Council-wide approval rates are useful context. But they hide the real story. Within a single council, the gap between the easiest and hardest ward can be bigger than the gap between the easiest and hardest council in the entire country.
See your council's approval rate, your ward data and comparable decisions near your property.
These councils have the most dramatic variation between their best and worst performing wards. If you live in one of these areas, your postcode isn't just relevant, it's the single biggest factor in whether your application succeeds.
| # | Council | Best Ward | Worst Ward | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Greenwich | CHARLTON (97.8%) | ELTHAM PAGE (60.4%) | 37.4% |
| 2 | Havering | GOOSHAYS (99.2%) | St Albans (62.8%) | 36.4% |
| 3 | Liverpool | Waterfront South (98.4%) | Kensington & Fairfield (62.0%) | 36.4% |
| 4 | Brent | DUDDEN HILL (99.3%) | Harlesden - WARD NO LONGER EXISTS (64.5%) | 34.8% |
| 5 | Cardiff | GRANGETOWN (87.0%) | LLANISHEN (54.8%) | 32.2% |
| 6 | Lewisham | EVELYN (99.5%) | Whitefoot (67.5%) | 32.0% |
| 7 | East Hertfordshire | Ware Trinity (89.2%) | Datchworth And Aston (58.1%) | 31.1% |
| 8 | Bromley | ADJ_LA (99.2%) | DARWIN (69.1%) | 30.1% |
| 9 | Lambeth | PRINCE'S (98.5%) | GIPSYH (68.8%) | 29.7% |
| 10 | Merton | VILLAGE (98.4%) | Cricket Green (70.5%) | 27.9% |
| 11 | Kingston | NORBITON (97.3%) | Tolworth (70.7%) | 26.6% |
| 12 | Gloucester | Grange (92.6%) | Barton & Tredworth (66.7%) | 25.9% |
| 13 | Pembrokeshire | Haverfordwest: Portfield (93.4%) | Kilgetty And Begelly (68.4%) | 25.0% |
| 14 | Hackney | CAZENOVE (99.2%) | Stamford Hill West Ward (74.3%) | 24.9% |
| 15 | Sevenoaks | Sevenoaks Kippington (92.8%) | Crockenhill & Well Hill (68.2%) | 24.6% |
| 16 | Newham | CANNING TOWN NORTH (99.6%) | PLASHT (75.1%) | 24.5% |
| 17 | Redbridge | CLEMENTSWOOD (96.9%) | Cranbrook (72.4%) | 24.5% |
| 18 | Elmbridge | Adj Neighbouring Authority (95.5%) | Weybridge Riverside Ward (71.1%) | 24.4% |
| 19 | Trafford | Davyhulme East (94.5%) | Old Trafford (70.1%) | 24.4% |
| 20 | City of Edinburgh | No Ward Number (98.4%) | Leith Walk (74.1%) | 24.3% |
Two streets in the same ward can get opposite outcomes. The only thing that predicts your result is what's been decided near your property.
