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 (59.6%) | 38.2% |
| 2 | Havering | GOOSHAYS (99.2%) | St Albans (63.3%) | 35.9% |
| 3 | Brent | DUDDEN HILL (99.3%) | Harlesden - WARD NO LONGER EXISTS (64.5%) | 34.8% |
| 4 | Lewisham | EVELYN (99.5%) | Whitefoot (67.5%) | 32.0% |
| 5 | East Hertfordshire | Ware Trinity (89.4%) | Datchworth And Aston (58.1%) | 31.3% |
| 6 | Bromley | ADJ_LA (99.2%) | DARWIN (69.1%) | 30.1% |
| 7 | Lambeth | PRINCE'S (98.5%) | GIPSYH (68.6%) | 29.9% |
| 8 | Merton | VILLAGE (98.4%) | Cricket Green (71.2%) | 27.2% |
| 9 | Kingston | NORBITON (97.3%) | Chessington South & Malden Rushett (71.0%) | 26.3% |
| 10 | Gloucester | Grange (92.7%) | Barton & Tredworth (66.8%) | 25.9% |
| 11 | Hackney | CAZENOVE (99.2%) | Stamford Hill West Ward (74.1%) | 25.1% |
| 12 | Pembrokeshire | Haverfordwest: Portfield (93.4%) | Kilgetty And Begelly (68.7%) | 24.7% |
| 13 | Sevenoaks | Sevenoaks Kippington (92.8%) | Crockenhill & Well Hill (68.2%) | 24.6% |
| 14 | Redbridge | CLEMENTSWOOD (96.9%) | Cranbrook (72.4%) | 24.5% |
| 15 | Elmbridge | Adj Neighbouring Authority (95.5%) | Weybridge Riverside Ward (71.1%) | 24.4% |
| 16 | Trafford | Davyhulme East (94.5%) | Old Trafford (70.1%) | 24.4% |
| 17 | Newham | CANNING TOWN NORTH (99.6%) | EHNTH (75.7%) | 23.9% |
| 18 | Tower Hamlets | EAST INDIA AND LANSBURY (99.5%) | St Dunstans (76.1%) | 23.4% |
| 19 | Richmond | BARNES (99.4%) | WTT (76.7%) | 22.7% |
| 20 | Basingstoke & Deane | Oakley & The Candovers (94.8%) | Brighton Hill (72.3%) | 22.5% |
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 | 38.2% | 97.8% | 59.6% | 41 |
| 2 | Havering | 35.9% | 99.2% | 63.3% | 41 |
| 3 | Brent | 34.8% | 99.3% | 64.5% | 43 |
| 4 | Lewisham | 32.0% | 99.5% | 67.5% | 35 |
| 5 | East Hertfordshire | 31.3% | 89.4% | 58.1% | 49 |
| 6 | Bromley | 30.1% | 99.2% | 69.1% | 52 |
| 7 | Lambeth | 29.9% | 98.5% | 68.6% | 66 |
| 8 | Merton | 27.2% | 98.4% | 71.2% | 54 |
| 9 | Kingston | 26.3% | 97.3% | 71.0% | 39 |
| 10 | Gloucester | 25.9% | 92.7% | 66.8% | 16 |
| 11 | Hackney | 25.1% | 99.2% | 74.1% | 38 |
| 12 | Pembrokeshire | 24.7% | 93.4% | 68.7% | 55 |
| 13 | Sevenoaks | 24.6% | 92.8% | 68.2% | 26 |
| 14 | Redbridge | 24.5% | 96.9% | 72.4% | 33 |
| 15 | Elmbridge | 24.4% | 95.5% | 71.1% | 39 |
| 16 | Trafford | 24.4% | 94.5% | 70.1% | 33 |
| 17 | Newham | 23.9% | 99.6% | 75.7% | 44 |
