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Charnwood Borough Council

Type

District/Borough

Volume

~3,000 applications/year

Source

Charnwood Agency Staff Costs Report (2024)

34% of planning roles filled by expensive agency contractors at £400/day

Permanent staff leaving to nearby councils due to pay freezes

High-value planners doing low-value validation admin

~£200,000/year

saved for Charnwood Borough Council, by reducing validation contractors from 5 to 3 FTE and redeploying resource from PDF checking to decision-making.

Birmingham City Council

Type

Large Metro

Volume

~10,000 applications/year

Source

LGA Planning Peer Review (2019)

Backlog grew 600% to 350 undecided cases in 18 months

Performance at 74% (Government threshold: 70% – after which Government takes over)

Suspended household team due to volume

5,000 hours/year = ~£200,000/year

saved by Birmingham City Council, enabling officers to focus on material decisions rather than mechanical administration — equivalent to ~£200,000 per year in incremental spend.

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All

England

Wales

Scotland

Council

Vol. of Processed Applications in 2025

Total 2025 Savings (£) *

Aberdeen City

1,150

107,276

Aberdeenshire

1,970

199,529

Adur and Worthing

1,477

137,780

Allerdale

758

70,709

Amber Valley

1,043

97,295

Angus

590

55,037

Argyll and Bute

1,649

167,017

Arun

1,743

176,538

Ashfield

690

64,366

Ashford

2,024

204,998

Aylesbury Vale

2,056

208,239

Babergh and Mid-Suffolk

4,149

453,418

Barking and Dagenham

1,731

175,322

Barnet

5,828

636,906

Barnsley

858

80,037

Barrow-In-Furness

357

<£50,000

Basildon

1,548

156,787

Basingstoke and Deane

1,927

195,174

Bassetlaw

934

87,127

Bath and North East Somerset

3,857

421,508

Bedford

2,223

225,154

Bexley

2,395

242,575

Birmingham City

4,885

533,851

Blaby

822

76,679

Blackburn with Darwen

943

87,967

Blackpool

519

<£50,000

Blaenau Gwent

345

<£50,000

Bolsover

515

<£50,000

Bolton

1,849

187,274

Boston

773

72,108

Bournemouth

250

<£50,000

Bournemouth, Christchurch, Poole

5,106

558,003

Bracknell Forest

1,131

105,504

Bradford

3,864

422,273

Braintree

2,253

228,192

Breckland

1,714

173,600

Brecon Beacons National Park

492

<£50,000

Brent

3,882

424,240

Brentwood

1,367

127,519

Bridgend

796

74,254

Brighton and Hove

2,839

287,545

Bristol

5,045

551,337

Bromley

4,338

474,073

Bromsgrove and Redditch

1,169

109,049

Broxbourne

1,560

158,003

Broxtowe

863

80,504

Buckinghamshire

5,162

564,123

Buckinghamshire County Council

13

<£50,000

Burnley

456

<£50,000

Bury

1,074

100,187

Caerphilly

877

81,810

Cairngorns National Park

296

<£50,000

Calderdale

1,705

172,689

Cambridge City and South Cambridgeshire

6,368

695,919

Cambridgeshire County Council

116

<£50,000

Camden

4,707

514,399

Cannock Chase

423

<£50,000

Canterbury City

2,225

225,356

Cardiff

2,351

238,118

Carlisle

943

87,967

Carlow I

126

<£50,000

Carmarthenshire

1,551

157,091

Castlepoint

779

72,668

Cavan I

218

<£50,000

Central & South Bedfordshire

2,569

260,198

Ceredigion

929

86,661

Charnwood

1,818

184,134

Chelmsford

2,326

235,586

Cheltenham

1,796

181,906

Cherwell

2,630

266,376

Cheshire East

4,353

475,712

Cheshire West and Chester

3,248

354,954

Chesterfield

820

76,493

Chichester

1,877

190,110

Chorley

