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.
Newcastle upon Tyne City Council
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Official statistics — is development moving through the system?
MHCLG quarterly planning returns (PS1/PS2), last 4 quarters 2025 Q3 to 2026 Q2, and the government's latest Housing Delivery Test. These are the authority's own statutory returns, not our scrape.
Peer ranks compare only metropolitan districts with more than 50 decisions in the window, the same floor as the national rank. A rank among peers is the fairer read: types of authority carry very different caseloads.
| Type | Decisions | Approved | In time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Major | 38 | 97.4% | 60.0% |
| Minor | 254 | 79.9% | 92.3% |
| Other | 726 | 91.5% | — |
| of which householder | 391 | 94.1% | 86.6% |
Delivery 85–94%: the authority must publish an action plan. No presumption or buffer consequence.
| Dataset | Publisher | Covers this authority | Loaded | Official source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Planning application decisions (PS2) | MHCLG | 1987 Q4 to 2026 Q2 (147 quarters) | 25 Oct 2026 · 68,583 rows nationally | Live tables |
| Planning application flow (PS1) | MHCLG | 1987 Q4 to 2026 Q2 (147 quarters) | 25 Oct 2026 · 42,861 rows nationally | Live tables |
| Housing Delivery Test 2025 | MHCLG | 2022/23 to 2024/25 | 18 Aug 2026 | Measurement |
Case officers in our data
| Officer | Applications | Decided | Approved | Refused | Withdrawn | Approval rate | Average days | Late | Mostly handles | Seen |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Simon Hales | 43 | 42 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 100% | 50 | — | Trees in a conservation area application (22) | Mar 2026 – Oct 2026 |
| Karen Davinson | 22 | 22 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 100% | 74 | — | Approval of Details Reserved by Conditio (17) | Jan 2026 – Oct 2026 |
| Stephen Edwards | 17 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 80% | 69 | — | Detailed Application (12) | Sep 2025 – Oct 2026 |
| Colin Rising | 16 | 16 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 100% | 62 | — | Detailed Application (11) | Oct 2025 – Oct 2026 |
| Michael Sudds | 15 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 100% | 125 | — | Household Applications (13) | Aug 2024 – Oct 2026 |
| Amy McGreevy | 14 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 92% | 42 | — | Household Applications (7) | May 2026 – Oct 2026 |
| Lucille Robertson | 13 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 92% | 76 | — | Approval of Details Reserved by Conditio (6) | Nov 2025 – Oct 2026 |
| Lili Rex | 11 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 100% | 33 | — | Household Applications (5) | Nov 2025 – Aug 2026 |
| Nick Robertson | 11 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 89% | 69 | — | Approval of Details Reserved by Conditio (3) | Mar 2026 – Oct 2026 |
| Katie Rowe | 10 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 100% | 57 | — | Listed Building Consent (10) | May 2026 – Oct 2026 |
| Chris Stanworth | 9 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 89% | 68 | — | Approval of Details Reserved by Conditio (4) | Feb 2026 – Oct 2026 |
| Jessica Annan | 8 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 100% | 124 | — | Advertisement Consent (2) | Jun 2025 – Oct 2026 |
Counts come from the applications we have scraped, which is a fraction of each officer's caseload. Approval rate is approvals as a share of approvals plus refusals; withdrawn and other outcomes are excluded. Average days runs from the validated date to the decision. Late is the share decided after the published determination target, shown only where we hold a target for at least five of that officer's decisions. "Mostly handles" is the application type they appear on most often. Treat as a sample of who is active, not as a performance measure of an individual: a caseload of majors runs longer than one of householder applications. Click a name for the full officer profile.
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.