Planning decisions in City
As of 23 Jun 2026, covering the last 5 years.
On the public planning record, City approved 98% of 502 decided applications in the last 5 years. Here is the approval rate for the most common home-project types. It is useful before you apply and free for local reporters to cite with attribution to MyTrustedTraders.
Approval rate by project type
- Advertisement / signage : 96% approved (114 decided, ~87 days)
- Basement : 98% approved (95 decided, ~179 days)
- Demolition : 99% approved (87 decided, ~128 days)
- Change of use : 98% approved (52 decided, ~121 days)
- Extension : 98% approved (42 decided, ~237 days)
- Balcony / roof terrace : 98% approved (40 decided, ~188 days)
- Windows & doors : 97% approved (37 decided, ~147 days)
- Shopfront / commercial : 100% approved (35 decided, ~107 days) †
† We hold no refused decisions for this type here, so treat a full approval rate with caution. The council's own portal has the complete history.
Method
Figures are aggregates over the public planning decisions we hold for City, matched to a project type from the application description. Overall approval is decided-weighted across project types, using each type's rate over the last 5 years where we hold enough decisions, otherwise its full record. Only types with at least five decided applications are shown. We publish aggregate counts only, with no application references or applicant names. Full method and limits.
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