1,168

108,955

Christchurch

97

<£50,000

City of London

1,329

123,974

Clackmannanshire

210

<£50,000

Clare I

358

<£50,000

Colchester

1,727

174,917

Conwy County

780

72,761

Copeland

411

<£50,000

Corby

190

<£50,000

Cork I

162

<£50,000

Cornwall

9,637

1,053,168

Cotswold

3,201

349,817

Coventry City

2,255

228,395

Craven

832

77,612

Crawley

656

61,194

Croydon

3,404

372,002

Cumbria County Council

38

<£50,000

Dacorum

2,296

232,548

Darlington

1,006

93,843

Dartford

1,173

109,422

Dartmoor National Park

667

62,220

Denbighshire

524

<£50,000

Derby

1,825

184,843

Derbyshire County Council

138

<£50,000

Derbyshire Dales

1,031

96,176

Devon County Council

37

<£50,000

Doncaster

2,035

206,113

Donegal I

561

52,332

Dorset

6,345

693,406

Dover

1,731

175,322

Dublin

5,974

652,861

Dudley

1,417

132,183

Dumfries and Galloway

1,756

177,854

Dundee

714

66,605

Durham

3,093

338,015

Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown

2,889

292,609

Ealing

4,214

460,522

East Ayrshire

691

64,459

East Cambridgeshire

1,385

129,198

East Devon

2,496

252,804

East Dunbartonshire

603

56,250

East Hampshire

1,327

123,788

East Hertfordshire

2,261

229,003

East Lindsey

1,499

139,832

East Lothian

1,142

106,530

East Northamptonshire

737

68,750

East Renfrewshire

663

61,847

East Riding of Yorkshire

3,820

417,464

East Staffordshire

1,157

107,929

East Suffolk

3,835

419,103

East Sussex County Council

19

<£50,000

Eastbourne

644

60,075

Eastleigh

1,118

104,291

Ebbsfleet

181

<£50,000

Edinburgh

5,871

641,605

Elmbridge

2,825

286,127

Enfield

3,814

416,808

Epping Forest

2,528

256,045

Epsom Ewell

1,345

125,467

Erewash

650

60,634

Essex County Council

365

<£50,000

Exeter

1,299

121,176

Exmoor National Park

282

<£50,000

Falkirk

595

55,504

Fareham

1,155

107,743

Fenland

1,093

101,959

Fife

3,246

354,735

Fingal

2,889

292,609

Flintshire

994

92,724

Folkestone and Hythe

1,500

151,926

Forest of Dean

961

89,646

Fylde

739

68,937

Gateshead

907

84,608

Gedling

746

69,590

Glasgow

2,228

225,660

Gloucester City

820

76,493

Gloucestershire

67

<£50,000

Gosport

338

<£50,000

Gravesham

1,276

119,030

Great Yarmouth

817

76,213

Guersney

1,276

119,030

Guildford

2,653

268,706

Gwynedd

897

83,676

Hackney

2,374

240,448

Halton

516

<£50,000

Hambleton

1,491

139,086

Hammersmith & Fulham

3,069

335,392

Hampshire County Council

138

<£50,000

Harborough

1,670

169,144

Haringey

3,191

348,725

Harlow

541

50,467

Harrogate

4,374

478,007

Harrow

2,861

289,773

Hart

2,031

205,707

Hartlepool

426

<£50,000

Hastings

581

54,198

Havant

723

67,444

Havering

2,591

262,426

Herefordshire

2,856

289,266

Hertfordshire County Council

29

<£50,000

Hertsmere

1,678

169,954

High Peak

683

63,713

Highland

2,797

283,291

Hillingdon

2,929

296,660

Hinckley and Bosworth

1,146

106,903

Horsham

2,577

261,008

Hounslow

3,387

370,144

Hull City

956

89,179

Huntingdonshire

2,500

253,209

Hyndburn

466

<£50,000

Inverclyde

271

<£50,000

Ipswich

895

83,489

Isle of Anglesey

901

84,049

Isle of Wight

1,727

174,917

Isles of Scilly

87

<£50,000

Islington

2,922

295,951

Kensington & Chelsea

3,858

421,617

Kent County Council

158

<£50,000

Kerry I

482

<£50,000

Kettering

297

<£50,000

Kilkenny I

296

<£50,000

