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	1,999	8	2,007	99.6%
3	Staffordshire	1,878	12	1,890	99.4%
4	Falkirk	1,019	8	1,027	99.2%
5	Fareham	2,875	28	2,903	99.0%
6	Mansfield	3,132	36	3,168	98.9%
7	Mid Ulster District Council	3,006	33	3,039	98.9%
8	Western Isles	1,915	21	1,936	98.9%
9	City of London	10,435	127	10,562	98.8%
10	Mid Devon	6,115	83	6,198	98.7%
11	Somerset	546	7	553	98.7%
12	LLDC	3,182	44	3,226	98.6%
13	Shetland	8,857	156	9,013	98.3%
14	North Ayrshire	1,334	26	1,360	98.1%
15	Harlow	2,595	57	2,652	97.9%
16	Moray	1,517	33	1,550	97.9%
17	Clackmannanshire	1,046	23	1,069	97.8%
18	Carlisle	4,932	127	5,059	97.5%
19	Dumfries & Galloway	22,766	599	23,365	97.4%
20	Monmouthshire	2,333	62	2,395	97.4%
21	North Kesteven	677	18	695	97.4%
22	Derry City and Strabane District Council	7,100	198	7,298	97.3%
23	Gosport	1,700	47	1,747	97.3%
24	OPDC	1,244	37	1,281	97.1%
25	Ards and North Down Borough Council	7,716	238	7,954	97.0%
26	Rushmoor	4,304	144	4,448	96.8%
27	South Lanarkshire	25,468	839	26,307	96.8%
28	Inverclyde	1,055	37	1,092	96.6%
29	Halton	2,177	80	2,257	96.5%
30	Fermanagh and Omagh District Council	8,266	310	8,576	96.4%
31	Renfrewshire	3,614	135	3,749	96.4%
32	East Dunbartonshire	1,136	44	1,180	96.3%
33	Angus	13,542	554	14,096	96.1%
34	Argyll & Bute	4,336	183	4,519	96.0%
35	Cheltenham	13,660	572	14,232	96.0%
36	Hambleton	4,630	195	4,825	96.0%
37	Orkney	7,615	318	7,933	96.0%
38	Aberdeenshire	2,768	123	2,891	95.7%
39	Cotswold	23,310	1,075	24,385	95.6%
40	Melton	3,719	179	3,898	95.4%
41	Neath Port Talbot	25,352	1,236	26,588	95.4%
42	South Ribble	4,156	201	4,357	95.4%
43	South Tyneside	3,105	151	3,256	95.4%
44	Lincoln	6,718	335	7,053	95.3%
45	South Ayrshire	1,102	54	1,156	95.3%
46	Stirling	11,834	586	12,420	95.3%
47	Hartlepool	3,333	169	3,502	95.2%
48	Bolsover	2,055	105	2,160	95.1%
49	Canterbury	10,560	548	11,108	95.1%
50	South Norfolk	6,812	348	7,160	95.1%
51	Stockton-on-Tees	2,462	126	2,588	95.1%
52	Highland	2,612	138	2,750	95.0%
53	Swindon	4,320	229	4,549	95.0%
54	County Durham	14,663	792	15,455	94.9%
55	Winchester	6,591	352	6,943	94.9%
56	Broads Authority	2,269	124	2,393	94.8%
57	North Norfolk	2,553	143	2,696	94.7%
58	Tamworth	5,532	309	5,841	94.7%
59	Broxtowe	4,984	286	5,270	94.6%
60	West Lancashire	6,579	379	6,958	94.6%
61	Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council	9,705	560	10,265	94.5%
62	East Ayrshire	1,509	87	1,596	94.5%
63	East Lindsey	6,791	393	7,184	94.5%
64	Huntingdonshire	4,809	282	5,091	94.5%
65	Knowsley	4,220	247	4,467	94.5%
66	North Tyneside	5,905	344	6,249	94.5%
67	North York Moors	2,959	171	3,130	94.5%
68	West Oxfordshire	7,128	411	7,539	94.5%
69	Loch Lomond & The Trossachs National Park	7,548	447	7,995	94.4%
70	Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council	9,130	554	9,684	94.3%
71	North West Leicestershire	1,868	113	1,981	94.3%
72	Nottingham	6,921	417	7,338	94.3%
