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LPA overturn rates

Which authorities lose most at appeal?

Overturn rate = appeals allowed ÷ total decided. Based on 188,892 decisions across 383 LPAs with sufficient sample size.

Min decisions

383 LPAs

#	LPA ↕	Overturn rate ↓	Decisions ↕	Confidence
1	London Legacy Development Corporation	42.3%	26	reliable
2	Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council	40.5%	153	high
3	Broxtowe Borough Council	40.2%	199	high
4	Arun District Council	39.0%	420	high
5	Northampton Borough Council*	38.7%	243	high
6	Wellingborough Borough Council*	38.1%	97	reliable
7	Portsmouth City Council	36.2%	431	high
8	Liverpool City Council	36.1%	960	high
9	Melton Borough Council	35.9%	167	high
10	Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea	35.2%	1,398	high
11	West Berkshire District Council	35.1%	641	high
12	Richmondshire District Council*	35.1%	57	reliable
13	Craven District Council*	34.9%	192	high
14	Somerset Council	34.8%	250	high
15	London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham	34.7%	1,243	high
16	Wolverhampton City Council	34.5%	278	high
17	St Albans City Council	34.4%	930	high
18	North Northamptonshire	34.4%	308	high
19	London Borough of Hillingdon	34.4%	2,479	high
20	Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council	34.3%	169	high
21	Warwick District Council	34.3%	661	high
22	Royal Borough of Kingston Upon Thames	34.3%	849	high
23	Wyre Forest District Council	34.3%	216	high
24	Maldon District Council	34.2%	915	high
25	Carlisle City Council*	33.9%	121	high
26	Eastbourne Borough Council	33.9%	165	high
27	Taunton Deane Borough Council* *	33.9%	121	high
28	Mendip District Council*	33.9%	336	high
29	Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council	33.8%	142	high
30	London Borough of Bromley	33.8%	2,776	high
31	Hertsmere Borough Council	33.7%	525	high
32	North Dorset District Council *	33.6%	143	high
33	London Borough of Hounslow	33.6%	1,821	high
34	City of Lincoln Council	33.3%	102	high
35	North East Lincolnshire Council	33.3%	144	high
36	Stafford Borough Council	33.2%	331	high
37	Waverley Borough Council	33.1%	974	high
38	Elmbridge Borough Council	32.9%	1,181	high
39	Buckinghamshire Council - Chiltern Area	32.7%	358	high
40	Richmond Upon Thames London Borough Council	32.6%	1,630	high
41	Hastings Borough Council	32.6%	230	high
42	Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council	32.5%	271	high
43	Royal Borough of Greenwich	32.4%	1,324	high
44	Kettering Borough Council*	32.4%	176	high
45	Cherwell District Council	32.3%	533	high
46	Wychavon District Council	32.1%	704	high
47	Ashfield District Council	32.1%	252	high
48	Stratford-on-Avon District Council	31.9%	949	high
49	Bristol City Council	31.9%	1,425	high
50	Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council	31.9%	216	high
51	Staffordshire Moorlands District Council	31.7%	378	high
52	Watford Borough Council	31.7%	461	high
53	Redditch Borough Council	31.6%	76	reliable
54	East Staffordshire Borough Council	31.5%	184	high
55	Castle Point Borough Council	31.4%	264	high
56	West Somerset District Council* *	31.4%	70	reliable
57	Peak District	31.4%	369	high
58	London Borough of Harrow	31.3%	1,613	high
59	Hart District Council	31.3%	584	high
60	South Derbyshire District Council	31.3%	240	high
61	Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council	31.1%	428	high
62	London Borough of Barnet	31.1%	3,213	high
63	East Hertfordshire District Council	31.0%	1,343	high
64	North West Leicestershire District Council	31.0%	168	high
65	North Yorkshire Council	30.9%	450	high
66	Uttlesford District Council	30.8%	1,045	high
67	Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council	30.8%	474	high
68	South Somerset District Council*	30.8%	389	high
69	Stevenage Borough Council	30.8%	52	reliable
70	Swale Borough Council	30.8%	617	high