Kings Lynn & West Norfolk

2,393

242,372

Kingston

2,501

253,311

Kirklees

3,384

369,816

Knowsley

562

52,425

Lake District National Park

1,424

132,836

Lambeth

3,493

381,728

Lancashire County Council

50

<£50,000

Lancaster

1,534

155,369

Laois I

266

<£50,000

Leeds City

7,450

814,164

Leicester City

1,552

157,192

Leicestershire County Council

156

<£50,000

Leitrim I

39

<£50,000

Lewes

763

71,176

Lewisham

3,124

341,403

Lichfield

890

83,023

Limerick I

483

<£50,000

Lincoln

712

66,418

Lincolnshire County Council

68

<£50,000

Liverpool City

2,984

302,231

Longford I

89

<£50,000

Louth I

223

<£50,000

Luton

1,184

110,448

Maidstone and Swale

3,866

422,491

Maldon

1,096

102,239

Malvern Hills

1,549

156,889

Manchester City

3,825

418,010

Mansfield

600

55,970

Mayo I

388

<£50,000

Meath I

485

<£50,000

Medway

2,021

204,695

Melton

638

59,515

Mendip

1,852

187,578

Merthyr Tydfil

352

<£50,000

Merton

2,927

296,458

Mid Devon

1,297

120,989

Mid Sussex

2,329

235,890

Mid Ulster

1,257

117,258

Middlesbrough

595

55,504

Midlothian

592

55,224

Milton-Keynes

838

78,172

Mole Valley

1,930

195,478

Monaghan I

166

<£50,000

Monmouthshire

1,157

107,929

Moray

692

64,552

Na h-Eileanan Siar

438

<£50,000

Neath Port Talbot

718

66,978

New Forest

1,145

106,810

New Forest National Park

1,420

132,463

Newark and Sherwood

1,897

192,135

Newcastle upon Tyne

1,837

186,058

Newcastle-Under-Lyme

974

90,858

Newham

2,346

237,612

Newport

1,051

98,041

Norfolk County Council

77

<£50,000

North Ayrshire

522

<£50,000

North Devon

1,470

137,127

North East Derbyshire

982

91,605

North East Lincolnshire

835

77,892

North Hertfordshire

2,234

226,268

North Kesteven

1,306

121,829

North Lanarkshire

958

89,366

North Lincolnshire

1,193

111,288

North Norfolk

2,415

244,600

North Northamptonshire

916

85,448

North Somerset

2,359

238,928

North Tyneside

1,266

118,097

North Warwickshire

686

63,993

North West Leicestershire

1,415

131,997

North York Moors

707

65,952

North Yorkshire

2,530

256,248

North Yorkshire County Council

61

<£50,000

Northern Ireland

9,879

1,079,615

Northumberland

4,324

472,543

Norwich

1,171

109,235

Nottingham City

1,825

184,843

Nottinghamshire County Council

54

<£50,000

Nuneaton & Bedworth

630

58,769

Oadby and Wigston

416

<£50,000

Offaly I

248

<£50,000

Old Oak and Park Royal

193

<£50,000

Oldham

1,046

97,575

Orkney Islands

378

<£50,000

Oxford

2,878

291,495

Oxfordshire County Council

84

<£50,000

Peak District

1,216

113,433

Pembrokeshire

964

89,926

Pembrokeshire Coast National Park

657

61,287

Pendle

778

72,575

Perth and Kinross

1,616

163,675

Peterborough

1,519

153,850

Plymouth

1,472

137,314

Poole

276

<£50,000

Portsmouth

1,053

98,228

Powys

1,385

129,198

Preston

1,125

104,944

Reading

1,472

137,314

Redbridge

3,808

416,153

Redcar and Cleveland

816

76,120

Reigate and Banstead

2,443

247,436

Renfrewshire

715

66,698

Rhondda Cynon Taf

1,245

116,138

Ribble Valley

1,048

97,761

Richmond upon Thames

4,407

481,614

Richmondshire

524

<£50,000

Rochdale

1,282

119,590

Rochford

752

70,149

Roscommon I

212

<£50,000

Rossendale

441

<£50,000

Rother

1,069

99,720

Rotherham

1,375

128,265

Royal Greenwich

3,536

386,427

Rugby

982

91,605

Runnymede

1,541

156,078

Rushcliffe

