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Planning Inspectorate Appeal Decisions by LPA and type

The number of different types of planning appeal issued by the Planning Inspectorate for each local planning authority (LPA) is given in the table below. Search using CTL+F to find LPAs of interest to you.

The average appeal success rate (% allowed or given planning consent) for each LPA is available for s78 appeals, householder appeals, and enforcement appeals here.

Planning appeals by LPA for 2024/25 year ending 31st March 2025

Source: Planning Inspectorate Casework Data published June 2025

Local Planning Authority Planning Appeal (s78) Householder appeal (HAS) Appeal against an enforcement Notice Lawful Development Certificate Listed Building & Conservation Area Appeal Commercial Appeal Service (CAS)
Totals for England 10,071 4,142 1,672 585 464 465
Adur District Council 7 1



Allerdale Borough Council 2


1
Amber Valley Borough Council 20

1

Arun District Council 32 6 4
1 1
Ashfield District Council 27 6 1 3

Ashford Borough Council 57 7 2 4 8
Babergh District Council 53 11 1
2
Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council 10 8 11

4
Barrow-in-Furness Borough Council 1




Basildon District Council 31 16 45 1 1
Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council 47 9

1 1
Bassetlaw District Council 27 4 2 2 3
Bath and North East Somerset Council 30 4 5
3
Bedford Borough Council 54 22 6 2 2
Birmingham City Council 92 31 11 4 1 14
Blaby District Council 11 4 1 1
1
Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council 2 1 4


Blackpool Borough Council 23 5 9

3
Local Planning Authority Planning Appeal (s78) Householder appeal (HAS) Appeal against an enforcement Notice Lawful Development Certificate Listed Building & Conservation Area Appeal Commercial Appeal Service (CAS)
Bolsover District Council 6 2 2


Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council 14 20 4

1
Boston Borough Council 7
2


Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 142 55 13 2
7
Bracknell Forest Borough Council 13 4
1 1
Braintree District Council 64 14 5 4 5 1
Breckland Council 34 9 1 1

Brentwood Borough Council 42 16 3
2
Brighton and Hove City Council 49 18 5 3 5 2
Bristol City Council 103 36 2 9 2 2
Broadland District Council 18 6 15


Broads 4 3 7


Bromsgrove District Council 24 11 4 3

Broxbourne Borough Council 18 8 5 3 1
Broxtowe Borough Council 11 5 1 3

Buckinghamshire Council - Aylesbury Area 51 24 18 5 3 2
Buckinghamshire Council - Chiltern Area 27 14 11 1

Buckinghamshire Council - Minerals and Waste Planning





Buckinghamshire Council - South Bucks Area 20 7 16 6 4 1
Buckinghamshire Council - Wycombe Area 47 27 11 1 4
Burnley Borough Council 8 2 2 1
1
Bury Metropolitan Borough Council 19 7 3

1
LPA Name Planning Appeal (s78) Householder appeal (HAS) Appeal against an enforcement Notice Lawful Development Certificate Listed Building & Conservation Area Appeal Commercial Appeal Service (CAS)
Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council 23 20 3 4 5 2
Cambridge City Council 23 5 1
2
Cambridgeshire County Council 1




Cannock Chase District Council 5 4


3
Canterbury City Council 20 11 5 2

Castle Point Borough Council 16 9 2 1

Central Bedfordshire 69 32 45 4
2
Charnwood Borough Council 27 15 1
1
Chelmsford Borough Council 56 17 4 5 1 3
Cheltenham Borough Council 7 8 1 2 2
Cherwell District Council 33 14 3 1 1
Cheshire East 80 39 7 6 2
Cheshire West and Chester 62 31 19 5 4 4
Chesterfield Borough Council 1 3 1

1
Chichester District Council 52 8 9 2 1 1
Chorley Borough Council 6 4 3
2
LPA Name Planning Appeal (s78) Householder appeal (HAS) Appeal against an enforcement Notice Lawful Development Certificate Listed Building & Conservation Area Appeal Commercial Appeal Service (CAS)
City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council 35 31 23 3 2 9
City of Lincoln Council 3 1 1
1
City of London Council 3



