Bradford

In the last 12 months, 89.1% of householder applications were approved in Bradford (780 decided). A typical householder decision takes about eight weeks (median 56 days).

Full planning applications: 81.2% approved (261 decided).

Across all application types on record (2023-01-31–2026-06-26): 79.2% of 11,079 decisions approved.

12,668Total applications

8,771Approved

2,308Refused

213Withdrawn

1,292Pending

79.2%Approval rate (all types)

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Decision Level

8,001-

1,704Area Planning Manager

1,658Senior Planning Officer

693Arboricultural Officer

21Area Planning Panel

3Regulatory Committee

1Principal Planner or Head of Service

By Development Category

Category	Total	Approved	Refused	Approval rate
Householder	3,948	3,429	519	86.9%
Tree Works (TPO)	1,884	905	979	48.0%
Full Planning Application	1,387	1,052	335	75.8%
Prior Approval (Other)	841	786	55	93.5%
Discharge of Conditions	758	733	25	96.7%
Certificate of Lawfulness (Proposed)	668	528	140	79.0%
Listed Building Consent	479	427	52	89.1%
Non-Material Amendment (S96a)	394	321	73	81.5%
Advertisement Consent	236	188	48	79.7%
Variation/Removal of Conditions (S73)	170	151	19	88.8%
Full Planning (Major)	63	55	8	87.3%
Commercial, Business and Service uses to	63	52	11	82.5%
Outline Planning	56	30	26	53.6%
Telecommunications	43	34	9	79.1%
Enforcement	27	26	1	96.3%
Reserved Matters	17	17	0	100.0%
Screening	14	14	0	100.0%
Comm, business and service or betting	8	7	1	87.5%
Permission In Principle	8	3	5	37.5%
Regulation 77 Application	6	4	2	66.7%
Regulation 3 Application	4	4	0	100.0%
Certain uses to dwellinghouses	2	2	0	100.0%
Minor Technical Details Consent	1	1	0	100.0%
Power Related Development	1	1	0	100.0%
Uncategorised	1	1	0	100.0%

Quarterly Trend

Quarter	Decided	Approved	Approval rate
2023-Q3	1,001	790	78.9%
2023-Q4	931	722	77.6%
2024-Q1	971	744	76.6%
2024-Q2	1,023	820	80.2%
2024-Q3	1,008	776	77.0%
2024-Q4	916	740	80.8%
2025-Q1	809	617	76.3%
2025-Q2	671	533	79.4%
2025-Q3	798	630	78.9%
2025-Q4	868	694	80.0%
2026-Q1	660	570	86.4%
2026-Q2	14	13	92.9%

By Ward

Ward	Total	Approved	Refused	Approval rate
Ilkley (ward 14)	1,194	820	374	68.7%
City (ward 07)	653	538	115	82.4%
Craven (ward 09)	544	420	124	77.2%
Wharfedale (ward 26)	543	468	75	86.2%
Heaton (ward 12)	525	410	115	78.1%
Worth Valley (ward 29)	461	303	158	65.7%
Bingley (ward 02)	450	325	125	72.2%
Shipley (ward 22)	436	367	69	84.2%
Bingley Rural (ward 03)	429	338	91	78.8%
Baildon (ward 01)	375	289	86	77.1%
Thornton And Allerton (ward 23)	352	289	63	82.1%
Great Horton (ward 11)	346	290	56	83.8%

Planning guides

Not sure what you can build without planning permission? See our guides to permitted development rights and Article 4 directions.