1,406

131,157

Rushmoor

620

57,836

Rutland

1,164

108,582

Ryedale

722

67,351

Salford

1,611

163,168

Sandwell

1,497

139,646

Scarborough

624

58,209

Scottish Borders

1,331

124,161

Sedgemoor

1,235

115,205

Sefton

1,647

166,814

Selby

979

91,325

Sevenoaks

3,374

368,723

Sheffield City

3,114

340,310

Shetland Islands

406

<£50,000

Shropshire

4,592

501,831

Sligo I

141

<£50,000

Slough

1,277

119,123

Snowdonia National Park

405

<£50,000

Solihull

1,885

190,920

Somerset County Council

32

<£50,000

Somerset West and Taunton

309

<£50,000

South Ayrshire

737

68,750

South Derbyshire

1,205

112,407

South Downs National Park

3,631

396,809

South Dublin

2,889

292,609

South Gloucestershire

2,808

284,405

South Hams

2,045

207,125

South Holland

1,042

97,202

South Kesteven

1,937

196,187

South Lanarkshire

1,194

111,381

South Norfolk and Broadland

3,615

395,061

South Oxfordshire

2,570

260,299

South Ribble

895

83,489

South Somerset

2,231

225,964

South Staffordshire

1,135

105,877

South Tyneside

651

60,728

Southampton

1,472

137,314

Southend on Sea

1,583

160,332

Southwark

3,629

396,591

Spelthorne

1,178

109,888

St Albans City

2,805

284,101

St Helens

922

86,008

Stafford

871

81,250

Staffordshire County Council

117

<£50,000

Staffordshire Moorlands District Council

798

74,440

Stevenage

556

51,866

Stirling

738

68,843

Stockport

2,978

301,623

Stockton-On-Tees

1,353

126,213

Stoke-on-Trent

821

76,586

Stratford-on-Avon

2,520

255,235

Stroud

2,041

206,720

Suffolk County Council

160

<£50,000

Sunderland

1,346

125,560

Surrey County Council

168

<£50,000

Surrey Heath

1,630

165,093

Sutton

1,833

185,653

Swansea

2,133

216,038

Swindon

1,548

156,787

Tameside

1,014

94,590

Tamworth

258

<£50,000

Tandridge

1,523

154,255

Taunton

974

90,858

Teignbridge

1,597

161,750

Telford & Wrekin

887

82,743

Tendring

1,782

180,488

Test Valley

2,205

223,331

Tewkesbury

1,208

112,687

Thanet

1,256

117,164

The Broads Authority

296

<£50,000

The Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park

290

<£50,000

Three Rivers

1,917

194,161

Thurrock

1,351

126,026

Tonbridge and Malling

1,932

195,680

Torbay

1,021

95,243

Torfaen

554

51,679

Torridge

1,089

101,586

Tower Hamlets

2,090

211,683

Trafford

2,646

267,997

Tunbridge Wells

2,452

248,348

Uttlesford

2,665

269,921

Vale of Glamorgan

1,457

135,914

Vale of White Horse

1,827

185,045

Wakefield

1,941

196,592

Walsall

1,189

110,914

Waltham Forest

2,750

278,530

Wandsworth

4,423

483,362

Warrington

1,474

137,500

Warwick

1,639

166,004

Warwickshire County Council

20

<£50,000

Waterford I

290

<£50,000

Watford

1,017

94,870

Waverley

2,217

224,546

Wealden

2,927

296,458

Wellingborough

426

<£50,000

Welwyn Hatfield

1,838

186,160

West Berkshire

2,511

254,324

West Devon

861

80,317

West Dunbartonshire

235

<£50,000

West Lancashire

1,287

120,056

West Lindsey

1,204

112,314

West Lothian

815

76,026

West Northamptonshire

4,000

437,135

West Oxfordshire

2,266

229,509

West Suffolk

2,309

233,864

West Sussex County Council

56

<£50,000

Westmeath I

194

<£50,000

Westminster

8,210

897,220

Westmorland & Furness

1,841

186,463

Wicklow I

347

<£50,000

Wigan

1,381

128,825

Wiltshire

7,221

789,138

Winchester

2,037

206,315

Windsor and Maidenhead

3,317

