Name: UK Planning Approval Rates by Council
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All 236 Councils Ranked by Approval Rate

#	Council	Approved	Refused	Total	Rate
1	Dacorum	1,132	3	1,135	99.7%
2	Fareham	2,468	22	2,490	99.1%
3	Mid Devon	3,763	40	3,803	98.9%
4	Aberdeenshire	1,010	12	1,022	98.8%
5	Mansfield	2,911	35	2,946	98.8%
6	City of London	9,665	124	9,789	98.7%
7	North Ayrshire	986	13	999	98.7%
8	Somerset	546	7	553	98.7%
9	LLDC	3,182	44	3,226	98.6%
10	Falkirk	537	8	545	98.5%
11	Monmouthshire	1,329	21	1,350	98.4%
12	Shetland	6,168	99	6,267	98.4%
13	Moray	1,131	19	1,150	98.3%
14	Clackmannanshire	948	17	965	98.2%
15	Harlow	2,446	51	2,497	98.0%
16	Dumfries & Galloway	22,028	530	22,558	97.7%
17	Gosport	1,490	36	1,526	97.6%
18	OPDC	1,197	33	1,230	97.3%
19	Carlisle	4,095	124	4,219	97.1%
20	South Lanarkshire	25,046	812	25,858	96.9%
21	South Norfolk	3,612	119	3,731	96.8%
22	Hambleton	3,886	141	4,027	96.5%
23	Rushmoor	4,013	144	4,157	96.5%
24	Angus	13,342	546	13,888	96.1%
25	Orkney	7,615	318	7,933	96.0%
26	Cheltenham	13,047	553	13,600	95.9%
27	Huntingdonshire	3,969	168	4,137	95.9%
28	Melton	3,494	153	3,647	95.8%
29	Argyll & Bute	3,577	161	3,738	95.7%
30	Midlothian	910	41	951	95.7%
31	Cotswold	22,099	1,009	23,108	95.6%
32	East Ayrshire	1,063	49	1,112	95.6%
33	Lincoln	6,463	318	6,781	95.3%
34	South Ribble	3,759	185	3,944	95.3%
35	South Tyneside	3,084	151	3,235	95.3%
36	Stirling	11,601	581	12,182	95.2%
37	Stockton-on-Tees	2,054	104	2,158	95.2%
38	Bolsover	1,943	100	2,043	95.1%
39	West Lancashire	3,735	193	3,928	95.1%
40	County Durham	13,657	720	14,377	95.0%
41	Winchester	6,184	331	6,515	94.9%
42	Broxtowe	4,338	243	4,581	94.7%
43	East Lindsey	3,759	209	3,968	94.7%
44	Tamworth	5,491	307	5,798	94.7%
45	Canterbury	4,040	230	4,270	94.6%
46	North Norfolk	1,899	109	2,008	94.6%
47	North Northamptonshire	4,008	230	4,238	94.6%
48	Knowsley	4,044	236	4,280	94.5%
49	North York Moors	2,959	171	3,130	94.5%
50	Perth & Kinross	20,877	1,223	22,100	94.5%
51	Highland	1,876	111	1,987	94.4%
52	North Tyneside	5,401	318	5,719	94.4%
53	South Holland	1,220	73	1,293	94.4%
54	Aberdeen	20,217	1,231	21,448	94.3%
55	Swindon	3,685	223	3,908	94.3%
56	West Oxfordshire	6,067	368	6,435	94.3%
57	Broadland	3,152	196	3,348	94.1%
58	Dundee	9,737	606	10,343	94.1%
59	Mid Sussex	7,347	472	7,819	94.0%
60	North East Lincolnshire	2,853	183	3,036	94.0%
61	Rugby	5,767	368	6,135	94.0%
62	Cornwall	5,833	379	6,212	93.9%
63	Yorkshire Dales NPA	3,913	255	4,168	93.9%
64	Gateshead	6,715	441	7,156	93.8%
65	Stevenage	3,381	225	3,606	93.8%
66	Arun	2,297	154	2,451	93.7%
67	Derbyshire Dales	3,625	244	3,869	93.7%
68	Newcastle-under-Lyme	493	33	526	93.7%
69	Nottingham	5,874	404	6,278	93.6%
70	Wandsworth	24,553	1,708	26,261	93.5%
71	Derby	3,730	265	3,995	93.4%
72	Bath & NE Somerset	34,341	2,478	36,819	93.3%
73	Lancaster	3,745	269	4,014	93.3%
74	Southwark	26,760	1,915	28,675	93.3%
75	Adur & Worthing	12,848	938	13,786	93.2%
76	Chorley	3,271	238	3,509	93.2%
77	Dover	6,294	461	6,755	93.2%
78	King's Lynn & West Norfolk	1,875	136	2,011	93.2%