| 18 | Tower Hamlets | 23.4% | 99.5% | 76.1% | 38 |
| 19 | Richmond | 22.7% | 99.4% | 76.7% | 54 |
| 20 | Basingstoke & Deane | 22.5% | 94.8% | 72.3% | 17 |
| 21 | Ealing | 21.8% | 99.5% | 77.7% | 69 |
| 22 | Caerphilly | 21.5% | 85.8% | 64.3% | 24 |
| 23 | Haringey | 20.3% | 98.8% | 78.5% | 42 |
| 24 | Rutland | 19.7% | 94.2% | 74.5% | 19 |
| 25 | Cheshire East | 19.6% | 92.9% | 73.3% | 49 |
| 26 | Coventry | 19.5% | 92.7% | 73.2% | 15 |
| 27 | Gravesham | 19.2% | 88.0% | 68.8% | 8 |
| 28 | Swansea | 19.1% | 91.2% | 72.1% | 12 |
| 29 | Bexley | 18.8% | 99.1% | 80.3% | 27 |
| 30 | Lancaster | 18.8% | 96.3% | 77.5% | 17 |
| 31 | Oxford | 18.6% | 99.1% | 80.5% | 29 |
| 32 | Maldon | 18.4% | 83.4% | 65.0% | 14 |
| 33 | Hillingdon | 18.3% | 87.5% | 69.2% | 43 |
| 34 | Barking & Dagenham | 18.2% | 85.0% | 66.8% | 22 |
| 35 | Bolton | 17.8% | 92.8% | 75.0% | 22 |
| 36 | Windsor & Maidenhead | 17.7% | 90.1% | 72.4% | 19 |
| 37 | North East Derbyshire | 17.6% | 95.9% | 78.3% | 24 |
| 38 | Dorset | 17.5% | 98.1% | 80.6% | 55 |
| 39 | Eastleigh | 16.9% | 89.5% | 72.6% | 33 |
| 40 | Maidstone | 16.6% | 92.5% | 75.9% | 9 |
| 41 | Sunderland | 16.4% | 94.8% | 78.4% | 25 |
| 42 | Wigan | 16.4% | 95.5% | 79.1% | 18 |
| 43 | Middlesbrough | 16.2% | 95.3% | 79.1% | 20 |
| 44 | Camden | 16.1% | 98.3% | 82.2% | 48 |
| 45 | Hinckley & Bosworth | 16.0% | 98.7% | 82.7% | 16 |
| 46 | Leeds | 15.9% | 93.9% | 78.0% | 33 |
| 47 | Powys | 15.8% | 96.0% | 80.2% | 37 |
| 48 | Gwynedd | 15.7% | 95.8% | 80.1% | 48 |
| 49 | Hammersmith & Fulham | 15.7% | 99.7% | 84.0% | 41 |
| 50 | Bradford | 15.2% | 85.7% | 70.5% | 30 |
| 51 | Dartford | 15.1% | 95.6% | 80.5% | 19 |
| 52 | Lichfield | 15.1% | 92.1% | 77.0% | 12 |
| 53 | Guildford | 14.9% | 91.7% | 76.8% | 21 |
| 54 | Flintshire | 14.8% | 95.7% | 80.9% | 44 |
| 55 | Chichester | 14.6% | 94.8% | 80.2% | 14 |
| 56 | Darlington | 14.6% | 98.4% | 83.8% | 14 |
| 57 | Spelthorne | 14.6% | 92.1% | 77.5% | 12 |
| 58 | Dudley | 14.5% | 96.4% | 81.9% | 48 |
| 59 | Lake District NPA | 14.5% | 98.8% | 84.3% | 62 |
| 60 | Wandsworth | 14.5% | 99.8% | 85.3% | 52 |
| 61 | Warwick | 14.5% | 96.3% | 81.8% | 22 |
| 62 | Kingston upon Hull | 14.4% | 93.9% | 79.5% | 21 |
| 63 | Sefton | 14.3% | 92.9% | 78.6% | 21 |
| 64 | Rhondda Cynon Taf | 14.2% | 99.1% | 84.9% | 25 |
| 65 | Thurrock | 14.1% | 88.2% | 74.1% | 20 |