71	Cheltenham Borough Council	30.8%	221	high
72	North Lincolnshire Council	30.8%	445	high
73	Torbay Council	30.8%	571	high
74	Three Rivers District Council	30.8%	510	high
75	South Oxfordshire District Council	30.8%	637	high
76	Cheshire East	30.7%	1,477	high
77	Manchester City Council	30.6%	966	high
78	Brighton and Hove City Council	30.6%	1,652	high
79	Lewes District Council	30.6%	265	high
80	Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council	30.6%	451	high
81	South Hams District Council	30.5%	567	high
82	London Borough of Hackney	30.4%	1,522	high
83	Forest Heath District Council *	30.4%	69	reliable
84	Hyndburn Borough Council	30.4%	112	high
85	Guildford Borough Council	30.4%	1,195	high
86	Woking Borough Council	30.3%	459	high
87	London Borough of Redbridge	30.3%	1,565	high
88	Reigate and Banstead Borough Council	30.3%	855	high
89	South Tyneside Council	30.3%	142	high
90	Fylde Borough Council	30.2%	202	high
91	Buckinghamshire Council - Aylesbury Area *	30.2%	570	high
92	Warrington Borough Council	30.0%	540	high
93	Barrow-in-Furness Borough Council*	30.0%	50	reliable
94	Bracknell Forest Borough Council	30.0%	337	high
95	Southend-on-Sea City Council	30.0%	743	high
96	East Northamptonshire District Council*	29.8%	188	high
97	Bromsgrove District Council	29.7%	481	high
98	West Northamptonshire	29.7%	327	high
99	Mid Devon District Council	29.6%	260	high
100	South Kesteven District Council	29.6%	358	high
101	City of Westminster Council	29.6%	2,081	high
102	Salford City Council	29.6%	199	high
103	East Dorset District Council *	29.5%	268	high
104	Worcester City Council	29.4%	170	high
105	Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council	29.4%	391	high
106	Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council	29.3%	457	high
107	Teignbridge District Council	29.3%	607	high
108	Braintree District Council	29.3%	878	high
109	London Borough of Sutton	29.3%	846	high
110	Chesterfield Borough Council	29.3%	92	reliable
111	London Borough of Enfield	29.3%	1,764	high
112	Tendring District Council	29.2%	720	high
113	West Lancashire District Council	29.1%	422	high
114	Milton Keynes Council	29.1%	499	high
115	London Borough of Bexley	29.1%	848	high
116	Harlow District Council	29.1%	199	high
117	Luton Borough Council	29.0%	827	high
118	Welwyn Hatfield Council	29.0%	528	high
119	Torridge District Council	28.9%	349	high
120	North East Derbyshire District Council	28.8%	309	high
121	Swindon Borough Council	28.8%	364	high
122	Surrey Heath Borough Council	28.7%	506	high
123	Forest of Dean District Council	28.7%	404	high
124	South Cambridgeshire District Council	28.6%	860	high
125	Burnley Borough Council	28.6%	119	high
126	Coventry City Council	28.6%	640	high
127	Rushcliffe Borough Council	28.6%	385	high
128	Vale of White Horse District Council	28.5%	337	high
129	Oxford City Council	28.5%	494	high
130	Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead	28.5%	1,053	high
131	Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council	28.4%	324	high
132	Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council	28.4%	545	high
133	London Borough of Merton	28.4%	686	high
134	Pendle Borough Council	28.3%	233	high
135	North Warwickshire Borough Council	28.3%	191	high
136	Isle of Wight Council	28.3%	467	high
137	Chorley Borough Council	28.2%	213	high
138	Hambleton District Council*	28.1%	377	high
139	Adur District Council	28.1%	121	high
140	Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council	28.1%	524	high
141	London Borough of Lambeth	28.1%	1,550	high
142	Slough Borough Council	28.0%	421	high
143	Bolsover District Council	28.0%	82	reliable
144	Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council	28.0%	314	high
145	Exmoor	28.0%	75	reliable
146	Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council	28.0%	357	high
147	Buckinghamshire Council - Aylesbury Area	28.0%	486	high