362,494

Wirral

1,407

131,250

Woking

1,445

134,795

Wokingham

2,296

232,548

Wolverhampton

1,177

109,795

Worcester City

776

72,388

Worcestershire County Council

21

<£50,000

Wrexham

857

79,944

Wychavon

2,186

221,406

Wycombe

1,646

166,713

Wyre

864

80,597

Wyre Forest

889

82,929

York

2,581

261,413

Yorkshire Dales Park

728

67,911

All

England

Wales

Scotland

Council

Vol. of Processed Applications in 2025

Total 2025 Savings (£) *

Aberdeen City

1,150

107,276

Aberdeenshire

1,970

199,529

Adur and Worthing

1,477

137,780

Allerdale

758

70,709

Amber Valley

1,043

97,295

Angus

590

55,037

Argyll and Bute

1,649

167,017

Arun

1,743

176,538

Ashfield

690

64,366

Ashford

2,024

204,998

Aylesbury Vale

2,056

208,239

Babergh and Mid-Suffolk

4,149

453,418

Barking and Dagenham

1,731

175,322

Barnet

5,828

636,906

Barnsley

858

80,037

Barrow-In-Furness

357

<£50,000

Basildon

1,548

156,787

Basingstoke and Deane

1,927

195,174

Bassetlaw

934

87,127

Bath and North East Somerset

3,857

421,508

Bedford

2,223

225,154

Bexley

2,395

242,575

Birmingham City

4,885

533,851

Blaby

822

76,679

Blackburn with Darwen

943

87,967

Blackpool

519

<£50,000

Blaenau Gwent

345

<£50,000

Bolsover

515

<£50,000

Bolton

1,849

187,274

Boston

773

72,108

Bournemouth

250

<£50,000

Bournemouth, Christchurch, Poole

5,106

558,003

Bracknell Forest

1,131

105,504

Bradford

3,864

422,273

Braintree

2,253

228,192

Breckland

1,714

173,600

Brecon Beacons National Park

492

<£50,000

Brent

3,882

424,240

Brentwood

1,367

127,519

Bridgend

796

74,254

Brighton and Hove

2,839

287,545

Bristol

5,045

551,337

Bromley

4,338

474,073

Bromsgrove and Redditch

1,169

109,049

Broxbourne

1,560

158,003

Broxtowe

863

80,504

Buckinghamshire

5,162

564,123

Buckinghamshire County Council

13

<£50,000

Burnley

456

<£50,000

Bury

1,074

100,187

Caerphilly

877

81,810

Cairngorns National Park

296

<£50,000

Calderdale

1,705

172,689

Cambridge City and South Cambridgeshire

6,368

695,919

Cambridgeshire County Council

116

<£50,000

Camden

4,707

514,399

Cannock Chase

423

<£50,000

Canterbury City

2,225

225,356

Cardiff

2,351

238,118

Carlisle

943

87,967

Carlow I

126

<£50,000

Carmarthenshire

1,551

157,091

Castlepoint

779

72,668

Cavan I

218

<£50,000

Central & South Bedfordshire

2,569

260,198

Ceredigion

929

86,661

Charnwood

1,818

184,134

Chelmsford

2,326

235,586

Cheltenham

1,796

181,906

Cherwell

2,630

266,376

Cheshire East

4,353

475,712

Cheshire West and Chester

3,248

354,954

Chesterfield

820

76,493

Chichester

1,877

190,110

Chorley

1,168

108,955

Christchurch

97

<£50,000

City of London

1,329

123,974

Clackmannanshire

210

<£50,000

Clare I

358

<£50,000

Colchester

1,727

174,917

Conwy County

780

72,761

Copeland

411

<£50,000

Corby

190

<£50,000

Cork I

162

<£50,000

Cornwall

9,637

1,053,168

Cotswold

3,201

349,817

Coventry City

2,255

228,395

Craven

832

77,612

Crawley

656

61,194

Croydon

3,404

372,002

Cumbria County Council

38

<£50,000

Dacorum

2,296

232,548

Darlington

1,006

93,843

Dartford

1,173

109,422

Dartmoor National Park

667

62,220

Denbighshire

524

<£50,000

Derby

1,825

184,843

Derbyshire County Council

138

<£50,000

Derbyshire Dales

1,031

96,176

Devon County Council

37

<£50,000

Doncaster

2,035

206,113

