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.
Carmarthenshire County Council
GSS W06000010 · Portal: custom (untested) · council register
Official statistics
No MHCLG PS1/PS2 returns are held for this authority (W06000010). The quarterly returns cover English district-matter authorities only.
How this council decides
Measured against the published determination target on 1,602 decisions. Average window from valid date to target: 39 days (the statutory period is 56 days for most applications, 91 for majors).
(4+ days before target)
(final 3 days)
(after the target)
valid date to decision
This authority determines most applications AFTER the statutory target. Plan for the target date to be a starting point rather than a deadline, and expect to be asked for an extension of time.
Which day applications are submitted, validated and decided
| Submitted (n=1,602) | Validated (n=1,602) | Decided (n=1,602) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon | 23.9% | 19.5% | 17.7% | |||
| Tue | 19.4% | 20.1% | 22.1% | |||
| Wed | 18.8% | 23.8% | 21.1% | |||
| Thu | 19.5% | 19.9% | 21.7% | |||
| Fri | 16.2% | 16.5% | 17.3% | |||
| Sat | 0.9% | 0.1% | 0% | |||
| Sun | 1.3% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
An even working week is 20% a day. Amber marks a day carrying 26% or more. Submitted is the date the council received the application; validated is the date it was made valid and the clock started. All three columns use the same applications, so they can be read across.
By application type
| Type | Decisions | Before deadline | On deadline day | Late | Average days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full | 1,024 | 0% | 6% | 94% | 85 |
| Outline | 207 | 0% | 5% | 95% | 82 |
| Conditions | 157 | 2% | 11% | 87% | 66 |
| Amendment | 74 | 0% | 5% | 95% | 46 |
| Advertising | 57 | 0% | 2% | 98% | 44 |
| Heritage | 46 | 0% | 11% | 89% | 142 |
| Trees | 18 | 0% | 0% | 100% | 56 |
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 comes from the council's own published determination target, captured where its portal exposes it (Idox councils and the London Datahub).
Agents most active here
| Agent / firm | Applications | Decided | Approved | Refused | Withdrawn | Success rate | Average days | Mostly brings | Seen |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DAVIES RICHARDS DESIGN LTD. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% | 27 | Full (1) | Jan 2014 – Feb 2014 |
| CARL MORGAN BUILDING SURVEYOR | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% | 56 | Full (1) | Nov 2013 – Jan 2014 |
Success rate is approvals as a share of approvals plus refusals; withdrawn and other outcomes are excluded, so an agent who withdraws rather than takes a refusal will look stronger than the raw numbers suggest. Average days runs from the validated date to the decision. "Mostly brings" is the application type the firm appears on most often, which explains much of the difference: tree works and conditions discharge are approved far more often than new build. Counts are from the applications we have scraped, not the firm's full workload.
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.
About this tool: LPA Profile
Deep-dive authority analysis — approval rates by type, refusal reason clustering, appeal overturn rates, average decision times, and strictness rankings.
Use to understand how your LPA behaves. Every council has different tendencies — some are design-focused, some are policy-strict, some are more pragmatic.
MHCLG planning statistics, appeal decision analysis
Use these tools to understand how your Local Planning Authority behaves — what they approve, what they refuse, how often appeals succeed, and what strategy gives you the best chance. This is behavioural intelligence, not just policy research.
Guidance to help you prepare — not formal planning advice. Check the current policy text and your council's local plan before relying on it.