| 66 | Barnsley | 14.0% | 96.3% | 82.3% | 24 |
| 67 | Bassetlaw | 14.0% | 90.2% | 76.2% | 23 |
| 68 | Isle of Wight | 14.0% | 93.8% | 79.8% | 48 |
| 69 | North Yorkshire | 14.0% | 96.1% | 82.1% | 20 |
| 70 | Westmorland and Furness | 13.9% | 99.4% | 85.5% | 45 |
| 71 | Sheffield | 13.8% | 95.5% | 81.7% | 23 |
| 72 | Surrey Heath | 13.7% | 94.6% | 80.9% | 16 |
| 73 | Bath & NE Somerset | 13.6% | 97.9% | 84.3% | 41 |
| 74 | Peterborough | 13.4% | 93.2% | 79.8% | 28 |
| 75 | Cornwall | 13.1% | 98.1% | 85.0% | 81 |
| 76 | King's Lynn & West Norfolk | 13.1% | 95.9% | 82.8% | 12 |
| 77 | Newark & Sherwood | 13.1% | 94.2% | 81.1% | 21 |
| 78 | Broadland | 12.9% | 98.4% | 85.5% | 34 |
| 79 | Brentwood | 12.8% | 89.7% | 76.9% | 17 |
| 80 | East Hampshire | 12.8% | 96.4% | 83.6% | 22 |
| 81 | Wiltshire | 12.7% | 98.0% | 85.3% | 181 |
| 82 | Tewkesbury | 12.5% | 96.3% | 83.8% | 19 |
| 83 | Wirral | 12.5% | 93.1% | 80.6% | 22 |
| 84 | Rushcliffe | 12.4% | 93.8% | 81.4% | 24 |
| 85 | Tameside | 12.4% | 92.5% | 80.1% | 19 |
| 86 | Oldham | 12.2% | 94.6% | 82.4% | 20 |
| 87 | Southwark | 12.1% | 99.6% | 87.5% | 43 |
| 88 | Test Valley | 11.9% | 95.2% | 83.3% | 18 |
| 89 | Blaby | 11.6% | 98.7% | 87.1% | 11 |
| 90 | Calderdale | 11.5% | 93.0% | 81.5% | 17 |
| 91 | Warrington | 11.5% | 91.9% | 80.4% | 23 |
| 92 | Brighton & Hove | 11.4% | 95.0% | 83.6% | 13 |
| 93 | North Tyneside | 11.4% | 99.1% | 87.7% | 28 |
| 94 | Torbay | 11.4% | 86.8% | 75.4% | 16 |
| 95 | Hertsmere | 11.3% | 93.0% | 81.7% | 16 |
| 96 | Waltham Forest | 11.2% | 81.7% | 70.5% | 24 |
| 97 | Bristol | 11.1% | 90.4% | 79.3% | 34 |
| 98 | York | 11.1% | 97.0% | 85.9% | 21 |
| 99 | Selby | 11.0% | 88.5% | 77.5% | 20 |
| 100 | Slough | 11.0% | 87.3% | 76.3% | 9 |
| 101 | Three Rivers | 11.0% | 96.3% | 85.3% | 14 |
| 102 | East Cambridgeshire | 10.9% | 93.6% | 82.7% | 17 |
| 103 | East Lindsey | 10.9% | 99.1% | 88.2% | 32 |
| 104 | East Riding of Yorkshire | 10.9% | 94.6% | 83.7% | 25 |
| 105 | North West Leicestershire | 10.8% | 96.9% | 86.1% | 7 |
| 106 | West Suffolk | 10.8% | 99.2% | 88.4% | 43 |
| 107 | Harrow | 10.7% | 80.6% | 69.9% | 27 |
| 108 | North Hertfordshire | 10.7% | 99.2% | 88.5% | 12 |
| 109 | South Downs | 10.7% | 99.2% | 88.5% | 34 |
| 110 | Derby | 10.5% | 98.1% | 87.6% | 17 |
| 111 | Pendle | 10.5% | 91.1% | 80.6% | 12 |
| 112 | Rugby | 10.3% | 97.4% | 87.1% | 16 |