Donegal I

561

52,332

Dorset

6,345

693,406

Dover

1,731

175,322

Dublin

5,974

652,861

Dudley

1,417

132,183

Dumfries and Galloway

1,756

177,854

Dundee

714

66,605

Durham

3,093

338,015

Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown

2,889

292,609

Ealing

4,214

460,522

East Ayrshire

691

64,459

East Cambridgeshire

1,385

129,198

East Devon

2,496

252,804

East Dunbartonshire

603

56,250

East Hampshire

1,327

123,788

East Hertfordshire

2,261

229,003

East Lindsey

1,499

139,832

East Lothian

1,142

106,530

East Northamptonshire

737

68,750

East Renfrewshire

663

61,847

East Riding of Yorkshire

3,820

417,464

East Staffordshire

1,157

107,929

East Suffolk

3,835

419,103

East Sussex County Council

19

<£50,000

Eastbourne

644

60,075

Eastleigh

1,118

104,291

Ebbsfleet

181

<£50,000

Edinburgh

5,871

641,605

Elmbridge

2,825

286,127

Enfield

3,814

416,808

Epping Forest

2,528

256,045

Epsom Ewell

1,345

125,467

Erewash

650

60,634

Essex County Council

365

<£50,000

Exeter

1,299

121,176

Exmoor National Park

282

<£50,000

Falkirk

595

55,504

Fareham

1,155

107,743

Fenland

1,093

101,959

Fife

3,246

354,735

Fingal

2,889

292,609

Flintshire

994

92,724

Folkestone and Hythe

1,500

151,926

Forest of Dean

961

89,646

Fylde

739

68,937

Gateshead

907

84,608

Gedling

746

69,590

Glasgow

2,228

225,660

Gloucester City

820

76,493

Gloucestershire

67

<£50,000

Gosport

338

<£50,000

Gravesham

1,276

119,030

Great Yarmouth

817

76,213

Guersney

1,276

119,030

Guildford

2,653

268,706

Gwynedd

897

83,676

Hackney

2,374

240,448

Halton

516

<£50,000

Hambleton

1,491

139,086

Hammersmith & Fulham

3,069

335,392

Hampshire County Council

138

<£50,000

Harborough

1,670

169,144

Haringey

3,191

348,725

Harlow

541

50,467

Harrogate

4,374

478,007

Harrow

2,861

289,773

Hart

2,031

205,707

Hartlepool

426

<£50,000

Hastings

581

54,198

Havant

723

67,444

Havering

2,591

262,426

Herefordshire

2,856

289,266

Hertfordshire County Council

29

<£50,000

Hertsmere

1,678

169,954

High Peak

683

63,713

Highland

2,797

283,291

Hillingdon

2,929

296,660

Hinckley and Bosworth

1,146

106,903

Horsham

2,577

261,008

Hounslow

3,387

370,144

Hull City

956

89,179

Huntingdonshire

2,500

253,209

Hyndburn

466

<£50,000

Inverclyde

271

<£50,000

Ipswich

895

83,489

Isle of Anglesey

901

84,049

Isle of Wight

1,727

174,917

Isles of Scilly

87

<£50,000

Islington

2,922

295,951

Kensington & Chelsea

3,858

421,617

Kent County Council

158

<£50,000

Kerry I

482

<£50,000

Kettering

297

<£50,000

Kilkenny I

296

<£50,000

Kings Lynn & West Norfolk

2,393

242,372

Kingston

2,501

253,311

Kirklees

3,384

369,816

Knowsley

562

52,425

Lake District National Park

1,424

132,836

Lambeth

3,493

381,728

Lancashire County Council

50

<£50,000

Lancaster

1,534

155,369

Laois I

266

<£50,000

Leeds City

7,450

814,164

Leicester City

1,552

157,192

Leicestershire County Council

156

<£50,000

Leitrim I

39

<£50,000

Lewes

763

71,176

Lewisham

3,124

341,403

Lichfield

890

83,023

Limerick I

483

<£50,000

Lincoln

712

66,418

Lincolnshire County Council

68

<£50,000

Liverpool City

2,984

302,231

Longford I

89

<£50,000

Louth I

223

<£50,000

Luton

1,184

110,448

Maidstone and Swale

3,866

422,491

Maldon

1,096

102,239

Malvern Hills