Check My Postcode| # | Council | Gap | Best Ward Rate | Worst Ward Rate | Wards |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Greenwich | 37.4% | 97.8% | 60.4% | 41 |
| 2 | Havering | 36.4% | 99.2% | 62.8% | 41 |
| 3 | Liverpool | 36.4% | 98.4% | 62.0% | 56 |
| 4 | Brent | 34.8% | 99.3% | 64.5% | 43 |
| 5 | Cardiff | 32.2% | 87.0% | 54.8% | 13 |
| 6 | Lewisham | 32.0% | 99.5% | 67.5% | 35 |
| 7 | East Hertfordshire | 31.1% | 89.2% | 58.1% | 49 |
| 8 | Bromley | 30.1% | 99.2% | 69.1% | 52 |
| 9 | Lambeth | 29.7% | 98.5% | 68.8% | 66 |
| 10 | Merton | 27.9% | 98.4% | 70.5% | 54 |
| 11 | Kingston | 26.6% | 97.3% | 70.7% | 39 |
| 12 | Gloucester | 25.9% | 92.6% | 66.7% | 16 |
| 13 | Pembrokeshire | 25.0% | 93.4% | 68.4% | 55 |
| 14 | Hackney | 24.9% | 99.2% | 74.3% | 38 |
| 15 | Sevenoaks | 24.6% | 92.8% | 68.2% | 26 |
| 16 | Newham | 24.5% | 99.6% | 75.1% | 44 |
| 17 | Redbridge | 24.5% | 96.9% | 72.4% | 33 |
| 18 | Elmbridge | 24.4% | 95.5% | 71.1% | 39 |
| 19 | Trafford | 24.4% | 94.5% | 70.1% | 33 |
| 20 | City of Edinburgh | 24.3% | 98.4% | 74.1% | 35 |
| 21 | Ealing | 24.3% | 99.5% | 75.2% | 74 |
| 22 | Tower Hamlets | 23.8% | 99.5% | 75.7% | 38 |
| 23 | Barking & Dagenham | 23.3% | 86.4% | 63.1% | 22 |
| 24 | Basingstoke & Deane | 22.7% | 94.9% | 72.2% | 17 |
| 25 | Richmond | 22.7% | 99.4% | 76.7% | 54 |
| 26 | Caerphilly | 21.3% | 85.6% | 64.3% | 23 |
| 27 | Cheshire East | 20.5% | 92.5% | 72.0% | 47 |
| 28 | Haringey | 20.5% | 98.8% | 78.3% | 42 |
| 29 | Coventry | 19.7% | 92.7% | 73.0% | 15 |
| 30 | Rutland | 19.7% | 94.2% | 74.5% | 19 |
| 31 | Swansea | 19.0% | 91.1% | 72.1% | 11 |
| 32 | Bexley | 18.9% | 99.1% | 80.2% | 27 |
| 33 | Maldon | 18.9% | 83.5% | 64.6% | 14 |
| 34 | Gravesham | 18.5% | 87.4% | 68.9% | 7 |
| 35 | Oxford | 18.5% | 99.0% | 80.5% | 28 |
| 36 | Hillingdon | 18.1% | 87.3% | 69.2% | 43 |
| 37 | Windsor & Maidenhead | 17.9% | 90.6% | 72.7% | 19 |
| 38 | North East Derbyshire | 17.8% | 95.7% | 77.9% | 24 |
| 39 | Bolton | 17.7% | 92.7% | 75.0% | 21 |
| 40 | Eastleigh | 17.5% | 89.3% | 71.8% | 33 |
| 41 | Dorset | 17.4% | 98.1% | 80.7% | 55 |
| 42 | Wigan | 17.4% | 95.5% | 78.1% | 17 |
| 43 | Lancaster | 17.2% | 96.2% | 79.0% | 17 |
| 44 | Sunderland | 16.7% | 95.1% | 78.4% | 25 |
| 45 | Lichfield | 16.6% | 93.6% | 77.0% | 12 |
| 46 | Hinckley & Bosworth | 16.5% | 98.6% | 82.1% | 16 |
