Planning Applications in EnglandLocal Authorities Ranked

Name: Planning applications in England
Creator: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
License: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/

All 296 local authorities in England, ranked by planning applications. Data: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (2026 Q1), Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Rank	Local authority	Planning Applications
1	Westminster	1,289
2	Cornwall	1,213
3	North Yorkshire	1,211
4	Buckinghamshire	1,163
5	Wiltshire	1,025
6	Birmingham	921
7	Leeds	869
8	Somerset	849
9	Dorset	693
10	Liverpool	653
11	Bradford	630
12	Bromley	625
13	Wandsworth	615
14	Shropshire	614
15	Cheshire East	606
16	East Suffolk	606
17	Barnet	605
18	Bristol	587
19	Kirklees	519
20	Northumberland	516
21	Manchester	513
22	Ealing	512
23	Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole	507
24	Bath and North East Somerset	502
25	Camden	492
26	Richmond upon Thames	491
27	Enfield	487
28	Brent	480
29	Hillingdon	479
30	Lambeth	479
31	West Northamptonshire	477
32	Cheshire West and Chester	460
33	Sheffield	459
34	County Durham	448
35	Waltham Forest	442
36	Central Bedfordshire	440
37	East Riding of Yorkshire	436
38	Herefordshire	434
39	Elmbridge	422
40	Redbridge	419
41	Brighton and Hove	414
42	Havering	406
43	South Cambridgeshire	406
44	York	405
45	St Albans	404
46	Croydon	399
47	Hounslow	399
48	South Gloucestershire	399
49	Horsham	398
50	Stockport	395
51	Kensington and Chelsea	394
52	Southwark	382
53	Westmorland and Furness	382
54	Windsor and Maidenhead	382
55	Ashford	378
56	Cotswold	378
57	Harrow	377
58	Haringey	376
59	Hammersmith and Fulham	371
60	Waverley	366
61	Greenwich	364
62	Islington	364
63	Stratford-on-Avon	363
64	East Hertfordshire	362
65	South Oxfordshire	360
66	Bexley	356
67	Hackney	356
68	Guildford	354
69	King's Lynn and West Norfolk	348
70	Trafford	347
71	Lewisham	344
72	Chelmsford	343
73	Epping Forest	340
74	Wealden	340
75	Cumberland	336
76	East Devon	330
77	Wakefield	319
78	Dacorum	318
79	Wokingham	315
80	Mid Sussex	312
81	Wychavon	307
82	West Berkshire	304
83	Vale of White Horse	302
84	Coventry	300
85	Bolton	297
86	Tunbridge Wells	297
87	West Oxfordshire	295
88	Huntingdonshire	294
89	Newcastle upon Tyne	293
90	Cambridge	292
91	Charnwood	289
92	Solihull	289
93	Sevenoaks	288
94	Warrington	286
95	Basingstoke and Deane	285
96	Test Valley	285
97	Maidstone	284
98	Oxford	284
99	Tower Hamlets	283
100	Colchester	282
101	Uttlesford	278
102	Sefton	277
103	Cheltenham	276
104	West Suffolk	276
105	Bedford	270
106	Cherwell	270
107	Kingston upon Thames	267
108	Merton	267
109	North Northamptonshire	266
110	Medway	265
111	North Hertfordshire	265
112	Milton Keynes	263
113	North Somerset	262
114	New Forest	259
115	Tendring	258
116	Winchester	258
117	Wirral	256
118	Doncaster	255
119	Reigate and Banstead	252
120	Harborough	251
121	Sutton	248
122	Derby	247
123	Newham	246
124	South Hams	244
125	Dudley	243
126	Stroud	243
127	Salford	241
128	Chichester	239
129	Braintree	237
130	Walsall	237
131	Canterbury	236
132	North Norfolk	236
133	Reading	235
134	Rotherham	235
135	Sandwell	235