10
City of Westminster Council 64 7 9
16 21
City of York Council 27 13 12 2 1 3
Colchester Borough Council 43 20 4 1 2 1
Copeland Borough Council 1




Cornwall Council 191 15 39 4 4 1
Cotswold District Council 35 7

9 1
Coventry City Council 36 35 1 3 1 5
Craven District Council 1




Crawley Borough Council 7 11
2
1
Cumberland 18 7

1 1
Cumbria County Council 1




LPA Name Planning Appeal (s78) Householder appeal (HAS) Appeal against an enforcement Notice Lawful Development Certificate Listed Building & Conservation Area Appeal Commercial Appeal Service (CAS)
Dacorum Borough Council 44 17 6 1 3 2
Darlington Borough Council 3 3 1

1
Dartford Borough Council 24 19 5

10
Dartmoor 31 3 7 1 4
Derby City Council 23 8


2
Derbyshire County Council





Derbyshire Dales District Council 28 10 4
3
Devon County Council





Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council 20 3 4

1
Dorset 96 28 8 2 8 1
Dorset County Council *





Dover District Council 19 1 4 3 4
Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council 19 9 2 1
3
Durham County Council 54 7 19


LPA Name Planning Appeal (s78) Householder appeal (HAS) Appeal against an enforcement Notice Lawful Development Certificate Listed Building & Conservation Area Appeal Commercial Appeal Service (CAS)
East Cambridgeshire District Council 23 9 1
1
East Devon District Council 65 19 3 2 6
East Hampshire District Council 30 6 7
1 1
East Hertfordshire District Council 74 43 2 3 6 2
East Lindsey District Council 20 2


1
East Northamptonshire District Council 2




East Riding of Yorkshire Council 72 27 14 4
4
East Staffordshire Borough Council 15 5 3 1
2
East Suffolk 52 15 1 2 2 2
East Sussex County Council





Eastbourne Borough Council 9



1
Eastleigh Borough Council 18 10
1

Ebbsfleet Development Corporation
1


2
Eden District Council 2
1


Elmbridge Borough Council 75 42 1 8 1
Epping Forest District Council 85 41 4 1 7
Epsom and Ewell Borough Council 20 16
3 3
Erewash Borough Council 6 2 2


Essex County Council 3 1 2 2

Exeter City Council 23 15 1 1 6
Exmoor 2




LPA Name Planning Appeal (s78) Householder appeal (HAS) Appeal against an enforcement Notice Lawful Development Certificate Listed Building & Conservation Area Appeal Commercial Appeal Service (CAS)
Fareham Borough Council 6 1 3


Fenland District Council 15 2 2


Folkestone and Hythe District Council 31 11 2 1 1
Forest of Dean District Council 46 1
2

Fylde Borough Council 9 5



Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council 9 4 5 1
2
Gedling Borough Council 12 1 7 2
2
Gloucester City Council 11 8


1
Gloucestershire County Council





Gosport Borough Council 1 1



Gravesham Borough Council 25 26 2 1 1 2
Great Yarmouth Borough Council 9 5


2
Guildford Borough Council 41 42 2 11 2
LPA Name Planning Appeal (s78) Householder appeal (HAS) Appeal against an enforcement Notice Lawful Development Certificate Listed Building & Conservation Area Appeal Commercial Appeal Service (CAS)
Halton Borough Council 5 5 2

1
Hambleton District Council 2
1


Hampshire County Council
2



Harborough District Council 20 9 2 1 1 1
Harlow District Council 9 4 2
1
Harrogate Borough Council 1
1


Hart District Council 27 15 2
4 1
Hartlepool Borough Council 5 5



Hastings Borough Council 10 3 2
3
Havant Borough Council 5 6



Herefordshire Council 31 1 6 3
2
Hertfordshire County Council 2




Hertsmere Borough Council 19 11 3 5 1
High Peak Borough Council 16 9
2 1 1
Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council 21 3 2 3