| 47 | Leeds | 16.3% | 94.1% | 77.8% | 33 |
| 48 | Middlesbrough | 16.3% | 95.3% | 79.0% | 20 |
| 49 | Camden | 16.1% | 98.3% | 82.2% | 48 |
| 50 | Powys | 15.8% | 96.0% | 80.2% | 37 |
| 51 | Gwynedd | 15.7% | 95.8% | 80.1% | 48 |
| 52 | Hammersmith & Fulham | 15.7% | 99.7% | 84.0% | 41 |
| 53 | Sefton | 15.3% | 92.8% | 77.5% | 21 |
| 54 | Newport | 15.2% | 94.0% | 78.8% | 18 |
| 55 | Bradford | 15.1% | 85.6% | 70.5% | 30 |
| 56 | Newark & Sherwood | 15.1% | 94.0% | 78.9% | 21 |
| 57 | Flintshire | 15.0% | 95.7% | 80.7% | 44 |
| 58 | Spelthorne | 15.0% | 91.9% | 76.9% | 10 |
| 59 | Rhondda Cynon Taf | 14.9% | 99.1% | 84.2% | 24 |
| 60 | Dartford | 14.8% | 95.5% | 80.7% | 19 |
| 61 | Guildford | 14.6% | 91.5% | 76.9% | 21 |
| 62 | Sheffield | 14.6% | 95.6% | 81.0% | 22 |
| 63 | Dudley | 14.5% | 96.4% | 81.9% | 48 |
| 64 | North Yorkshire | 14.5% | 95.7% | 81.2% | 18 |
| 65 | Warwick | 14.5% | 96.3% | 81.8% | 22 |
| 66 | Wandsworth | 14.4% | 99.8% | 85.4% | 52 |
| 67 | Cornwall | 14.1% | 98.8% | 84.7% | 79 |
| 68 | Kingston upon Hull | 14.1% | 93.8% | 79.7% | 21 |
| 69 | Barnsley | 14.0% | 96.3% | 82.3% | 24 |
| 70 | Darlington | 14.0% | 98.3% | 84.3% | 12 |
| 71 | Isle of Wight | 14.0% | 93.8% | 79.8% | 48 |
| 72 | Thurrock | 14.0% | 88.1% | 74.1% | 20 |
| 73 | Westmorland and Furness | 13.9% | 99.4% | 85.5% | 45 |
| 74 | Lake District NPA | 13.7% | 98.8% | 85.1% | 62 |
| 75 | Bath & NE Somerset | 13.6% | 97.9% | 84.3% | 41 |
| 76 | Broadland | 13.4% | 98.3% | 84.9% | 34 |
| 77 | Surrey Heath | 13.4% | 94.3% | 80.9% | 16 |
| 78 | East Hampshire | 13.2% | 96.7% | 83.5% | 22 |
| 79 | Bassetlaw | 13.0% | 90.1% | 77.1% | 23 |
| 80 | Tewkesbury | 12.9% | 96.5% | 83.6% | 19 |
| 81 | Wiltshire | 12.7% | 98.0% | 85.3% | 181 |
| 82 | King's Lynn & West Norfolk | 12.6% | 95.9% | 83.3% | 9 |
| 83 | Peterborough | 12.3% | 93.2% | 80.9% | 28 |
| 84 | Rushcliffe | 12.3% | 93.7% | 81.4% | 24 |
| 85 | Oldham | 12.2% | 94.5% | 82.3% | 20 |
| 86 | Test Valley | 12.2% | 95.5% | 83.3% | 18 |
| 87 | Brentwood | 12.1% | 90.0% | 77.9% | 17 |
| 88 | Southwark | 12.0% | 99.6% | 87.6% | 43 |
| 89 | Tameside | 11.8% | 92.3% | 80.5% | 19 |
| 90 | North West Leicestershire | 11.6% | 96.9% | 85.3% | 7 |
| 91 | Warrington | 11.6% | 91.9% | 80.3% | 23 |
| 92 | Blaby | 11.5% | 98.6% | 87.1% | 11 |
| 93 | East Riding of Yorkshire | 11.5% | 94.4% | 82.9% | 25 |