73	Perth & Kinross	21,309	1,281	22,590	94.3%
74	Aberdeen	20,623	1,269	21,892	94.2%
75	Belfast City Council	12,792	790	13,582	94.2%
76	Dundee	9,977	619	10,596	94.2%
77	Redcar and Cleveland	10,706	665	11,371	94.2%
78	Midlothian	1,303	81	1,384	94.1%
79	Newcastle-under-Lyme	1,084	68	1,152	94.1%
80	Rugby	13,063	830	13,893	94.0%
81	Stevenage	3,680	235	3,915	94.0%
82	Mid Sussex	8,186	535	8,721	93.9%
83	Mid and East Antrim Borough Council	6,706	436	7,142	93.9%
84	North East Lincolnshire	3,094	200	3,294	93.9%
85	Broadland	6,853	456	7,309	93.8%
86	North Hertfordshire	1,951	128	2,079	93.8%
87	North Northamptonshire	4,926	325	5,251	93.8%
88	West Suffolk	37,578	2,548	40,126	93.7%
89	Gateshead	6,979	474	7,453	93.6%
90	Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council	7,104	485	7,589	93.6%
91	Blaby	3,042	213	3,255	93.5%
92	Southwark	28,404	1,985	30,389	93.5%
93	Arun	3,147	224	3,371	93.4%
94	Bromsgrove & Redditch	2,222	157	2,379	93.4%
95	Camden	24,123	1,710	25,833	93.4%
96	South Holland	1,422	101	1,523	93.4%
97	Bath & NE Somerset	34,335	2,478	36,813	93.3%
98	Newcastle upon Tyne	11,469	823	12,292	93.3%
99	Sandwell	6,516	466	6,982	93.3%
100	South Kesteven	8,917	639	9,556	93.3%
101	Torridge	7,837	561	8,398	93.3%
102	Wandsworth	26,040	1,880	27,920	93.3%
103	Chorley	4,036	296	4,332	93.2%
104	Dover	6,294	461	6,755	93.2%
105	South Downs	10,128	734	10,862	93.2%
106	Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council	5,954	443	6,397	93.1%
107	Erewash	3,438	253	3,691	93.1%
108	Plymouth	6,697	500	7,197	93.1%
109	Cambridge	7,937	593	8,530	93.0%
110	Cornwall	23,226	1,744	24,970	93.0%
111	Rhondda Cynon Taf	4,857	373	5,230	92.9%
112	Derby	4,355	340	4,695	92.8%
113	Derbyshire Dales	4,291	335	4,626	92.8%
114	Dorset	23,144	1,786	24,930	92.8%
115	Norwich	7,945	627	8,572	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	3,046	244	3,290	92.6%
119	Kensington & Chelsea	30,731	2,492	33,223	92.5%
120	Stockport	421	34	455	92.5%
121	Gedling	4,115	339	4,454	92.4%
122	Telford & Wrekin	13,908	1,142	15,050	92.4%
123	Torfaen	4,516	369	4,885	92.4%
124	Middlesbrough	17,316	1,452	18,768	92.3%
125	Three Rivers	3,505	294	3,799	92.3%
126	Cannock Chase	4,973	418	5,391	92.2%
127	Hammersmith & Fulham	18,023	1,521	19,544	92.2%
128	Solihull	5,323	453	5,776	92.2%
129	King's Lynn & West Norfolk	2,410	208	2,618	92.1%
130	Exmoor NPA	1,680	146	1,826	92.0%
131	Pembrokeshire Coast National Park	6,380	555	6,935	92.0%
132	Doncaster	11,308	1,003	12,311	91.9%
133	Lancaster	4,386	388	4,774	91.9%
134	Hinckley & Bosworth	3,669	330	3,999	91.7%
135	Oxford	5,606	523	6,129	91.5%
136	Watford	4,495	416	4,911	91.5%
137	Wiltshire	192,836	17,809	210,645	91.5%
138	BCP (Bournemouth, Christchurch & Poole)	373	35	408	91.4%
139	Fife	5,694	534	6,228	91.4%
140	Harborough	3,563	336	3,899	91.4%
141	Lewes & Eastbourne	2,097	198	2,295	91.4%
142	Rossendale	581	55	636	91.4%
143	Lake District NPA	29,301	2,783	32,084	91.3%