79	South Downs	9,798	713	10,511	93.2%
80	Torridge	7,474	546	8,020	93.2%
81	Bromsgrove & Redditch	1,739	129	1,868	93.1%
82	Newcastle upon Tyne	8,182	603	8,785	93.1%
83	Plymouth	6,093	457	6,550	93.0%
84	Three Rivers	2,801	211	3,012	93.0%
85	Sandwell	5,904	450	6,354	92.9%
86	Solihull	4,094	312	4,406	92.9%
87	Blaby	2,122	166	2,288	92.7%
88	Rotherham	2,321	182	2,503	92.7%
89	Norwich	7,574	605	8,179	92.6%
90	Kensington & Chelsea	30,671	2,504	33,175	92.5%
91	Dorset	7,635	632	8,267	92.4%
92	Telford & Wrekin	13,908	1,143	15,051	92.4%
93	Torfaen	4,244	348	4,592	92.4%
94	Gedling	3,869	325	4,194	92.3%
95	Camden	17,846	1,527	19,373	92.1%
96	Hammersmith & Fulham	17,837	1,520	19,357	92.1%
97	Exmoor NPA	1,682	146	1,828	92.0%
98	Cheshire West & Chester	14,750	1,304	16,054	91.9%
99	Babergh Mid Suffolk	3,162	282	3,444	91.8%
100	Darlington	2,108	193	2,301	91.6%
101	Lewes & Eastbourne	1,782	166	1,948	91.5%
102	Oxford	5,010	467	5,477	91.5%
103	Doncaster	10,343	972	11,315	91.4%
104	Stroud	8,430	793	9,223	91.4%
105	Bury	4,465	431	4,896	91.2%
106	Horsham	11,282	1,090	12,372	91.2%
107	Lake District NPA	7,182	690	7,872	91.2%
108	Powys	3,409	329	3,738	91.2%
109	Test Valley	5,070	488	5,558	91.2%
110	Great Yarmouth	2,201	217	2,418	91.0%
111	Tewkesbury	5,830	580	6,410	91.0%
112	Rossendale	412	41	453	90.9%
113	Sheffield	5,597	568	6,165	90.8%
114	Tendring	287	29	316	90.8%
115	Westminster	55,135	5,563	60,698	90.8%
116	Fife	4,828	493	5,321	90.7%
117	Hinckley & Bosworth	2,851	291	3,142	90.7%
118	Southampton	913	94	1,007	90.7%
119	West Lothian	12,179	1,244	13,423	90.7%
120	Forest of Dean	5,479	567	6,046	90.6%
121	East Cambridgeshire	9,885	1,043	10,928	90.5%
122	Exeter	6,106	644	6,750	90.5%
123	Pembrokeshire Coast NPA	2,688	281	2,969	90.5%
124	Spelthorne	649	68	717	90.5%
125	Surrey Heath	3,641	380	4,021	90.5%
126	Cambridge	5,218	552	5,770	90.4%
127	Chesterfield	4,339	461	4,800	90.4%
128	North East Derbyshire	5,785	621	6,406	90.3%
129	York	9,827	1,050	10,877	90.3%
130	Luton	2,917	318	3,235	90.2%
131	North Somerset	17,431	1,899	19,330	90.2%
132	Basildon	521	57	578	90.1%
133	South Ayrshire	328	36	364	90.1%
134	Barnsley	22,158	2,458	24,616	90.0%
135	Newport	4,342	482	4,824	90.0%
136	Cannock Chase	2,298	258	2,556	89.9%
137	Chichester	2,435	274	2,709	89.9%
138	Basingstoke & Deane	9,920	1,129	11,049	89.8%
139	Brighton & Hove	2,839	324	3,163	89.8%
140	Wakefield	11,309	1,292	12,601	89.7%
141	Warwick	11,294	1,300	12,594	89.7%
142	Wigan	4,261	497	4,758	89.6%
143	Dudley	11,699	1,384	13,083	89.4%
144	Kingston upon Hull	5,500	652	6,152	89.4%
145	Maidstone	373	45	418	89.2%
146	Swale	371	45	416	89.2%
147	Blackburn with Darwen	11,143	1,383	12,526	89.0%
148	Cheshire East	11,253	1,390	12,643	89.0%
149	Tonbridge & Malling	3,056	376	3,432	89.0%
150	Tower Hamlets	23,406	2,890	26,296	89.0%
151	Rushcliffe	6,634	836	7,470	88.8%
152	Liverpool	42,558	5,477	48,035	88.6%
153	Oldham	6,060	776	6,836	88.6%
154	Reigate & Banstead	11,771	1,516	13,287	88.6%
155	Sunderland	9,283	1,199	10,482	88.6%
156	Portsmouth	8,152	1,062	9,214	88.5%
157	Haringey	20,752	2,736	23,488	88.4%