| 94 | Pendle | 11.5% | 91.4% | 79.9% | 12 |
| 95 | Torbay | 11.5% | 86.5% | 75.0% | 16 |
| 96 | Brighton & Hove | 11.4% | 95.0% | 83.6% | 13 |
| 97 | Calderdale | 11.4% | 93.0% | 81.6% | 17 |
| 98 | Harrow | 11.4% | 80.7% | 69.3% | 27 |
| 99 | North Tyneside | 11.4% | 99.1% | 87.7% | 27 |
| 100 | Waltham Forest | 11.4% | 81.7% | 70.3% | 24 |
| 101 | Wirral | 11.3% | 93.7% | 82.4% | 22 |
| 102 | Hertsmere | 11.2% | 92.8% | 81.6% | 16 |
| 103 | Slough | 11.2% | 87.2% | 76.0% | 9 |
| 104 | West Suffolk | 11.2% | 99.6% | 88.4% | 43 |
| 105 | Bristol | 11.1% | 90.4% | 79.3% | 34 |
| 106 | East Lindsey | 11.0% | 99.1% | 88.1% | 32 |
| 107 | Selby | 11.0% | 88.5% | 77.5% | 20 |
| 108 | East Cambridgeshire | 10.9% | 93.6% | 82.7% | 17 |
| 109 | North Hertfordshire | 10.8% | 99.1% | 88.3% | 8 |
| 110 | York | 10.8% | 96.9% | 86.1% | 21 |
| 111 | Three Rivers | 10.7% | 96.0% | 85.3% | 14 |
| 112 | South Downs | 10.6% | 99.2% | 88.6% | 34 |
| 113 | Chichester | 10.5% | 94.9% | 84.4% | 13 |
| 114 | Fife | 10.4% | 97.2% | 86.8% | 19 |
| 115 | Rugby | 10.4% | 97.4% | 87.0% | 16 |
| 116 | Watford | 10.4% | 94.5% | 84.1% | 12 |
| 117 | Babergh Mid Suffolk | 10.3% | 97.2% | 86.9% | 50 |
| 118 | Derby | 10.3% | 98.1% | 87.8% | 17 |
| 119 | Tonbridge & Malling | 10.3% | 96.2% | 85.9% | 27 |
| 120 | Chorley | 10.2% | 96.3% | 86.1% | 23 |
| 121 | Highland | 10.2% | 99.4% | 89.2% | 11 |
| 122 | Kirklees | 10.2% | 90.3% | 80.1% | 23 |
| 123 | North East Lincolnshire | 10.2% | 97.7% | 87.5% | 12 |
| 124 | Castle Point | 10.1% | 89.6% | 79.5% | 15 |
| 125 | Maidstone | 10.1% | 85.0% | 74.9% | 6 |
| 126 | Newcastle-under-Lyme | 10.1% | 96.8% | 86.7% | 4 |
| 127 | Southend-on-Sea | 10.1% | 93.9% | 83.8% | 6 |
| 128 | Basildon | 10.0% | 95.5% | 85.5% | 7 |
| 129 | Solihull | 9.9% | 95.5% | 85.6% | 18 |
| 130 | Bury | 9.8% | 94.9% | 85.1% | 17 |
| 131 | Gedling | 9.8% | 97.9% | 88.1% | 17 |
| 132 | Midlothian | 9.8% | 97.8% | 88.0% | 6 |
| 133 | Pembrokeshire Coast National Park | 9.8% | 96.4% | 86.6% | 19 |
| 134 | Cambridge | 9.7% | 97.0% | 87.3% | 38 |
| 135 | Fenland | 9.6% | 93.2% | 83.6% | 21 |
| 136 | New Forest | 9.6% | 92.7% | 83.1% | 16 |
| 137 | North Somerset | 9.5% | 94.6% | 85.1% | 34 |
| 138 | Swindon | 9.5% | 99.6% | 90.1% | 15 |
| 139 | Exeter | 9.3% | 93.7% | 84.4% | 13 |
| 140 | Horsham | 9.3% | 97.6% | 88.3% | 22 |