Horsham District Council 53 2 6 5

Huntingdonshire District Council 49 9 2
4
Hyndburn Borough Council 11 4
1

LPA Name Planning Appeal (s78) Householder appeal (HAS) Appeal against an enforcement Notice Lawful Development Certificate Listed Building & Conservation Area Appeal Commercial Appeal Service (CAS)
Ipswich Borough Council 13 4 1

1
Isle of Wight Council 40 9 1 4 4 1
Kent County Council





King's Lynn and West Norfolk Borough Council 58 15 7 1 2
Kingston-Upon-Hull City Council 9 6
3

Kirklees Metropolitan Council 32 42 12 6 3 3
Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council 2 5



Lake District 25 4 32 1 3
Lancashire County Council 2
2


Lancaster City Council 39 1 8
3 1
Leeds City Council 66 76 8 6
7
Leicester City Council 19 20 10 2

Leicestershire County Council





Lewes District Council 17 8
2 1
Lichfield District Council 17 1
1 1
Lincolnshire County Council





Liverpool City Council 66 29
38 2 8
LPA Name Planning Appeal (s78) Householder appeal (HAS) Appeal against an enforcement Notice Lawful Development Certificate Listed Building & Conservation Area Appeal Commercial Appeal Service (CAS)
London Borough of Barking and Dagenham Council 30 22 14 2

London Borough of Barnet 153 73 26 7 5 3
London Borough of Bexley 43 17 2 1

London Borough of Brent 71 35 72 12
2
London Borough of Bromley 92 87 10 11
1
London Borough of Camden 61 11 11
10 4
London Borough of Croydon 132 39 3 1
2
London Borough of Ealing 50 35 25 4
2
London Borough of Enfield 53 41 2 1
3
London Borough of Hackney 51 33 12 4 2 41
London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham 36 14 4 2
5
London Borough of Haringey 52 16 13 4 2 6
London Borough of Harrow 65 38 5 2

London Borough of Havering 83 50 3 5 1
London Borough of Hillingdon 50 64 16 5 2 2
London Borough of Hounslow 60 59 8 12 6 5
London Borough of Islington 60 8 2 4 6 3
London Borough of Lambeth 59 18 11
8 5
London Borough of Lewisham 44 16 11 8 1 1
London Borough of Merton 31 12 12 1
1
London Borough of Newham 31 12 24 1

London Borough of Redbridge 31 32 2 1

London Borough of Southwark 35 3 5 3 4 6
London Borough of Sutton 40 21 9 11
2
London Borough of Tower Hamlets 40 6 2 2 2 5
London Borough of Wandsworth 47 29 7 2 2 2
London Legacy Development Corporation 1




Luton Borough Council 56 27 1 3
1
LPA Name Planning Appeal (s78) Householder appeal (HAS) Appeal against an enforcement Notice Lawful Development Certificate Listed Building & Conservation Area Appeal Commercial Appeal Service (CAS)
Maidstone Borough Council 68 13 12 4 2
Maldon District Council 49 7 6 4
1
Malvern Hills District Council 56 9 4
3
Manchester City Council 35 13 14 1 1 17
Mansfield District Council 4



1
Medway Council 25 5 12 1
1
Melton Borough Council 8

1

Mendip District Council 5

1 1
Mid Devon District Council 13 1

2
Mid Suffolk District Council 45 8 7
3 1
Mid Sussex District Council 22 15 6
2
Middlesborough Development Corporation

1


Middlesbrough Council 8 14 6

2
Milton Keynes Council 13 16 1 2 1
Mole Valley District Council 60 15 8 3 1
LPA Name Planning Appeal (s78) Householder appeal (HAS) Appeal against an enforcement Notice Lawful Development Certificate Listed Building & Conservation Area Appeal Commercial Appeal Service (CAS)
New Forest 10 9 4


New Forest District Council 19 7 4 1 4 2
Newark & Sherwood District Council 36 12 22 1

Newcastle Upon Tyne City Council 10 2
1
4
Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council 10 1 1


North Devon District Council 14
4 1

North East Derbyshire District Council 30 8 4 2
1
North East Lincolnshire Council 16 2


