Planning permissions granted — every local authority district ranked

Name: Planning permissions granted
Creator: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government — Planning Application Statistics (PS2)
License: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/

This page ranks 296 of 361 areas at this level -- the rest have no published figure for this dataset (see the coverage notes above for why, where one applies).

Figures as of Q1 2026, published by Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government — Planning Application Statistics (PS2). Accessed 2026-09-09.

Colour shows the 12-month change in the number of planning decisions granting permission for new dwellings, summed across major and minor developments, published quarterly by MHCLG for each English local planning authority.

Planning permissions granted, every local authority district ranked
Rank	Local authority district	Planning permissions granted
1	Cornwall	236
2	Wandsworth	148
3	Islington	127
4	Somerset	125
5	North Yorkshire	124
6	Camden	115
7	Buckinghamshire	110
8	Ealing	94
9	Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole	91
10	Dorset	90
11	Bristol, City of	75
11	Kirklees	75
13	Shropshire	74
14	Cheshire East	72
15	Wiltshire	66
16	Horsham	61
17	Herefordshire, County of	59
17	Sevenoaks	59
19	Haringey	57
19	Wychavon	57
21	Bradford	56
21	Southwark	56
21	Uttlesford	56
24	Barnet	54
25	King's Lynn and West Norfolk	53
26	South Cambridgeshire	49
27	Stratford-on-Avon	47
28	Fenland	46
28	Northumberland	46
30	North Devon	45
31	Brighton and Hove	44
32	East Suffolk	42
32	South Gloucestershire	42
34	Basildon	40
35	Cumberland	38
35	Enfield	38
37	Cheshire West and Chester	37
37	East Riding of Yorkshire	37
37	South Holland	37
37	West Northamptonshire	37
41	Maidstone	36
42	North Somerset	35
43	East Devon	34
43	West Oxfordshire	34
45	Basingstoke and Deane	33
45	Leeds	33
45	Waverley	33
48	Guildford	32
48	Manchester	32
48	Sheffield	32
48	Wealden	32
52	Bath and North East Somerset	31
52	Charnwood	31
52	Chelmsford	31
52	East Lindsey	31
52	Elmbridge	31
52	Malvern Hills	31
52	South Oxfordshire	31
59	Central Bedfordshire	30
59	Doncaster	30
59	Epping Forest	30
59	Mid Suffolk	30
63	South Hams	29
64	Broadland	28
64	Hammersmith and Fulham	28
64	Isle of Wight	28
64	Newark and Sherwood	28
64	South Norfolk	28
69	Breckland	27
69	County Durham	27
69	St Albans	27
69	Tonbridge and Malling	27
69	Tunbridge Wells	27
74	Coventry	26
74	Hackney	26
74	Huntingdonshire	26
74	North Hertfordshire	26
74	Torridge	26
74	Windsor and Maidenhead	26
80	Croydon	25
80	Redbridge	25
80	Rushcliffe	25
83	Birmingham	24
83	Braintree	24
83	Mid Devon	24
83	Reigate and Banstead	24
83	Sefton	24
83	Tendring	24
89	Cherwell	23
89	Dover	23
89	East Hertfordshire	23
89	Thanet	23
93	Cambridge	22
93	Stockport	22
95	Ashford	21
95	Babergh	21
95	Derbyshire Dales	21
95	East Cambridgeshire	21
95	Kensington and Chelsea	21
95	North West Leicestershire	21
95	Swale	21
95	West Lindsey	21
103	Bromley	20
103	Greenwich	20
103	Hertsmere	20
103	Leicester	20
103	Newcastle-under-Lyme	20
103	Rother	20
103	South Kesteven	20
103	Tewkesbury	20
103	Wakefield	20
112	Bexley	19
112	Cotswold	19
112	Fylde	19
112	Maldon	19
112	North Northamptonshire	19
112	Richmond upon Thames	19
112	South Derbyshire	19
112	Sutton	19
120	Bassetlaw	18
120	Brent	18
120	Dacorum	18
120	Harborough	18
120	Havering	18
120	North Norfolk	18
120	Nottingham	18
120	Pendle	18
120	Stafford	18
120	Tandridge	18
120	Waltham Forest	18
131	Bolton	17
131	Cheltenham	17
131	Chichester	17
131	Colchester	17
131	Forest of Dean	17
131	Lichfield	17
131	South Staffordshire	17
131	Vale of White Horse	17
