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86% of the 141 applications for building work South Gloucestershire decided since 5 September 2026 were approved; half were decided within 56 days. Plan Forecast, 2 November 2026.
Time to decide: half were decided within 56 days, counted from the day the application was valid (or received, where the register gives no valid date) over the 141 decisions with both dates.
Approval rates by type of work
- Rear extension 91% of 43 decisions
- Two-storey extension 83% of 30 decisions
- Garden room or outbuilding 80% of 25 decisions, a small sample
- New dwelling in a garden 85% of 13 decisions, a small sample
- Loft conversion or dormer 80% of 10 decisions, a small sample
- Side extension too few to say 8 decisions
- Front porch too few to say 8 decisions
- Garage conversion too few to say 2 decisions
- Change of use too few to say 2 decisions
Before you apply
Whether the commonest kinds of work in South Gloucestershire need planning permission at all, from the law itself, rule by rule.
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Check your project
Put a pin on your house, describe the work, and see it measured against each permitted development limit, with the clause it comes from. A guide, not a guarantee.
Where South Gloucestershire stands
The government's own count, every kind of application together: a different question from the rates above, which are one kind of work at a time. Why the figures differ.
The long view
Recent decisions in South Gloucestershire
Straight from the register. Addresses are reduced to the street here; the report you get names the property.
Chipping Sodbury
ApprovedDemolition of existing dwelling and garage. Erection of 1no self-builf dwelling.
Decided 30 October 2026 P26/00802/F
Quarry Barton Hambrook
ApprovedPermission in Principle for the erection of 1no. dwelling.
Decided 30 October 2026 P26/01311/PIP
Church Road Yate
ApprovedChange of use from dwellinghouse (Class C3) to Community Use (Class f.1) as defined in the Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) Order 1987 (as amended).
Decided 30 October 2026 P26/01751/F
Questions people ask
What is South Gloucestershire's planning approval rate?
86% of the 141 applications for building work South Gloucestershire decided since 5 September 2026 were approved, counting those that went one way or the other. It differs by kind of work.
What percentage of rear extension applications does South Gloucestershire approve?
91% of rear extension applications decided by South Gloucestershire were approved, over 43 decisions.
How many planning decisions does Plan Forecast hold for South Gloucestershire?
302 decided applications, from September 2026 to October 2026, read from South Gloucestershire's own planning register.
Is this South Gloucestershire's planning website?
No. Plan Forecast is independent of South Gloucestershire: we count the decisions on its public planning register. To look up, track or comment on an application, use South Gloucestershire's own register, at developments.southglos.gov.uk.
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These are South Gloucestershire's figures as a whole. Put in your postcode and we will show you the rate for what you are planning, and the decisions on your own streets.
Figures are counts of published decisions, not planning advice. Every application is judged on its own merits. How these figures are made.