2
North Hertfordshire District Council 22 6



North Kesteven District Council 11 3 4


North Lincolnshire Council 34 5 6

2
North Norfolk District Council 20 3 10 1

North Northamptonshire 57 23
1 8 1
North Somerset Council 40 12 3 1

North Tyneside Council 10 6 1 1

North Warwickshire Borough Council 20 3



North West Leicestershire District Council 13
2
3
North York Moors 10 7 2 2 1
North Yorkshire Council 130 49 20 3 7 1
North Yorkshire County Council 1
1


Northumberland 1




Northumberland County Council 54 25 1 2 1
Norwich City Council 10 2 4 1
1
Nottingham City Council 26 4 1 1
5
Nottinghamshire County Council 1




Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council 10 4


3
LPA Name Planning Appeal (s78) Householder appeal (HAS) Appeal against an enforcement Notice Lawful Development Certificate Listed Building & Conservation Area Appeal Commercial Appeal Service (CAS)
Oadby and Wigston Borough Council 7 7
2

Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation 1
7


Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council 14 17 4

6
Oxford City Council 21 12 6 6
1
Oxfordshire County Council 1
1


Peak District 32 10 3 2 3
Pendle Borough Council 12 5 2 1
1
Peterborough City Council 40 7 3 2 2
Plymouth City Council 13 3


3
Portsmouth City Council 16 9 1

1
Preston City Council 6 2


1
LPA Name Planning Appeal (s78) Householder appeal (HAS) Appeal against an enforcement Notice Lawful Development Certificate Listed Building & Conservation Area Appeal Commercial Appeal Service (CAS)
Reading Borough Council 17 7 5
2 2
Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council 8 6



Redditch Borough Council 7 3 1


Reigate and Banstead Borough Council 47 24 8 3 1 1
Ribble Valley Borough Council 26 8 3
2
Richmond Upon Thames London Borough Council 49 67 14 4 4 4
Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council 17 13


2
Rochford District Council 26 12 2 2 1
Rossendale Borough Council 15 1 3
1
Rother District Council 37 7 1 2 3
Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council 24 21 5 1

Royal Borough of Greenwich 67 67 4 6 2 4
Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea 40 31 3 5 11 3
Royal Borough of Kingston Upon Thames 41 25
5 1 1
Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead 69 45
2 5
Rugby Borough Council 12 5



Runnymede Borough Council 20 7 4

1
Rushcliffe Borough Council 35 7


1
Rushmoor Borough Council 6 2



Rutland County Council 17 4

3
Ryedale District Council 2




LPA Name Planning Appeal (s78) Householder appeal (HAS) Appeal against an enforcement Notice Lawful Development Certificate Listed Building & Conservation Area Appeal Commercial Appeal Service (CAS)
Salford City Council 17 2 2 1
1
Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council 11 11



Scarborough Borough Council 2

1 1
Sedgemoor District Council 3
4


Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council 22 10 6 2
4
Selby District Council 3
1 1

Sevenoaks District Council 49 13 8 9 2 9
Sheffield City Council 28 21 11
3 23
Shropshire County Council 58 19 3 3 2
Slough Borough Council 23 15 20 4

Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council 30 22 4

2
Somerset Council 75 14 5 4
7
Somerset County Council





Somerset West and Taunton 1
4 1

LPA Name Planning Appeal (s78) Householder appeal (HAS) Appeal against an enforcement Notice Lawful Development Certificate Listed Building & Conservation Area Appeal Commercial Appeal Service (CAS)
South Cambridgeshire District Council 28 10 44
3
South Derbyshire District Council 21 2

1
South Downs 46 17 9 5 5
South Gloucestershire Council 46 24 5 1 2 1
South Hams District Council 56 6 8 1

South Holland District Council 23 6 16 3

South Kesteven District Council 28 4 2
3
South Lakeland District Council 5




South Norfolk District Council 24 12 1

2
South Oxfordshire District Council 33 9 14
1 1
South Ribble Borough Council 8 2



South Somerset District Council 11 3

1
South Staffordshire District Council 41 11 13


South Tyneside Council 8 5

1
Southampton City Council 11 8 10


Southend-on-Sea Borough Council 33 20 9
3 1
LPA Name Planning Appeal (s78) Householder appeal (HAS) Appeal against an enforcement Notice Lawful Development Certificate Listed Building & Conservation Area Appeal Commercial Appeal Service (CAS)
Spelthorne Borough Council 32 17 17 1
1
St Albans City Council 41 25 1 8 4 3
St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council 6 7