158	Dartford	6,263	839	7,102	88.2%
159	Isle of Wight	12,428	1,670	14,098	88.2%
160	Trafford	11,725	1,570	13,295	88.2%
161	Glasgow	34,692	4,667	39,359	88.1%
162	Medway	9,077	1,225	10,302	88.1%
163	Ceredigion	32,889	4,523	37,412	87.9%
164	Epsom & Ewell	7,157	982	8,139	87.9%
165	Manchester	12,085	1,665	13,750	87.9%
166	Bolton	3,295	458	3,753	87.8%
167	Hounslow	63,347	8,848	72,195	87.7%
168	New Forest	7,840	1,100	8,940	87.7%
169	Calderdale	11,615	1,639	13,254	87.6%
170	Sefton	5,644	809	6,453	87.5%
171	Newark & Sherwood	8,710	1,256	9,966	87.4%
172	Richmond	28,213	4,103	32,316	87.3%
173	Runnymede	11,677	1,710	13,387	87.2%
174	Tameside	3,018	447	3,465	87.1%
175	Thanet	23,516	3,493	27,009	87.1%
176	Bristol	21,304	3,225	24,529	86.9%
177	South Gloucestershire	13,283	2,002	15,285	86.9%
178	Sevenoaks	11,008	1,679	12,687	86.8%
179	Castle Point	2,168	332	2,500	86.7%
180	Hackney	16,128	2,506	18,634	86.6%
181	Leeds	38,647	5,968	44,615	86.6%
182	Dartmoor NPA	3,667	577	4,244	86.4%
183	Gravesham	475	75	550	86.4%
184	Hastings	5,070	799	5,869	86.4%
185	Flintshire	5,115	815	5,930	86.3%
186	Kirklees	25,571	4,048	29,619	86.3%
187	Pendle	2,491	396	2,887	86.3%
188	Swansea	2,474	399	2,873	86.1%
189	Ealing	58,118	9,449	67,567	86.0%
190	Merton	15,089	2,468	17,557	85.9%
191	Chelmsford	433	72	505	85.7%
192	Hart	8,529	1,441	9,970	85.5%
193	Buckinghamshire	21,784	3,754	25,538	85.3%
194	Windsor & Maidenhead	5,601	974	6,575	85.2%
195	Gloucester	3,454	603	4,057	85.1%
196	Hertsmere	2,634	460	3,094	85.1%
197	Bassetlaw	2,164	383	2,547	85.0%
198	Bexley	17,473	3,099	20,572	84.9%
199	Lichfield	2,194	389	2,583	84.9%
200	Blackpool	469	85	554	84.7%
201	Newham	17,714	3,193	20,907	84.7%
202	Lambeth	25,728	4,694	30,422	84.6%
203	Sutton	14,598	2,809	17,407	83.9%
204	Birmingham	27,759	5,352	33,111	83.8%
205	Brentwood	9,754	1,886	11,640	83.8%
206	Coventry	1,599	310	1,909	83.8%
207	Leicester	448	90	538	83.3%
208	Caerphilly	1,618	326	1,944	83.2%
209	Middlesbrough	2,836	576	3,412	83.1%
210	Selby	4,705	964	5,669	83.0%
211	Lewisham	20,192	4,175	24,367	82.9%
212	Islington	70,553	14,676	85,229	82.8%
213	Oadby & Wigston	1,787	372	2,159	82.8%
214	Slough	5,695	1,233	6,928	82.2%
215	Cardiff	3,575	792	4,367	81.9%
216	Barnet	43,696	9,719	53,415	81.8%
217	Guildford	13,868	3,104	16,972	81.7%
218	Wyre	329	76	405	81.2%
219	Bromley	29,302	6,910	36,212	80.9%
220	Croydon	31,066	7,369	38,435	80.8%
221	Pembrokeshire	4,757	1,138	5,895	80.7%
222	Harrow	10,160	2,440	12,600	80.6%
223	Kingston	18,599	4,640	23,239	80.0%
224	Thurrock	8,499	2,119	10,618	80.0%
225	Enfield	23,804	6,022	29,826	79.8%
226	Southend-on-Sea	466	121	587	79.4%
227	Barking & Dagenham	7,231	1,891	9,122	79.3%
228	Havering	18,406	4,807	23,213	79.3%
229	Waltham Forest	16,831	4,447	21,278	79.1%
230	Redbridge	26,179	6,970	33,149	79.0%
231	Hillingdon	23,663	6,346	30,009	78.9%
232	Bradford	21,098	5,689	26,787	78.8%
233	Greenwich	17,355	4,862	22,217	78.1%
234	Brent	24,723	7,808	32,531	76.0%
235	Maldon	2,984	979	3,963	75.3%
236	East Hertfordshire	12,121	4,442	16,563	73.2%

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