131	York	17
140	Amber Valley	16
140	Bedford	16
140	Boston	16
140	Dudley	16
140	East Staffordshire	16
140	Lewisham	16
140	Medway	16
140	Merton	16
140	Reading	16
140	West Devon	16
140	Westmorland and Furness	16
151	Brentwood	15
151	Bromsgrove	15
151	Milton Keynes	15
151	New Forest	15
151	North Lincolnshire	15
151	Preston	15
151	Rutland	15
151	Southampton	15
151	Sunderland	15
160	Barking and Dagenham	14
160	Barnsley	14
160	Mole Valley	14
160	North East Lincolnshire	14
160	Thurrock	14
160	West Berkshire	14
160	West Suffolk	14
160	Wigan	14
160	Wirral	14
160	Wokingham	14
170	Calderdale	13
170	Folkestone and Hythe	13
170	Kingston upon Thames	13
170	Lambeth	13
170	North East Derbyshire	13
170	North Warwickshire	13
170	Portsmouth	13
170	Rotherham	13
170	Runnymede	13
170	Solihull	13
170	Test Valley	13
170	Trafford	13
170	Warrington	13
183	Blaby	12
183	Erewash	12
183	Fareham	12
183	Harrow	12
183	Hounslow	12
183	Melton	12
183	Newham	12
183	Ribble Valley	12
183	Rochford	12
192	Blackburn with Darwen	11
192	Burnley	11
192	Canterbury	11
192	Derby	11
192	East Hampshire	11
192	Hillingdon	11
192	North Kesteven	11
192	Norwich	11
192	Plymouth	11
192	Rochdale	11
192	Sandwell	11
192	Swindon	11
192	Teignbridge	11
192	Torbay	11
192	Tower Hamlets	11
192	Winchester	11
192	Wolverhampton	11
209	Ashfield	10
209	Broxbourne	10
209	Hastings	10
209	Hinckley and Bosworth	10
209	Lincoln	10
209	Mansfield	10
209	Newcastle upon Tyne	10
209	Southend-on-Sea	10
209	Warwick	10
209	West Lancashire	10
209	Worthing	10
220	Arun	9
220	Broxtowe	9
220	Gedling	9
220	Gravesham	9
220	Great Yarmouth	9
220	Liverpool	9
220	Mid Sussex	9
220	Telford and Wrekin	9
220	Walsall	9
220	Welwyn Hatfield	9
230	Bolsover	8
230	Lancaster	8
230	Oldham	8
230	Oxford	8
230	Slough	8
230	Stoke-on-Trent	8
230	Three Rivers	8
237	Bury	7
237	Chorley	7
237	Epsom and Ewell	7
237	Exeter	7
237	Hart	7
237	Lewes	7
237	Nuneaton and Bedworth	7
237	Salford	7
237	South Ribble	7
237	Staffordshire Moorlands	7
237	Stroud	7
237	Wyre	7
237	Wyre Forest	7
250	Castle Point	6
250	Dartford	6
250	Eastbourne	6
250	Eastleigh	6
250	Gloucester	6
250	Havant	6
250	High Peak	6
250	Ipswich	6
250	Knowsley	6
250	Redcar and Cleveland	6
250	St. Helens	6
250	Watford	6
262	Bracknell Forest	5
262	Gosport	5
262	Hartlepool	5
262	Kingston upon Hull, City of	5
262	Rossendale	5
262	Rugby	5
262	Rushmoor	5
262	Spelthorne	5
262	Tameside	5
262	Woking	5
272	Adur	4
272	Cannock Chase	4
272	Chesterfield	4
272	Halton	4
272	Luton	4
272	South Tyneside	4
272	Surrey Heath	4
272	Tamworth	4
280	Darlington	3
280	Gateshead	3
280	North Tyneside	3
280	Peterborough	3
280	Redditch	3
280	Stevenage	3
280	Stockton-on-Tees	3
280	Worcester	3
288	Crawley	2
288	Hyndburn	2
290	City of London	1
290	Harlow	1
290	Oadby and Wigston	1
293	Blackpool	0
293	Isles of Scilly	0
293	Middlesbrough	0
293	Westminster	0

Two or more areas with the same figure share a rank -- the next rank is skipped (e.g. two areas tied for 1st means the next entry is ranked 3rd, not 2nd).

Before you use these figures

Latest figure Q1 2026: This series is quarterly; the most recent published figure is Q1 2026, 2 quarters before Q3 2026. That may reflect the publisher's release schedule rather than missing data.

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Planning permissions granted, every local authority district ranked
Caveats: Latest figure Q1 2026
StatsMapped last confirmed these figures on 9 Sep 2026.
Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government — Planning Application Statistics (PS2)
https://statsmapped.com/united-kingdom/rankings/planning-permissions

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