1 3
Stafford Borough Council 21 8 2 2 1 2
Staffordshire County Council





Staffordshire Moorlands District Council 31 13 1

2
Stevenage Borough Council 2
3 1

Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council 13 7 6

2
Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council 12 5 3


Stoke-on-Trent City Council 13 7
1
1
Stratford-on-Avon District Council 66 10 3 2 2 1
Stroud District Council 36 21

3
Suffolk County Council





Sunderland City Council 6 5 3

3
Surrey County Council





Surrey Heath Borough Council 22 17 4 2
1
Swale Borough Council 31 8 2 2 2 1
Swindon Borough Council 16 11 1 1 2 1
LPA Name Planning Appeal (s78) Householder appeal (HAS) Appeal against an enforcement Notice Lawful Development Certificate Listed Building & Conservation Area Appeal Commercial Appeal Service (CAS)
Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council 10 10
2
4
Tamworth Borough Council 2 2


1
Tandridge District Council 63 21 15 4

Teignbridge District Council 23 18
4 5
Telford and Wrekin Council 13 2
1 2
Tendring District Council 48 9 1

1
Test Valley Borough Council 26 3 6 1 3
Tewkesbury Borough Council 30 4 5 1 1
Thanet District Council 29 10

3
The Isles of Scilly Council





Three Rivers District Council 23 22 3 1 1
Thurrock Borough Council 29 15 2


Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council 26 17 4
2
Torbay Council 34 24 5 2 1
Torridge District Council 20 1 7 2

Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council 41 33 9 1
4
Tunbridge Wells Borough Council 25 4 4
3 1
LPA Name Planning Appeal (s78) Householder appeal (HAS) Appeal against an enforcement Notice Lawful Development Certificate Listed Building & Conservation Area Appeal Commercial Appeal Service (CAS)
Uttlesford District Council 101 13
3 17 1
Vale of White Horse District Council 25 9 6 1

Wakefield Metropolitan District Council 29 27 9 1 1
Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council 20 8



Waltham Forest London Borough Council 61 34 2 9

Warrington Borough Council 27 23 7 2 1
Warwick District Council 37 14 2 7 6
Warwickshire County Council





Watford Borough Council 20 10


1
Waverley Borough Council 68 18 5 10 4
Wealden District Council 80 19 15 1 5 1
Welwyn Hatfield Council 22 32 3 2
1
LPA Name Planning Appeal (s78) Householder appeal (HAS) Appeal against an enforcement Notice Lawful Development Certificate Listed Building & Conservation Area Appeal Commercial Appeal Service (CAS)
West Berkshire District Council 35 8 2 4 1 1
West Devon Borough Council 42 4 7 2

West Lancashire District Council 23 8 7 2 1 1
West Lindsey District Council 13 1
3 1
West Northamptonshire 58 10 2
13
West Oxfordshire District Council 42 17 1 1 4
West Suffolk 23 1 1 1 1 1
West Sussex County Council





Westmorland and Furness Council 26 4 4 2 2
Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council 15 13 2 2 1 2
Wiltshire Council 88 22 5 4 5 1
Winchester City Council 25 4 12 3
1
Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council 26 18 2 1
3
Woking Borough Council 23 22 6 2

Wokingham Borough Council 37 3 20 2

Wolverhampton City Council 19 10 5 3
1
LPA Name Planning Appeal (s78) Householder appeal (HAS) Appeal against an enforcement Notice Lawful Development Certificate Listed Building & Conservation Area Appeal Commercial Appeal Service (CAS)
Worcester City Council 19 4
1 1 4
Worcestershire County Council 1




Worthing Borough Council 14 6
2

Wychavon District Council 95 10 6 1 1
Wyre Borough Council 15 8 4 2
2
Wyre Forest District Council 13 10 4 1

Yorkshire Dales 11 2 2 1 2

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