| 141 | Kensington & Chelsea | 9.3% | 99.3% | 90.0% | 34 |
| 142 | South Kesteven | 9.3% | 98.1% | 88.8% | 29 |
| 143 | Carlisle | 9.2% | 99.3% | 90.1% | 16 |
| 144 | East Ayrshire | 9.2% | 98.4% | 89.2% | 7 |
| 145 | South Gloucestershire | 9.2% | 92.3% | 83.1% | 28 |
| 146 | Plymouth | 9.1% | 96.2% | 87.1% | 20 |
| 147 | Thanet | 9.1% | 94.3% | 85.2% | 23 |
| 148 | Bromsgrove & Redditch | 8.8% | 96.4% | 87.6% | 6 |
| 149 | Broxtowe | 8.8% | 97.2% | 88.4% | 19 |
| 150 | Forest of Dean | 8.8% | 95.1% | 86.3% | 19 |
| 151 | Hastings | 8.7% | 90.3% | 81.6% | 16 |
| 152 | Mid Sussex | 8.6% | 97.2% | 88.6% | 25 |
| 153 | Portsmouth | 8.5% | 91.8% | 83.3% | 14 |
| 154 | Stoke-on-Trent | 8.5% | 88.5% | 80.0% | 4 |
| 155 | Woking | 8.5% | 90.1% | 81.6% | 10 |
| 156 | Doncaster | 8.4% | 96.0% | 87.6% | 21 |
| 157 | Lewes & Eastbourne | 8.4% | 95.9% | 87.5% | 9 |
| 158 | Hart | 8.3% | 91.1% | 82.8% | 11 |
| 159 | Nottingham | 8.2% | 97.7% | 89.5% | 20 |
| 160 | West Oxfordshire | 8.1% | 97.8% | 89.7% | 25 |
| 161 | Derbyshire Dales | 7.9% | 96.1% | 88.2% | 15 |
| 162 | Glasgow | 7.9% | 93.3% | 85.4% | 23 |
| 163 | Luton | 7.9% | 90.4% | 82.5% | 18 |
| 164 | South Ribble | 7.9% | 99.0% | 91.1% | 16 |
| 165 | Cotswold | 7.8% | 99.0% | 91.2% | 30 |
| 166 | County Durham | 7.8% | 98.6% | 90.8% | 51 |
| 167 | Telford & Wrekin | 7.8% | 96.6% | 88.8% | 24 |
| 168 | Wakefield | 7.7% | 94.2% | 86.5% | 21 |
| 169 | West Lancashire | 7.7% | 98.1% | 90.4% | 27 |
| 170 | South Staffordshire | 7.6% | 90.5% | 82.9% | 6 |
| 171 | Stafford | 7.6% | 89.1% | 81.5% | 17 |
| 172 | Adur & Worthing | 7.5% | 93.8% | 86.3% | 27 |
| 173 | Cheltenham | 7.5% | 97.8% | 90.3% | 20 |
| 174 | Hambleton | 7.5% | 98.4% | 90.9% | 19 |
| 175 | Harborough | 7.4% | 95.6% | 88.2% | 17 |
| 176 | Huntingdonshire | 7.4% | 97.5% | 90.1% | 22 |
| 177 | Neath Port Talbot | 7.4% | 98.3% | 90.9% | 42 |
| 178 | Newcastle upon Tyne | 7.4% | 97.0% | 89.6% | 26 |
| 179 | Cannock Chase | 7.2% | 95.5% | 88.3% | 21 |
| 180 | Halton | 7.2% | 98.6% | 91.4% | 10 |
| 181 | Stockton-on-Tees | 7.2% | 99.3% | 92.1% | 10 |
| 182 | Rotherham | 7.0% | 97.2% | 90.2% | 9 |
| 183 | Oadby & Wigston | 6.9% | 85.8% | 78.9% | 10 |
| 184 | Winchester | 6.9% | 97.9% | 91.0% | 15 |
| 185 | Gateshead | 6.8% | 96.5% | 89.7% | 22 |
| 186 | Epsom & Ewell | 6.6% | 90.2% | 83.6% | 13 |
| 187 | Sandwell | 6.5% | 95.3% | 88.8% | 24 |
