LPA Profile
What we hold on a single planning authority: appeal behaviour, what they refuse on, which policies they cite, and how current their local plan is. For the national league table and 47-year statistical history, see Council Performance. New: which refusal reasons survive appeal here — measured from real Inspectorate decision letters.
Bristol City Council
GSS E06000023 · Portal: idox (ok) · council register
What this authority refuses on
Classified from the reasons in decision notices we hold for this council. Categories can overlap — one reason often engages more than one issue.
| Objection type | Reasons |
|---|---|
| Design, scale or layout | 12 |
| Neighbour amenity | 5 |
| Missing information or evidence | 4 |
| Trees and landscape | 1 |
| Highways and access | 1 |
How this council decides
Measured against the published determination target on 1,235 decisions. Average window from valid date to target: 46 days (the statutory period is 56 days for most applications, 91 for majors).
(4+ days before target)
(final 3 days)
from valid to decision
This authority reliably determines within the statutory target. If yours is drifting past it, that is unusual here and worth querying.
Which day decisions land
| Mon | 15.4% | |
| Tue | 24.1% | |
| Wed | 20.7% | |
| Thu | 22.5% | |
| Fri | 17.2% |
An even working week is 20% a day. Amber marks a day carrying 26% or more.
By application type
| Type | Decisions | After target | On deadline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trees | 589 | 1% | 5% |
| Outline | 286 | 5% | 19% |
| Amendment | 167 | 14% | 20% |
| Full | 93 | 27% | 30% |
| Heritage | 51 | 8% | 6% |
| Conditions | 26 | 4% | 0% |
What "after the target" means. Published data cannot distinguish an agreed extension of time from a target that was simply missed — both appear the same way. This measures when the decision was issued relative to the statutory target, and nothing more. Deadline data is currently available for London authorities only.
Policies most often cited in refusals
Agents most active here
| Agent / firm | Applications |
|---|---|
| Clifton Design (Bristol) Ltd | 5 |
| Mitie | 5 |
| John Page Architect | 3 |
| Stokes Morgan Planning Ltd | 3 |
| MPDS | 3 |
| Cox Architectural Consultancy Ltd | 2 |
| SW Design & Planning | 2 |
| Engage Architecture Ltd | 2 |
Development plan
Bristol Development Framework Core Strategy
Adopted 2011-06-21 · plan period 2006-01-01–2026-01-01
Plan documents
National statistics for this authority →
Councils with data on file
On the numbers. The refusal rate, officers and agents here are computed from the applications PlanningCore has collected for this authority — for most councils that is a recent sample rather than the full register, and the date range above tells you which. The appeal overturn rate comes from Planning Inspectorate decisions and covers a much longer period. Use the national statistics page for complete, official volumes.