1,549

156,889

Manchester City

3,825

418,010

Mansfield

600

55,970

Mayo I

388

<£50,000

Meath I

485

<£50,000

Medway

2,021

204,695

Melton

638

59,515

Mendip

1,852

187,578

Merthyr Tydfil

352

<£50,000

Merton

2,927

296,458

Mid Devon

1,297

120,989

Mid Sussex

2,329

235,890

Mid Ulster

1,257

117,258

Middlesbrough

595

55,504

Midlothian

592

55,224

Milton-Keynes

838

78,172

Mole Valley

1,930

195,478

Monaghan I

166

<£50,000

Monmouthshire

1,157

107,929

Moray

692

64,552

Na h-Eileanan Siar

438

<£50,000

Neath Port Talbot

718

66,978

New Forest

1,145

106,810

New Forest National Park

1,420

132,463

Newark and Sherwood

1,897

192,135

Newcastle upon Tyne

1,837

186,058

Newcastle-Under-Lyme

974

90,858

Newham

2,346

237,612

Newport

1,051

98,041

Norfolk County Council

77

<£50,000

North Ayrshire

522

<£50,000

North Devon

1,470

137,127

North East Derbyshire

982

91,605

North East Lincolnshire

835

77,892

North Hertfordshire

2,234

226,268

North Kesteven

1,306

121,829

North Lanarkshire

958

89,366

North Lincolnshire

1,193

111,288

North Norfolk

2,415

244,600

North Northamptonshire

916

85,448

North Somerset

2,359

238,928

North Tyneside

1,266

118,097

North Warwickshire

686

63,993

North West Leicestershire

1,415

131,997

North York Moors

707

65,952

North Yorkshire

2,530

256,248

North Yorkshire County Council

61

<£50,000

Northern Ireland

9,879

1,079,615

Northumberland

4,324

472,543

Norwich

1,171

109,235

Nottingham City

1,825

184,843

Nottinghamshire County Council

54

<£50,000

Nuneaton & Bedworth

630

58,769

Oadby and Wigston

416

<£50,000

Offaly I

248

<£50,000

Old Oak and Park Royal

193

<£50,000

Oldham

1,046

97,575

Orkney Islands

378

<£50,000

Oxford

2,878

291,495

Oxfordshire County Council

84

<£50,000

Peak District

1,216

113,433

Pembrokeshire

964

89,926

Pembrokeshire Coast National Park

657

61,287

Pendle

778

72,575

Perth and Kinross

1,616

163,675

Peterborough

1,519

153,850

Plymouth

1,472

137,314

Poole

276

<£50,000

Portsmouth

1,053

98,228

Powys

1,385

129,198

Preston

1,125

104,944

Reading

1,472

137,314

Redbridge

3,808

416,153

Redcar and Cleveland

816

76,120

Reigate and Banstead

2,443

247,436

Renfrewshire

715

66,698

Rhondda Cynon Taf

1,245

116,138

Ribble Valley

1,048

97,761

Richmond upon Thames

4,407

481,614

Richmondshire

524

<£50,000

Rochdale

1,282

119,590

Rochford

752

70,149

Roscommon I

212

<£50,000

Rossendale

441

<£50,000

Rother

1,069

99,720

Rotherham

1,375

128,265

Royal Greenwich

3,536

386,427

Rugby

982

91,605

Runnymede

1,541

156,078

Rushcliffe

1,406

131,157

Rushmoor

620

57,836

Rutland

1,164

108,582

Ryedale

722

67,351

Salford

1,611

163,168

Sandwell

1,497

139,646

Scarborough

624

58,209

Scottish Borders

1,331

124,161

Sedgemoor

1,235

115,205

Sefton

1,647

166,814

Selby

979

91,325

Sevenoaks

3,374

368,723

Sheffield City

3,114

340,310

Shetland Islands

406

<£50,000

Shropshire

4,592

501,831

Sligo I

141

<£50,000

Slough

1,277

119,123

Snowdonia National Park

405

<£50,000

Solihull

1,885

190,920

Somerset County Council

32

<£50,000

Somerset West and Taunton

309

<£50,000

South Ayrshire

737

68,750

South Derbyshire

1,205

112,407

South Downs National Park

3,631

396,809

South Dublin

2,889

292,609

South Gloucestershire

2,808

