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Gloucester

In the last 12 months, 79.7% of full planning applications were approved in Gloucester (354 decided). A typical decision takes about ten weeks (median 69 days).

Across all application types on record (2023-01-26–2026-07-06): 83.1% of 2,099 decisions approved.

2,495Total applications
1,744Approved
355Refused
96Withdrawn
23Pending
83.1%Approval rate (all types)
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Decision Level
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By Development Category
CategoryTotalApprovedRefusedApproval rate
Full Planning Application 1,100 877 223
79.7%
Discharge of Conditions 257 242 15
94.2%
Certificate of Lawfulness (Proposed) 191 154 37
80.6%
Telecommunications 121 114 7
94.2%
Advertisement Consent 77 62 15
80.5%
Listed Building Consent 74 67 7
90.5%
Tree Works (Conservation Area) 72 72 0
100.0%
Non-Material Amendment (S96a) 48 43 5
89.6%
GPD - Extensions 46 39 7
84.8%
Prior Approval (Other) 39 33 6
84.6%
Change of Use 23 18 5
78.3%
Tree Works (TPO) 21 1 20
4.8%
Deemed Consent County Council REG3 13 11 2
84.6%
Reserved Matters 8 8 0
100.0%
Outline Planning 6 1 5
16.7%
Uncategorised 1 1 0
100.0%
Demolition Prior Approval 1 1 0
100.0%
Permission in Principle 1 0 1
0.0%
Quarterly Trend
QuarterDecidedApprovedApproval rate
2023-Q3 138 108
78.3%
2023-Q4 144 106
73.6%
2024-Q1 138 114
82.6%
2024-Q2 147 125
85.0%
2024-Q3 172 142
82.6%
2024-Q4 176 149
84.7%
2025-Q1 149 134
89.9%
2025-Q2 152 123
80.9%
2025-Q3 227 194
85.5%
2025-Q4 217 186
85.7%
2026-Q1 161 129
80.1%
2026-Q2 162 135
83.3%
2026-Q3 5 4
80.0%
By Ward
WardTotalApprovedRefusedApproval rate
Westgate 418 349 69
83.5%
Kingsholm & Wotton 191 164 27
85.9%
Longlevens 168 134 34
79.8%
Moreland 155 128 27
82.6%
Elmbridge 140 107 33
76.4%
Barnwood 129 108 21
83.7%
Hucclecote 107 87 20
81.3%
Tuffley 105 87 18
82.9%
Matson, Robinswood & White City 101 86 15
85.1%
Quedgeley Fieldcourt 96 88 8
91.7%
Podsmead 84 71 13
84.5%
Barton & Tredworth 76 52 24
68.4%
Planning guides

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