Gedling

In the last 12 months, 94.6% of householder applications were approved in Gedling (185 decided). A typical householder decision takes about nine weeks (median 60 days).

Full planning applications: 93.7% approved (95 decided).

Across all application types on record (2023-01-24–2026-06-23): 93.8% of 2,041 decisions approved.

2,501Total applications
1,914Approved
127Refused
65Withdrawn
41Pending
93.8%Approval rate (all types)
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Decision Level
1,260Not Available
1,201Delegated Decision
40Delegated
By Development Category
CategoryTotalApprovedRefusedApproval rate
Householder 769 731 38
95.1%
Full Planning Application 378 329 49
87.0%
Discharge of Conditions 196 196 0
100.0%
Tree Works (TPO) 160 153 7
95.6%
Non-Material Amendment (S96a) 108 104 4
96.3%
Tree Works (Conservation Area) 84 84 0
100.0%
Certificate of Lawfulness (Proposed) 70 61 9
87.1%
Prior Approval (Other) 69 64 5
92.8%
Advertisement Consent 46 43 3
93.5%
Variation/Removal of Conditions (S73) 39 37 2
94.9%
Listed Building Consent 30 29 1
96.7%
Certificate of Lawfulness (Existing) 24 18 6
75.0%
Telecommunications 11 11 0
100.0%
Reserved Matters 10 10 0
100.0%
Prior Approval (Class Q — Agricultural to Residential) 8 8 0
100.0%
Outline Planning 7 5 2
71.4%
Prior Approval (Class AA — Upward Extension) 7 7 0
100.0%
Environmental Impact Assessment (Screening/Scoping) 3 3 0
100.0%
Demolition 3 3 0
100.0%
Householder (Prior Approval) 3 3 0
100.0%
GDO Telecommunications 2 2 0
100.0%
Footpath Diversion 2 2 0
100.0%
Modify or Discharge a Section 106 2 2 0
100.0%
Permission In Principle 2 1 1
50.0%
GDO Agricultural Prior Approval 2 2 0
100.0%
Hedgerow Removal 2 2 0
100.0%
Prior Approval COU from retail to 1 1 0
100.0%
EIA - Screening 1 1 0
100.0%
Non Material Amendment via PP 1 1 0
100.0%
NCC - Other 1 1 0
100.0%
Quarterly Trend
QuarterDecidedApprovedApproval rate
2023-Q3 130 120
92.3%
2023-Q4 165 157
95.2%
2024-Q1 144 126
87.5%
2024-Q2 191 184
96.3%
2024-Q3 183 170
92.9%
2024-Q4 197 183
92.9%
2025-Q1 196 185
94.4%
2025-Q2 200 187
93.5%
2025-Q3 185 175
94.6%
2025-Q4 175 161
92.0%
2026-Q1 133 132
99.2%
2026-Q2 61 59
96.7%
By Ward
WardTotalApprovedRefusedApproval rate
Newstead Abbey Ward 2015 319 288 31
90.3%
Dumbles Ward 2015 180 168 12
93.3%
Trent Valley Ward 2015 166 161 5
97.0%
Porchester Ward 2015 162 155 7
95.7%
Calverton Ward 2015 160 154 6
96.2%
Woodthorpe Ward 2015 102 98 4
96.1%
Gedling Ward 2015 99 97 2
98.0%
Ernehale Ward 2015 92 87 5
94.6%
Plains Ward 2015 92 85 7
92.4%
Redhill Ward 2015 90 84 6
93.3%
Bestwood St Albans Ward 2015 81 74 7
91.4%
Carlton Hill Ward 2015 78 69 9
88.5%
Planning guides

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