144	Swale	1,513	144	1,657	91.3%
145	Test Valley	5,475	520	5,995	91.3%
146	Babergh Mid Suffolk	17,545	1,692	19,237	91.2%
147	Horsham	11,953	1,160	13,113	91.2%
148	Rutland	19,721	1,893	21,614	91.2%
149	Exeter	6,562	663	7,225	90.8%
150	Forest of Dean	5,803	586	6,389	90.8%
151	Merthyr Tydfil	1,088	110	1,198	90.8%
152	Westminster	59,309	6,003	65,312	90.8%
153	Northumberland	524	54	578	90.7%
154	Southampton	913	94	1,007	90.7%
155	Tewkesbury	6,406	657	7,063	90.7%
156	West Lothian	12,410	1,270	13,680	90.7%
157	Bury	5,446	568	6,014	90.6%
158	East Cambridgeshire	10,313	1,064	11,377	90.6%
159	East Hampshire	8,839	915	9,754	90.6%
160	Sheffield	6,461	672	7,133	90.6%
161	Tendring	1,584	166	1,750	90.5%
162	Brecon Beacons National Park	11,867	1,255	13,122	90.4%
163	Great Yarmouth	2,396	255	2,651	90.4%
164	Basildon	1,447	156	1,603	90.3%
165	New Forest National Park	11,551	1,241	12,792	90.3%
166	North Somerset	18,161	1,950	20,111	90.3%
167	Tonbridge & Malling	7,809	836	8,645	90.3%
168	North East Derbyshire	5,845	632	6,477	90.2%
169	Basingstoke & Deane	10,545	1,163	11,708	90.1%
170	Surrey Heath	4,580	501	5,081	90.1%
171	York	10,662	1,166	11,828	90.1%
172	Barnsley	22,158	2,458	24,616	90.0%
173	Chichester	4,164	464	4,628	90.0%
174	Brighton & Hove	2,839	324	3,163	89.8%
175	City of Edinburgh	57,448	6,506	63,954	89.8%
176	Warwick	11,289	1,280	12,569	89.8%
177	Wakefield	11,940	1,370	13,310	89.7%
178	West Berkshire	1,089	127	1,216	89.6%
179	Kingston upon Hull	5,801	679	6,480	89.5%
180	Adur & Worthing	31,845	3,772	35,617	89.4%
181	Dudley	11,699	1,383	13,082	89.4%
182	Oldham	6,577	778	7,355	89.4%
183	Powys	6,448	762	7,210	89.4%
184	East Riding of Yorkshire	7,824	940	8,764	89.3%
185	Rushcliffe	7,092	857	7,949	89.2%
186	Fenland	4,565	567	5,132	89.0%
187	Southend-on-Sea	1,457	180	1,637	89.0%
188	North Yorkshire	3,369	420	3,789	88.9%
189	Tower Hamlets	22,819	2,841	25,660	88.9%
190	Haringey	21,550	2,745	24,295	88.7%
191	Reigate & Banstead	12,534	1,594	14,128	88.7%
192	Gwynedd	9,770	1,259	11,029	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	9,761	1,257	11,018	88.6%
196	Craven	430	56	486	88.5%
197	Portsmouth	8,152	1,062	9,214	88.5%
198	Wigan	4,945	640	5,585	88.5%
199	Isle of Wight	12,967	1,715	14,682	88.3%
200	Newport	5,110	684	5,794	88.2%
201	Trafford	11,725	1,570	13,295	88.2%
202	Glasgow	35,074	4,731	39,805	88.1%
203	Newark & Sherwood	9,504	1,301	10,805	88.0%
204	Sefton	6,259	853	7,112	88.0%
205	Ceredigion	32,964	4,536	37,500	87.9%
206	Hounslow	64,196	8,849	73,045	87.9%
207	Epsom & Ewell	7,612	1,053	8,665	87.8%
208	Flintshire	12,559	1,758	14,317	87.7%
209	Hertsmere	3,595	505	4,100	87.7%
210	Calderdale	12,006	1,704	13,710	87.6%
211	Dartford	6,861	968	7,829	87.6%
212	New Forest	8,249	1,170	9,419	87.6%
213	Peterborough	29,396	4,150	33,546	87.6%
214	Richmond	29,046	4,110	33,156	87.6%
215	Wirral	6,986	991	7,977	87.6%
216	Ealing	61,270	8,717	69,987	87.5%
217	Luton	3,881	558	4,439	87.4%