284,405

South Hams

2,045

207,125

South Holland

1,042

97,202

South Kesteven

1,937

196,187

South Lanarkshire

1,194

111,381

South Norfolk and Broadland

3,615

395,061

South Oxfordshire

2,570

260,299

South Ribble

895

83,489

South Somerset

2,231

225,964

South Staffordshire

1,135

105,877

South Tyneside

651

60,728

Southampton

1,472

137,314

Southend on Sea

1,583

160,332

Southwark

3,629

396,591

Spelthorne

1,178

109,888

St Albans City

2,805

284,101

St Helens

922

86,008

Stafford

871

81,250

Staffordshire County Council

117

<£50,000

Staffordshire Moorlands District Council

798

74,440

Stevenage

556

51,866

Stirling

738

68,843

Stockport

2,978

301,623

Stockton-On-Tees

1,353

126,213

Stoke-on-Trent

821

76,586

Stratford-on-Avon

2,520

255,235

Stroud

2,041

206,720

Suffolk County Council

160

<£50,000

Sunderland

1,346

125,560

Surrey County Council

168

<£50,000

Surrey Heath

1,630

165,093

Sutton

1,833

185,653

Swansea

2,133

216,038

Swindon

1,548

156,787

Tameside

1,014

94,590

Tamworth

258

<£50,000

Tandridge

1,523

154,255

Taunton

974

90,858

Teignbridge

1,597

161,750

Telford & Wrekin

887

82,743

Tendring

1,782

180,488

Test Valley

2,205

223,331

Tewkesbury

1,208

112,687

Thanet

1,256

117,164

The Broads Authority

296

<£50,000

The Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park

290

<£50,000

Three Rivers

1,917

194,161

Thurrock

1,351

126,026

Tonbridge and Malling

1,932

195,680

Torbay

1,021

95,243

Torfaen

554

51,679

Torridge

1,089

101,586

Tower Hamlets

2,090

211,683

Trafford

2,646

267,997

Tunbridge Wells

2,452

248,348

Uttlesford

2,665

269,921

Vale of Glamorgan

1,457

135,914

Vale of White Horse

1,827

185,045

Wakefield

1,941

196,592

Walsall

1,189

110,914

Waltham Forest

2,750

278,530

Wandsworth

4,423

483,362

Warrington

1,474

137,500

Warwick

1,639

166,004

Warwickshire County Council

20

<£50,000

Waterford I

290

<£50,000

Watford

1,017

94,870

Waverley

2,217

224,546

Wealden

2,927

296,458

Wellingborough

426

<£50,000

Welwyn Hatfield

1,838

186,160

West Berkshire

2,511

254,324

West Devon

861

80,317

West Dunbartonshire

235

<£50,000

West Lancashire

1,287

120,056

West Lindsey

1,204

112,314

West Lothian

815

76,026

West Northamptonshire

4,000

437,135

West Oxfordshire

2,266

229,509

West Suffolk

2,309

233,864

West Sussex County Council

56

<£50,000

Westmeath I

194

<£50,000

Westminster

8,210

897,220

Westmorland & Furness

1,841

186,463

Wicklow I

347

<£50,000

Wigan

1,381

128,825

Wiltshire

7,221

789,138

Winchester

2,037

206,315

Windsor and Maidenhead

3,317

362,494

Wirral

1,407

131,250

Woking

1,445

134,795

Wokingham

2,296

232,548

Wolverhampton

1,177

109,795

Worcester City

776

72,388

Worcestershire County Council

21

<£50,000

Wrexham

857

79,944

Wychavon

2,186

221,406

Wycombe

1,646

166,713

Wyre

864

80,597

Wyre Forest

889

82,929

York

2,581

261,413

Yorkshire Dales Park

728

67,911

How it was calculated:

Run-rate ’25 Savings = (Efficiency gains in validation @ £55 / hour, 2 hours per application + FTE capacity released + reduced appeal costs) × 2025 application volume.
*These are estimated savings based on 2025 application volumes and typical council processing costs. Actual savings may vary by authority

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