136	Rushcliffe	233
137	Southend-on-Sea	230
138	Oldham	227
139	South Kesteven	227
140	Three Rivers	226
141	Breckland	224
142	North Lincolnshire	221
143	Hertsmere	219
144	South Norfolk	218
145	Swindon	215
146	Isle of Wight	214
147	Leicester	212
148	Tonbridge and Malling	212
149	Basildon	210
150	South Derbyshire	209
151	Woking	208
152	Babergh	206
153	East Staffordshire	206
154	Mid Suffolk	206
155	Warwick	206
156	Rother	205
157	Newark and Sherwood	204
158	Malvern Hills	201
159	Arun	200
160	Nottingham	197
161	Tandridge	197
162	Wolverhampton	197
163	Plymouth	196
164	Lancaster	195
165	Bury	194
166	Wigan	193
167	Tewkesbury	191
168	Portsmouth	190
169	South Holland	189
170	Brentwood	187
171	North Devon	187
172	North Tyneside	186
173	Tameside	186
174	East Lindsey	185
175	Slough	183
176	Lichfield	182
177	Folkestone and Hythe	179
178	Mole Valley	179
179	Calderdale	178
180	Surrey Heath	178
181	Barnsley	177
182	Teignbridge	177
183	East Cambridgeshire	176
184	Telford and Wrekin	176
185	Fareham	174
186	Hart	174
187	South Staffordshire	174
188	Luton	173
189	Peterborough	172
190	Stockton-on-Tees	170
191	Fenland	169
192	North West Leicestershire	168
193	Southampton	168
194	Welwyn Hatfield	168
195	North Kesteven	167
196	Dover	166
197	Amber Valley	164
198	Broadland	164
199	Bassetlaw	163
200	East Hampshire	163
201	Mid Devon	163
202	Thurrock	163
203	Torridge	163
204	Epsom and Ewell	162
205	Rochdale	162
206	Sunderland	162
207	Swale	161
208	West Lancashire	160
209	Barking and Dagenham	159
210	Blackburn with Darwen	159
211	Gravesham	159
212	Norwich	159
213	Rugby	159
214	West Lindsey	158
215	Runnymede	156
216	Torbay	156
217	Dartford	154
218	Hinckley and Bosworth	154
219	Thanet	153
220	Derbyshire Dales	152
221	Rochford	149
222	Spelthorne	148
223	Exeter	147
224	Newcastle-under-Lyme	145
225	Wyre	145
226	North East Derbyshire	141
227	Broxbourne	140
228	Ribble Valley	138
229	Pendle	137
230	Rutland	137
231	Preston	136
232	Watford	136
233	Kingston upon Hull	135
234	Eastleigh	134
235	Erewash	134
236	Worthing	132
237	Bracknell Forest	131
238	Forest of Dean	131
239	St. Helens	131
240	Maldon	130
241	Blaby	128
242	City of London	128
243	Stoke-on-Trent	127
244	Wyre Forest	127
245	North Warwickshire	125
246	Broxtowe	124
247	North East Lincolnshire	124
248	Staffordshire Moorlands	124
249	Darlington	121
250	Chorley	119
251	Fylde	119
252	Ashfield	117
253	Gloucester	113
254	Bromsgrove	112
255	Chesterfield	112
256	Stafford	112
257	Gedling	108
258	Havant	108
259	South Tyneside	107
260	High Peak	105
261	Ipswich	103
262	Lewes	101
263	Gateshead	100
264	Worcester	100
265	Middlesbrough	97
266	Castle Point	96
267	Melton	95
268	South Ribble	95
269	Redcar and Cleveland	93
270	Mansfield	91
271	Cannock Chase	90
272	Adur	89
273	Nuneaton and Bedworth	89
274	Burnley	88
275	Eastbourne	88
276	Hastings	88
277	Hyndburn	84
278	Boston	83
279	Knowsley	82
280	Lincoln	79
281	Tamworth	79
282	West Devon	79
283	Blackpool	76
284	Crawley	74
285	Gosport	72
286	Rushmoor	71
287	Halton	67
288	Harlow	66
289	Oadby and Wigston	64
290	Stevenage	61
291	Bolsover	60
292	Rossendale	60
293	Hartlepool	56
294	Redditch	53
295	Great Yarmouth	45
296	Isles of Scilly	10