218	Runnymede	11,935	1,757	13,692	87.2%
219	Thanet	23,515	3,493	27,008	87.1%
220	Bristol	22,477	3,371	25,848	87.0%
221	South Gloucestershire	13,789	2,067	15,856	87.0%
222	Warrington	9,704	1,446	11,150	87.0%
223	Hastings	5,325	806	6,131	86.9%
224	Tameside	3,823	574	4,397	86.9%
225	Hackney	18,538	2,819	21,357	86.8%
226	Sevenoaks	11,003	1,679	12,682	86.8%
227	South Staffordshire	1,401	215	1,616	86.7%
228	Dartmoor NPA	3,757	582	4,339	86.6%
229	Leeds	39,579	6,164	45,743	86.5%
230	Spelthorne	1,393	220	1,613	86.4%
231	Kirklees	25,571	4,048	29,619	86.3%
232	Merton	15,658	2,506	18,164	86.2%
233	Pendle	3,029	485	3,514	86.2%
234	High Peak	7,727	1,245	8,972	86.1%
235	Swansea	3,281	540	3,821	85.9%
236	Castle Point	2,595	431	3,026	85.8%
237	Hart	9,006	1,487	10,493	85.8%
238	Woking	6,753	1,122	7,875	85.8%
239	Chelmsford	433	72	505	85.7%
240	Bolton	4,101	695	4,796	85.5%
241	Bexley	18,302	3,183	21,485	85.2%
242	Pembrokeshire	25,057	4,371	29,428	85.1%
243	Gloucester	3,669	649	4,318	85.0%
244	Newham	18,515	3,314	21,829	84.8%
245	Lichfield	2,509	457	2,966	84.6%
246	Stafford	3,881	708	4,589	84.6%
247	Lambeth	26,824	4,927	31,751	84.5%
248	Scarborough	276	51	327	84.4%
249	Blackpool	624	116	740	84.3%
250	Cheshire East	12,703	2,368	15,071	84.3%
251	Windsor & Maidenhead	6,570	1,228	7,798	84.3%
252	Bassetlaw	3,929	740	4,669	84.2%
253	Sutton	15,556	2,927	18,483	84.2%
254	Brentwood	10,180	1,940	12,120	84.0%
255	Coventry	2,207	425	2,632	83.9%
256	Birmingham	27,768	5,352	33,120	83.8%
257	Maidstone	1,501	299	1,800	83.4%
258	Wyre	582	116	698	83.4%
259	Leicester	448	90	538	83.3%
260	Staffordshire Moorlands	8,691	1,760	10,451	83.2%
261	Lewisham	21,254	4,370	25,624	82.9%
262	Slough	14,801	3,054	17,855	82.9%
263	Islington	70,526	14,626	85,152	82.8%
264	Selby	4,992	1,038	6,030	82.8%
265	Gravesham	1,353	287	1,640	82.5%
266	Cardiff	4,205	904	5,109	82.3%
267	Guildford	14,868	3,252	18,120	82.1%
268	Oadby & Wigston	1,876	414	2,290	81.9%
269	Barnet	45,236	10,161	55,397	81.7%
270	Stoke-on-Trent	1,421	322	1,743	81.5%
271	Croydon	32,939	7,589	40,528	81.3%
272	Bromley	29,303	6,864	36,167	81.0%
273	Thurrock	9,026	2,121	11,147	81.0%
274	Torbay	4,578	1,080	5,658	80.9%
275	Eastleigh	20,177	4,845	25,022	80.6%
276	Kingston	19,828	4,848	24,676	80.4%
277	Enfield	25,279	6,340	31,619	79.9%
278	Hillingdon	24,610	6,173	30,783	79.9%
279	Havering	19,186	4,958	24,144	79.5%
280	Bradford	22,260	5,862	28,122	79.2%
281	Redbridge	26,142	7,137	33,279	78.6%
282	Elmbridge	57,653	15,915	73,568	78.4%
283	Caerphilly	3,876	1,072	4,948	78.3%
284	Greenwich	18,163	5,050	23,213	78.2%
285	Waltham Forest	16,304	5,091	21,395	76.2%
286	Brent	25,052	7,911	32,963	76.0%
287	Harrow	16,757	5,321	22,078	75.9%
288	Maldon	3,300	1,048	4,348	75.9%
289	Uttlesford	816	280	1,096	74.5%
290	East Hertfordshire	12,714	4,571	17,285	73.6%
291	Barking & Dagenham	6,567	2,592	9,159	71.7%

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