| 113 | Tonbridge & Malling | 10.3% | 96.2% | 85.9% | 28 |
| 114 | Babergh Mid Suffolk | 10.2% | 97.3% | 87.1% | 50 |
| 115 | Chorley | 10.2% | 96.3% | 86.1% | 24 |
| 116 | Kirklees | 10.2% | 90.3% | 80.1% | 23 |
| 117 | Newcastle-under-Lyme | 10.1% | 96.2% | 86.1% | 4 |
| 118 | Solihull | 10.1% | 95.1% | 85.0% | 18 |
| 119 | Watford | 10.1% | 94.4% | 84.3% | 12 |
| 120 | Bury | 9.9% | 95.0% | 85.1% | 17 |
| 121 | North East Lincolnshire | 9.9% | 97.7% | 87.8% | 12 |
| 122 | Pembrokeshire Coast National Park | 9.8% | 96.4% | 86.6% | 19 |
| 123 | Swale | 9.7% | 94.3% | 84.6% | 6 |
| 124 | Midlothian | 9.6% | 97.9% | 88.3% | 6 |
| 125 | Swindon | 9.5% | 99.6% | 90.1% | 15 |
| 126 | Basildon | 9.4% | 94.9% | 85.5% | 7 |
| 127 | Mid Sussex | 9.4% | 97.4% | 88.0% | 25 |
| 128 | North Somerset | 9.4% | 94.6% | 85.2% | 34 |
| 129 | Horsham | 9.3% | 97.7% | 88.4% | 22 |
| 130 | Kensington & Chelsea | 9.3% | 99.3% | 90.0% | 34 |
| 131 | South Gloucestershire | 9.3% | 92.5% | 83.2% | 28 |
| 132 | Exeter | 9.2% | 93.7% | 84.5% | 13 |
| 133 | Broxtowe | 9.1% | 97.2% | 88.1% | 19 |
| 134 | Castle Point | 9.1% | 89.8% | 80.7% | 15 |
| 135 | Fenland | 9.1% | 93.3% | 84.2% | 21 |
| 136 | South Norfolk | 9.1% | 98.2% | 89.1% | 28 |
| 137 | Plymouth | 9.0% | 96.2% | 87.2% | 20 |
| 138 | South Kesteven | 9.0% | 98.1% | 89.1% | 29 |
| 139 | East Ayrshire | 8.9% | 98.5% | 89.6% | 7 |
| 140 | Gedling | 8.9% | 97.3% | 88.4% | 17 |
| 141 | South Staffordshire | 8.8% | 90.6% | 81.8% | 6 |
| 142 | Bromsgrove & Redditch | 8.7% | 96.5% | 87.8% | 6 |
| 143 | Forest of Dean | 8.7% | 95.2% | 86.5% | 19 |
| 144 | Hastings | 8.7% | 90.3% | 81.6% | 16 |
| 145 | New Forest | 8.6% | 93.3% | 84.7% | 18 |
| 146 | Cambridge | 8.5% | 98.1% | 89.6% | 38 |
| 147 | Portsmouth | 8.5% | 91.8% | 83.3% | 14 |
| 148 | Southend-on-Sea | 8.5% | 93.8% | 85.3% | 8 |
| 149 | Stoke-on-Trent | 8.5% | 89.0% | 80.5% | 5 |
| 150 | Doncaster | 8.3% | 96.1% | 87.8% | 21 |
| 151 | Hart | 8.3% | 91.2% | 82.9% | 11 |
| 152 | Lewes & Eastbourne | 8.2% | 95.9% | 87.7% | 9 |
| 153 | Cheltenham | 8.1% | 97.9% | 89.8% | 20 |
| 154 | Derbyshire Dales | 8.1% | 96.1% | 88.0% | 16 |
| 155 | Woking | 8.1% | 90.1% | 82.0% | 10 |
| 156 | Luton | 8.0% | 90.5% | 82.5% | 18 |
| 157 | Nottingham | 8.0% | 97.8% | 89.8% | 20 |
| 158 | Huntingdonshire | 7.9% | 97.6% | 89.7% | 22 |
| 159 | Cotswold | 7.8% | 99.0% | 91.2% | 30 |