| 188 | Torridge | 6.3% | 96.9% | 90.6% | 15 |
| 189 | Angus | 6.2% | 97.5% | 91.3% | 11 |
| 190 | Argyll & Bute | 6.2% | 97.8% | 91.6% | 11 |
| 191 | Bolsover | 6.2% | 97.6% | 91.4% | 12 |
| 192 | Dover | 6.2% | 96.2% | 90.0% | 14 |
| 193 | South Ayrshire | 6.1% | 98.3% | 92.2% | 6 |
| 194 | Canterbury | 6.0% | 97.6% | 91.6% | 21 |
| 195 | East Dunbartonshire | 6.0% | 98.6% | 92.6% | 6 |
| 196 | Knowsley | 5.8% | 97.6% | 91.8% | 15 |
| 197 | South Norfolk | 5.8% | 98.1% | 92.3% | 27 |
| 198 | Lincoln | 5.7% | 98.3% | 92.6% | 11 |
| 199 | Melton | 5.7% | 98.3% | 92.6% | 15 |
| 200 | Reigate & Banstead | 5.7% | 92.2% | 86.5% | 15 |
| 201 | Torfaen | 5.7% | 95.4% | 89.7% | 11 |
| 202 | Aberdeenshire | 5.5% | 98.3% | 92.8% | 13 |
| 203 | Broads Authority | 5.4% | 98.1% | 92.7% | 8 |
| 204 | Norwich | 5.4% | 95.2% | 89.8% | 13 |
| 205 | North Norfolk | 5.2% | 99.1% | 93.9% | 9 |
| 206 | Perth & Kinross | 5.2% | 97.4% | 92.2% | 12 |
| 207 | West Lothian | 5.0% | 93.3% | 88.3% | 9 |
| 208 | Rushmoor | 4.8% | 99.0% | 94.2% | 13 |
| 209 | Stevenage | 4.8% | 96.3% | 91.5% | 13 |
| 210 | Loch Lomond & The Trossachs National Park | 4.6% | 95.3% | 90.7% | 8 |
| 211 | Renfrewshire | 4.4% | 98.4% | 94.0% | 12 |
| 212 | Mid Devon | 4.3% | 99.6% | 95.3% | 23 |
| 213 | Aberdeen | 3.9% | 96.4% | 92.5% | 13 |
| 214 | Gosport | 3.9% | 98.6% | 94.7% | 3 |
| 215 | Clackmannanshire | 3.8% | 99.0% | 95.2% | 4 |
| 216 | South Lanarkshire | 3.5% | 98.3% | 94.8% | 20 |
| 217 | Tendring | 3.1% | 93.4% | 90.3% | 4 |
| 218 | Mansfield | 3.0% | 99.4% | 96.4% | 7 |
| 219 | Dartmoor NPA | 2.9% | 88.9% | 86.0% | 3 |
| 220 | Dumfries & Galloway | 2.9% | 99.2% | 96.3% | 13 |
| 221 | Moray | 2.5% | 99.2% | 96.7% | 8 |
| 222 | Orkney | 2.4% | 97.7% | 95.3% | 6 |
| 223 | Dundee | 2.3% | 95.7% | 93.4% | 8 |
| 224 | Inverclyde | 2.3% | 97.4% | 95.1% | 4 |
| 225 | Shetland | 2.3% | 99.2% | 96.9% | 3 |
| 226 | Western Isles | 2.3% | 99.6% | 97.3% | 10 |
| 227 | Merthyr Tydfil | 2.1% | 92.6% | 90.5% | 6 |
| 228 | Monmouthshire | 1.9% | 98.1% | 96.2% | 5 |
| 229 | Mid Ulster District Council | 1.8% | 99.2% | 97.4% | 4 |
| 230 | North Ayrshire | 1.7% | 99.3% | 97.6% | 5 |
| 231 | Stirling | 1.6% | 96.1% | 94.5% | 7 |
| 232 | Dacorum | 1.2% | 99.4% | 98.2% | 3 |
| 233 | Falkirk | 0.7% | 99.2% | 98.5% | 6 |
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