148	Eden District Council*	27.9%	111	high
149	East Devon District Council	27.8%	724	high
150	High Peak Borough Council	27.8%	273	high
151	Tandridge District Council	27.8%	868	high
152	Sevenoaks District Council	27.8%	839	high
153	Rugby Borough Council	27.7%	249	high
154	New Forest	27.6%	377	high
155	Brentwood Borough Council	27.5%	607	high
156	Waltham Forest London Borough Council	27.5%	1,118	high
157	Epsom and Ewell Borough Council	27.3%	377	high
158	Cheshire West and Chester	27.3%	1,101	high
159	South Lakeland District Council*	27.2%	162	high
160	Stoke-on-Trent City Council	27.2%	217	high
161	Mole Valley District Council	27.2%	749	high
162	Malvern Hills District Council	27.1%	664	high
163	West Devon Borough Council	27.1%	336	high
164	South Ribble Borough Council	27.0%	137	high
165	Gosport Borough Council	27.0%	63	reliable
166	East Hampshire District Council	27.0%	381	high
167	Wiltshire Council	27.0%	1,384	high
168	Derby City Council	26.9%	260	high
169	Medway Council	26.9%	583	high
170	Epping Forest District Council	26.9%	1,331	high
171	South Downs	26.8%	851	high
172	Maidstone Borough Council	26.8%	918	high
173	Babergh District Council	26.8%	440	high
174	Rossendale Borough Council	26.8%	306	high
175	The Isles of Scilly Council	26.7%	15	indicative
176	Lichfield District Council	26.7%	262	high
177	Newark & Sherwood District Council	26.7%	577	high
178	Dacorum Borough Council	26.7%	599	high
179	South Gloucestershire Council	26.6%	823	high
180	East Cambridgeshire District Council	26.6%	379	high
181	Suffolk Coastal District Council *	26.6%	244	high
182	Exeter City Council	26.5%	298	high
183	North Devon District Council	26.5%	359	high
184	London Borough of Croydon	26.4%	1,836	high
185	Nottingham City Council	26.4%	421	high
186	Kingston-Upon-Hull City Council	26.4%	235	high
187	Tewkesbury Borough Council	26.4%	413	high
188	Thurrock Borough Council	26.3%	505	high
189	Cornwall Council	26.3%	2,389	high
190	Bassetlaw District Council	26.3%	369	high
191	Buckinghamshire Council - South Bucks Area *	26.2%	290	high
192	Birmingham City Council	26.2%	1,468	high
193	Harrogate Borough Council*	26.1%	743	high
194	Rochford District Council	26.1%	364	high
195	Mansfield District Council	26.1%	115	high
196	Buckinghamshire Council - Wycombe Area	25.9%	436	high
197	Fenland District Council	25.9%	282	high
198	Ryedale District Council*	25.9%	108	high
199	Rutland County Council	25.9%	243	high
200	Corby Borough Council*	25.8%	89	reliable
201	West Dorset District Council *	25.7%	187	high
202	Derbyshire Dales District Council	25.6%	383	high
203	Ribble Valley Borough Council	25.5%	361	high
204	Copeland Borough Council*	25.5%	51	reliable
205	Somerset West and Taunton*	25.5%	192	high
206	North Tyneside Council	25.4%	189	high
207	Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council	25.4%	464	high
208	Dover District Council	25.4%	464	high
209	Dorset	25.4%	927	high
210	Bedford Borough Council	25.4%	792	high
211	Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council	25.4%	279	high
212	West Suffolk	25.4%	272	high
213	Spelthorne Borough Council	25.3%	450	high
214	Thanet District Council	25.2%	412	high
215	Wakefield Metropolitan District Council	25.2%	630	high
216	Oadby and Wigston Borough Council	25.2%	107	high
217	North Hertfordshire District Council	25.1%	303	high
218	Cotswold District Council	25.1%	419	high
219	Harborough District Council	25.1%	374	high
220	London Borough of Havering	25.1%	1,635	high
221	Chichester District Council	25.1%	730	high
222	Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council	25.0%	408	high
223	Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole	25.0%	1,082	high
224	North York Moors	25.0%	116	high
225	Stroud District Council	24.9%	591	high
226	Amber Valley Borough Council	24.9%	265	high
227	Winchester City Council	24.8%	472	high
228	Basildon District Council	24.7%	699	high