| 160 | County Durham | 7.8% | 98.6% | 90.8% | 52 |
| 161 | South Ribble | 7.8% | 99.0% | 91.2% | 16 |
| 162 | Telford & Wrekin | 7.8% | 96.6% | 88.8% | 24 |
| 163 | West Oxfordshire | 7.8% | 97.9% | 90.1% | 25 |
| 164 | Cannock Chase | 7.6% | 95.5% | 87.9% | 21 |
| 165 | Neath Port Talbot | 7.6% | 98.3% | 90.7% | 42 |
| 166 | Wakefield | 7.6% | 94.2% | 86.6% | 21 |
| 167 | Halton | 7.5% | 98.6% | 91.1% | 10 |
| 168 | Hambleton | 7.5% | 98.4% | 90.9% | 19 |
| 169 | Oadby & Wigston | 7.5% | 86.0% | 78.5% | 10 |
| 170 | Newcastle upon Tyne | 7.4% | 97.0% | 89.6% | 26 |
| 171 | Winchester | 7.4% | 98.0% | 90.6% | 15 |
| 172 | Glasgow | 7.2% | 93.6% | 86.4% | 23 |
| 173 | Rotherham | 7.0% | 97.2% | 90.2% | 9 |
| 174 | Harborough | 6.8% | 95.7% | 88.9% | 17 |
| 175 | Stockton-on-Tees | 6.8% | 99.3% | 92.5% | 10 |
| 176 | Gateshead | 6.7% | 96.6% | 89.9% | 22 |
| 177 | Sandwell | 6.6% | 95.4% | 88.8% | 24 |
| 178 | Epsom & Ewell | 6.4% | 90.2% | 83.8% | 13 |
| 179 | Dover | 6.2% | 96.2% | 90.0% | 14 |
| 180 | Bolsover | 6.1% | 97.6% | 91.5% | 12 |
| 181 | Stafford | 6.1% | 87.8% | 81.7% | 17 |
| 182 | East Dunbartonshire | 5.9% | 98.7% | 92.8% | 6 |
| 183 | Knowsley | 5.8% | 97.7% | 91.9% | 15 |
| 184 | North Norfolk | 5.8% | 99.1% | 93.3% | 10 |
| 185 | South Ayrshire | 5.8% | 98.4% | 92.6% | 6 |
| 186 | Torfaen | 5.8% | 95.5% | 89.7% | 11 |
| 187 | Lincoln | 5.7% | 98.3% | 92.6% | 11 |
| 188 | Reigate & Banstead | 5.7% | 92.2% | 86.5% | 15 |
| 189 | Melton | 5.6% | 98.3% | 92.7% | 16 |
| 190 | Norwich | 5.5% | 95.3% | 89.8% | 13 |
| 191 | Canterbury | 5.4% | 97.4% | 92.0% | 21 |
| 192 | Rushmoor | 5.3% | 99.1% | 93.8% | 13 |
| 193 | Broads Authority | 5.1% | 98.1% | 93.0% | 8 |
| 194 | Stevenage | 4.9% | 96.3% | 91.4% | 13 |
| 195 | Loch Lomond & The Trossachs National Park | 4.3% | 95.2% | 90.9% | 8 |
| 196 | Renfrewshire | 4.3% | 98.4% | 94.1% | 12 |
| 197 | Tendring | 3.5% | 92.9% | 89.4% | 6 |
| 198 | Clackmannanshire | 3.2% | 98.6% | 95.4% | 4 |
| 199 | Shetland | 3.2% | 99.2% | 96.0% | 4 |
| 200 | Merthyr Tydfil | 2.7% | 92.9% | 90.2% | 6 |
| 201 | Inverclyde | 2.6% | 97.4% | 94.8% | 4 |
| 202 | Western Isles | 2.1% | 99.6% | 97.5% | 10 |
| 203 | Monmouthshire | 1.8% | 98.2% | 96.4% | 6 |
| 204 | Mid Ulster District Council | 1.7% | 99.3% | 97.6% | 4 |
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