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For planning consultants & architects

Know the council before you write the application

Approval rates and decision times by type for every authority since 1979, how often each council's refusals are overturned at appeal, and the decided applications that set the precedent for yours — all searchable, all sourced.

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What consultants do today

A feel for the council from the last three jobs, a trawl through the portal for something similar that got through, and an appeal search on a separate site. The case rests on memory when it could rest on the record.

What you get with PlanNexus

Every council's performance from its own MHCLG returns — approval rate, refusal rate, share decided on time, split by major, minor and householder, year by year. Appeal outcomes from PINS joined to the application. Search decided applications by council, type, constraint and decision to build the precedent list, and see the agents winning most often where you work.

Will this be approved, and when?

The decision outlook answers it from 1.28 million decided applications: the approval rate over determinations and the median and 90th-percentile decision days for comparable applications at that council, with the comparable count behind the figure. Free on every plan, because it is the question every client asks first.

What lands in your inbox

Daily or weekly digest. One email, scannable in 30 seconds.

PlanNexus Alert

3 new applications matching “appeal”

25/01413/FULSTLDecided 19 Aug 2026 · City of Edinburgh

Flat 29, 12 Simpson Loan, Edinburgh

Planning permission appeal — dismissed.

23/02027/FULDecided 18 Aug 2026 · Glasgow City

Greenoakhill Quarry, Hamilton Road, Glasgow

Planning permission appeal — dismissed.

23/138/COUDecided 18 Aug 2026 · Orkney Islands

Former Caldale Camp Airship Station, Orkney

Enforcement notice appeal — dismissed.

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Step 1

Tell us your patch

Postcode area or council, plus the keywords that matter —"appeal" works as a starting point.

Step 2

We watch every council

375+ UK planning authorities scraped continuously. New applications land in our index within hours of being filed.

Step 3

Email lands in your inbox

Daily or weekly digest of every new application matching your filters. No login required to read it.

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Common questions

Where do the council performance figures come from?
The MHCLG planning statistics returns (PS2) every English authority files each quarter — 483 authorities back to 1979. We aggregate the latest four quarters for the headline and show the calendar-year history on each council's page at /leagues/planning. No modelling, no estimates; timeliness uses MHCLG's own definition (within the statutory period or an agreed extension).
How do you get appeal outcomes?
From the Planning Inspectorate for England, PEDW for Wales, the DPEA for Scotland and the Planning Appeals Commission for Northern Ireland, joined to the application by reference. The appeals league at /leagues/appeals ranks councils by how often their refusals are overturned; the agent leaderboard shows who wins most on appeal.
Can I search for precedent?
Yes — at plannexus.io/precedent. Decided applications only, newest decision first, by council, application type, keyword, decision and constraint: for example approved householder applications mentioning a rear extension inside a conservation area in the last three years. Free to search; each record opens with its documents list and history, and every application page shows the approval rate and decision time for applications like it at that council.
Is the outlook a prediction model?
No. It is the observed approval rate and decision time for comparable decided applications at that council, with the sample size shown. Where fewer than 30 comparables exist it widens to the council and says so rather than reporting a number the data cannot support.
What does it cost?
Council pages, the leagues and the decision outlook are free. Paid plans unlock the full scorecard (quarterly series, regional comparisons, by-type split) and the agent leaderboards; Starter at £99/mo covers a consultancy with contacts, obligations, exports and the API at practice volume. The Data Feed at £399/mo is for firms integrating the data into their own casework systems.

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