229	Wyre Borough Council	24.7%	247	high
230	Ipswich Borough Council	24.7%	170	high
231	Eastleigh Borough Council	24.6%	390	high
232	Boston Borough Council	24.6%	114	high
233	Broads	24.6%	69	reliable
234	St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council	24.5%	139	high
235	St Edmundsbury Borough Council *	24.5%	139	high
236	Sedgemoor District Council*	24.5%	229	high
237	Crawley Borough Council	24.5%	249	high
238	Blackpool Borough Council	24.5%	220	high
239	Buckinghamshire Council - South Bucks Area	24.4%	275	high
240	Folkestone and Hythe District Council	24.3%	362	high
241	Middlesbrough Council*	24.3%	235	high
242	London Borough of Islington	24.3%	1,502	high
243	Leeds City Council	24.3%	2,259	high
244	Dartford Borough Council	24.3%	411	high
245	King's Lynn and West Norfolk Borough Council	24.2%	628	high
246	Cannock Chase District Council	24.2%	99	reliable
247	Charnwood Borough Council	24.1%	369	high
248	Horsham District Council	24.1%	916	high
249	Rother District Council	24.1%	632	high
250	West Oxfordshire District Council	24.1%	489	high
251	Huntingdonshire District Council	24.1%	435	high
252	Mid Sussex District Council	24.0%	625	high
253	Christchurch Borough Council *	23.9%	92	reliable
254	East Suffolk	23.9%	415	high
255	Dartmoor	23.9%	322	high
256	Wealden District Council	23.9%	939	high
257	Ashford Borough Council	23.9%	485	high
258	Tunbridge Wells Borough Council	23.9%	490	high
259	Hartlepool Borough Council*	23.8%	130	high
260	Peterborough City Council	23.8%	349	high
261	Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council	23.8%	429	high
262	Bath and North East Somerset Council	23.7%	771	high
263	Fareham Borough Council	23.7%	190	high
264	London Borough of Haringey	23.7%	1,169	high
265	South Staffordshire District Council	23.7%	379	high
266	Bury Metropolitan Borough Council	23.6%	199	high
267	Test Valley Borough Council	23.5%	456	high
268	Gloucester City Council	23.5%	183	high
269	New Forest District Council	23.4%	551	high
270	Shropshire County Council	23.3%	1,000	high
271	Wokingham Borough Council	23.3%	785	high
272	Buckinghamshire Council - Wycombe Area *	23.2%	409	high
273	London Borough of Lewisham	23.1%	1,305	high
274	London Borough of Wandsworth	23.0%	1,084	high
275	Mid Suffolk District Council	23.0%	617	high
276	Reading Borough Council	22.9%	367	high
277	London Borough of Camden	22.8%	1,286	high
278	Cambridge City Council	22.7%	419	high
279	Allerdale Borough Council*	22.7%	132	high
280	Gravesham Borough Council	22.6%	527	high
281	Gedling Borough Council	22.5%	222	high
282	West Lindsey District Council	22.5%	347	high
283	Borough of Poole Council *	22.4%	246	high
284	Bournemouth Borough Council *	22.4%	429	high
285	Breckland Council	22.4%	522	high
286	London Borough of Ealing	22.3%	1,468	high
287	Colchester Borough Council	22.3%	597	high
288	Broxbourne Borough Council	22.3%	367	high
289	Leicester City Council	22.3%	484	high
290	Central Bedfordshire	22.3%	1,061	high
291	Worthing Borough Council	22.2%	225	high
292	Sheffield City Council	22.1%	832	high
293	Telford and Wrekin Council	22.0%	354	high
294	Newcastle Upon Tyne City Council	22.0%	518	high
295	Plymouth City Council	21.9%	292	high
296	South Holland District Council	21.9%	310	high
297	Darlington Borough Council	21.7%	115	high
298	South Northamptonshire District Council*	21.7%	277	high
299	South Norfolk District Council	21.6%	430	high
300	Tamworth Borough Council	21.5%	65	reliable
301	Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council	21.4%	412	high
302	Waveney District Council *	21.4%	98	reliable
303	London Borough of Brent	21.4%	2,347	high
304	Halton Borough Council	21.3%	75	reliable
305	Buckinghamshire Council - Minerals and Waste Planning *	21.2%	33	reliable
306	Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council	21.1%	266	high
307	Herefordshire Council	21.1%	663	high
