | 2,407 | 843 | 3,250 | 74.1% |
| 293 | Uttlesford | 529 | 187 | 716 | 73.9% |
| 294 | Waltham Forest | 10,362 | 3,705 | 14,067 | 73.7% |
| 295 | West Lancashire | – | – | 3,976 | – |
| 296 | West Lothian | – | – | 10,771 | – |
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