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Tameside

In the last 12 months, 83.5% of full planning applications were approved in Tameside (363 decided). A typical decision takes about nine weeks (median 61 days).

Across all application types on record (2023-01-24–2026-07-01): 88.6% of 2,866 decisions approved.

3,481Total applications
2,540Approved
326Refused
169Withdrawn
434Pending
88.6%Approval rate (all types)
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Decision Level
3,481Not Available
By Development Category
CategoryTotalApprovedRefusedApproval rate
Full Planning Application 1,519 1,349 170
88.8%
Discharge of Conditions 316 313 3
99.1%
Tree Works (TPO) 277 259 18
93.5%
Certificate of Lawfulness (Proposed) 214 185 29
86.4%
Prior Approval (Other) 103 62 41
60.2%
Non-Material Amendment (S96a) 95 87 8
91.6%
Advertisement Consent 76 63 13
82.9%
Listed Building Consent 56 55 1
98.2%
Certificate of Lawfulness (Existing) 42 39 3
92.9%
Tree Works (Conservation Area) 34 33 1
97.1%
Change of Use 33 20 13
60.6%
Telecommunications 31 16 15
51.6%
Demolition 15 15 0
100.0%
Notification of Solar PV Equipment 13 13 0
100.0%
Outline Planning 10 7 3
70.0%
Reserved Matters 6 6 0
100.0%
Householder 6 0 6
0.0%
Screening Application Env Assessment 5 5 0
100.0%
Notification Of Private Act Works 5 5 0
100.0%
Non-Material Change To Existing Consent 4 4 0
100.0%
Notification Of Agricultural Development 3 3 0
100.0%
Permission In Principle (Stage One) 2 0 2
0.0%
Notification Of Ground Based Mast 1 1 0
100.0%
Quarterly Trend
QuarterDecidedApprovedApproval rate
2023-Q3 195 180
92.3%
2023-Q4 224 204
91.1%
2024-Q1 228 201
88.2%
2024-Q2 237 202
85.2%
2024-Q3 281 260
92.5%
2024-Q4 223 207
92.8%
2025-Q1 210 182
86.7%
2025-Q2 235 207
88.1%
2025-Q3 236 208
88.1%
2025-Q4 215 187
87.0%
2026-Q1 215 179
83.3%
2026-Q2 49 39
79.6%
2026-Q3 1 0
0.0%
By Ward
WardTotalApprovedRefusedApproval rate
Ashton-under-Lyne St Peters 253 227 26
89.7%
Longdendale 214 205 9
95.8%
Hyde Werneth 193 163 30
84.5%
Denton North East 179 158 21
88.3%
Stalybridge South 170 156 14
91.8%
Denton West 166 148 18
89.2%
Droylsden East 164 141 23
86.0%
Mossley 155 138 17
89.0%
Stalybridge North 153 137 16
89.5%
Audenshaw 150 131 19
87.3%
Ashton-under-Lyne St Michaels 148 127 21
85.8%
Hyde Godley 146 128 18
87.7%
Planning guides

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