308	East Lindsey District Council	21.1%	355	high
309	Erewash Borough Council	21.1%	147	high
310	City of London Council	21.1%	161	high
311	Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council	21.0%	176	high
312	Lancashire County Council	21.0%	62	reliable
313	Rushmoor Borough Council	20.9%	91	reliable
314	Daventry District Council*	20.8%	221	high
315	Great Yarmouth Borough Council	20.7%	174	high
316	Northumberland County Council	20.7%	740	high
317	Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council	20.4%	211	high
318	City of York Council	20.4%	614	high
319	Yorkshire Dales	20.4%	137	high
320	Canterbury City Council	20.3%	537	high
321	London Borough of Tower Hamlets	20.0%	873	high
322	East Riding of Yorkshire Council	19.9%	846	high
323	Selby District Council*	19.9%	366	high
324	City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council	19.9%	1,277	high
325	Havant Borough Council	19.8%	172	high
326	Lancaster City Council	19.7%	395	high
327	Durham County Council	19.6%	617	high
328	Preston City Council	19.6%	179	high
329	Scarborough Borough Council*	19.5%	123	high
330	Sunderland City Council	19.4%	288	high
331	Runnymede Borough Council	19.3%	305	high
332	Buckinghamshire Council - Chiltern Area *	19.0%	311	high
333	North Norfolk District Council	18.6%	409	high
334	Westmorland and Furness Council	18.6%	86	reliable
335	Broadland District Council	18.6%	290	high
336	Kirklees Metropolitan Council	18.5%	1,028	high
337	North Somerset Council	18.5%	671	high
338	Southampton City Council	18.5%	568	high
339	London Borough of Southwark	18.3%	865	high
340	Purbeck District Council *	18.2%	66	reliable
341	Chelmsford Borough Council	18.0%	693	high
342	London Borough of Barking and Dagenham Council	18.0%	874	high
343	Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council	17.8%	365	high
344	Norwich City Council	17.6%	165	high
345	Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council	17.5%	388	high
346	Blaby District Council	16.7%	180	high
347	Weymouth and Portland Borough Council *	16.4%	73	reliable
348	Cumberland	15.7%	51	reliable
349	Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council	15.7%	121	high
350	Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council	15.6%	570	high
351	London Borough of Newham	15.4%	1,346	high
352	Northumberland	15.4%	13	indicative
353	Leicestershire County Council	15.0%	20	indicative
354	North Kesteven District Council	14.7%	238	high
355	Lake District	14.5%	401	high
356	Nottinghamshire County Council	14.3%	70	reliable
357	Derbyshire County Council	11.9%	84	reliable
358	West Sussex County Council	11.1%	72	reliable
359	Oxfordshire County Council	10.2%	59	reliable
360	Norfolk County Council	10.2%	118	high
361	Cambridgeshire County Council*	9.1%	33	reliable
362	Devon County Council	8.5%	71	reliable
363	Suffolk County Council	8.5%	71	reliable
364	Lincolnshire County Council	7.9%	63	reliable
365	Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation	7.7%	26	reliable
366	Essex County Council	7.4%	94	reliable
367	Hampshire County Council	7.4%	81	reliable
368	Buckinghamshire Council - Minerals and Waste Planning	7.1%	28	reliable
369	Dorset County Council *	6.4%	47	reliable
370	Gloucestershire County Council	6.4%	47	reliable
371	Kent County Council	6.3%	80	reliable
372	Hertfordshire County Council	5.8%	137	high
373	Warwickshire County Council	5.6%	18	indicative
374	Cumbria County Council	5.1%	59	reliable
375	North Yorkshire County Council*	4.0%	100	high
376	Worcestershire County Council	3.6%	28	reliable
377	Surrey County Council	3.4%	118	high
378	Somerset County Council*	3.2%	94	reliable
379	No LPA Associated	2.7%	150	high
380	No LPA Asscociated	2.3%	733	high
381	Staffordshire County Council	2.0%	202	high
382	East Sussex County Council	1.1%	90	reliable
383	Northamptonshire County Council	0.0%	11	indicative

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