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Southampton

In the last 12 months, 88.9% of full planning applications were approved in Southampton (440 decided). A typical decision takes about eight weeks (median 56 days).

Across all application types on record (2023-01-20–2026-04-08): 88.1% of 4,484 decisions approved.

4,970Total applications
3,951Approved
533Refused
146Withdrawn
334Pending
88.1%Approval rate (all types)
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By Development Category
CategoryTotalApprovedRefusedApproval rate
Full Planning Application 1,876 1,684 192
89.8%
Tree Works (TPO) 900 630 270
70.0%
Discharge of Conditions 471 463 8
98.3%
Non-Material Amendment (S96a) 253 234 19
92.5%
Prior Approval (Other) 199 179 20
89.9%
Tree Works (Conservation Area) 189 187 2
98.9%
Certificate of Lawfulness (Proposed) 177 177 0
100.0%
Advertisement Consent 156 151 5
96.8%
Certificate of Lawfulness (Existing) 152 152 0
100.0%
Listed Building Consent 68 64 4
94.1%
Variation/Removal of Conditions (S73) 18 16 2
88.9%
Outline Planning 9 4 5
44.4%
Telecommunications 7 2 5
28.6%
Reserved Matters 5 5 0
100.0%
Environmental Impact Assessment (Screening/Scoping) 3 3 0
100.0%
Part 20 1 0 1
0.0%
Quarterly Trend
QuarterDecidedApprovedApproval rate
2023-Q3 342 296
86.5%
2023-Q4 340 279
82.1%
2024-Q1 365 314
86.0%
2024-Q2 362 326
90.1%
2024-Q3 365 331
90.7%
2024-Q4 372 327
87.9%
2025-Q1 355 323
91.0%
2025-Q2 401 355
88.5%
2025-Q3 348 303
87.1%
2025-Q4 365 326
89.3%
2026-Q1 318 288
90.6%
2026-Q2 24 23
95.8%
By Ward
WardTotalApprovedRefusedApproval rate
Bassett 487 427 60
87.7%
Bargate 432 406 26
94.0%
Portswood 426 387 39
90.8%
Banister and Polygon 320 287 33
89.7%
Swaythling 318 293 25
92.1%
Shirley 299 282 17
94.3%
Bevois 267 241 26
90.3%
Peartree 261 224 37
85.8%
Bitterne Park 251 206 45
82.1%
Woolston 211 169 42
80.1%
Millbrook 208 183 25
88.0%
Freemantle 205 179 26
87.3%
Planning guides

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