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LPA overturn rates

Which authorities lose most at appeal?

Overturn rate = appeals allowed ÷ total decided. Based on 199,471 decisions across 385 LPAs with sufficient sample size.

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385 LPAs

#	LPA ↕	Overturn rate ↓	Decisions ↕	Confidence
1	London Legacy Development Corporation	42.3%	26	reliable
2	Broxtowe Borough Council	41.3%	208	high
3	Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council	39.9%	158	high
4	Northampton Borough Council*	38.7%	243	high
5	Wellingborough Borough Council*	38.1%	97	reliable
6	Liverpool City Council	36.7%	1,061	high
7	Arun District Council	36.7%	449	high
8	Portsmouth City Council	36.5%	455	high
9	North Northamptonshire	35.7%	350	high
10	Melton Borough Council	35.5%	172	high
11	Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council	35.1%	151	high
12	Richmondshire District Council*	35.1%	57	reliable
13	Buckinghamshire Council	35.1%	57	reliable
14	Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea	35.0%	1,431	high
15	Craven District Council*	34.9%	192	high
16	Royal Borough of Kingston Upon Thames	34.9%	882	high
17	Warwick District Council	34.8%	696	high
18	London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham	34.6%	1,285	high
19	Maldon District Council	34.5%	937	high
20	West Berkshire District Council	34.4%	669	high
21	Wolverhampton City Council	34.2%	307	high
22	London Borough of Hillingdon	34.0%	2,564	high
23	St Albans City Council	34.0%	985	high
24	Mendip District Council*	33.9%	336	high
25	Somerset Council	33.9%	366	high
26	Taunton Deane Borough Council* *	33.9%	121	high
27	Carlisle City Council*	33.9%	121	high
28	North East Lincolnshire Council	33.8%	151	high
29	North Dorset District Council *	33.6%	143	high
30	Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council	33.5%	185	high
31	London Borough of Bromley	33.4%	2,947	high
32	London Borough of Hounslow	33.3%	1,896	high
33	Wyre Forest District Council	33.3%	234	high
34	Hertsmere Borough Council	33.1%	559	high
35	Richmond Upon Thames London Borough Council	32.8%	1,726	high
36	Stafford Borough Council	32.7%	367	high
37	Royal Borough of Greenwich	32.7%	1,413	high
38	Buckinghamshire Council - Chiltern Area	32.7%	358	high
39	Elmbridge Borough Council	32.7%	1,248	high
40	Stratford-on-Avon District Council	32.6%	995	high
41	Castle Point Borough Council	32.5%	283	high
42	Wychavon District Council	32.5%	763	high
43	Kettering Borough Council*	32.4%	176	high
44	Waverley Borough Council	32.4%	1,031	high
45	Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council	32.4%	244	high
46	Lewes District Council	32.4%	281	high
47	Cherwell District Council	32.3%	561	high
48	Eastbourne Borough Council	32.3%	186	high
49	Manchester City Council	32.2%	1,023	high
50	Ashfield District Council	32.2%	264	high
51	East Staffordshire Borough Council	32.2%	199	high
52	Hastings Borough Council	32.1%	237	high
53	Watford Borough Council	32.0%	485	high
54	South Oxfordshire District Council	31.9%	681	high
55	South Tyneside Council	31.8%	154	high
56	Redditch Borough Council	31.8%	85	reliable
57	Bristol City Council	31.7%	1,491	high
58	Hart District Council	31.5%	610	high
59	West Somerset District Council* *	31.4%	70	reliable
60	Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council	31.3%	284	high
61	Staffordshire Moorlands District Council	31.2%	410	high
62	Fylde Borough Council	31.1%	209	high
63	North West Leicestershire District Council	31.1%	180	high
64	London Borough of Harrow	31.0%	1,686	high
65	Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council	30.9%	521	high
66	Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council	30.9%	444	high
67	East Hertfordshire District Council	30.9%	1,417	high
68	South Derbyshire District Council	30.8%	253	high
69	Stevenage Borough Council	30.8%	52	reliable
70	Buckinghamshire Council - Aylesbury Area *	30.8%	598	high
71	South Somerset District Council*	30.8%	389	high
72	Brighton and Hove City Council	30.7%	1,691	high
73	Swale Borough Council	30.7%	638	high
74	Peak District	30.7%	388	high
75	Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council	30.6%	480	high
76	London Borough of Barnet	30.5%	3,434	high
77	Torbay Council	30.4%	599	high
78	Southend-on-Sea City Council	30.4%	772	high
79	Cheltenham Borough Council	30.4%	227	high
80	South Kesteven District Council	30.4%	385	high
81	Uttlesford District Council	30.4%	1,096	high
82	Forest Heath District Council *	30.4%	69	reliable
83	North Warwickshire Borough Council	30.3%	201	high
84	Bracknell Forest Borough Council	30.3%	363	high
85	North Lincolnshire Council	30.3%	465	high
86	Hyndburn Borough Council	30.3%	122	high
87	London Borough of Hackney	30.3%	1,574	high
88	Teignbridge District Council	30.2%	633	high
89	West Lancashire District Council	30.2%	453	high
90	Cheshire East	30.1%	1,590	high
91	London Borough of Redbridge	30.1%	1,655	high
92	Warrington Borough Council	30.0%	577	high
93	Barrow-in-Furness Borough Council*	30.0%	50	reliable
94	Guildford Borough Council	30.0%	1,246	high
95	Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council	30.0%	417	high
96	Woking Borough Council	30.0%	483	high
97	Three Rivers District Council	29.9%	546	high
98	Reigate and Banstead Borough Council	29.8%	885	high
99	Surrey Heath Borough Council	29.8%	527	high
100	East Northamptonshire District Council*	29.8%	188	high
101	South Hams District Council	29.7%	613	high
102	Swindon Borough Council	29.6%	379	high
103	City of Lincoln Council	29.6%	115	high
104	City of Westminster Council	29.6%	2,165	high
105	Tendring District Council	29.6%	750	high
106	Harlow District Council	29.6%	206	high
107	Adur District Council	29.5%	129	high
108	London Borough of Sutton	29.5%	869	high
109	Torridge District Council	29.5%	380	high
110	East Dorset District Council *	29.5%	268	high
111	Worcester City Council	29.4%	187	high
112	The Isles of Scilly Council	29.4%	17	indicative
113	Salford City Council	29.4%	218	high
114	Coventry City Council	29.3%	693	high
115	Bromsgrove District Council	29.3%	501	high
116	West Northamptonshire	29.2%	380	high
117	Middlesbrough Council *	29.0%	31	reliable
118	Braintree District Council	29.0%	913	high
119	North Yorkshire Council	28.9%	589	high
120	London Borough of Enfield	28.9%	1,821	high
121	London Borough of Bexley	28.8%	878	high
122	Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council	28.8%	489	high
123	Rushcliffe Borough Council	28.8%	410	high
124	Nottingham City Council	28.7%	460	high
125	London Borough of Lambeth	28.7%	1,664	high
126	New Forest	28.6%	405	high
127	Oxford City Council	28.6%	531	high
128	Mid Devon District Council	28.6%	280	high
129	Welwyn Hatfield Council	28.6%	542	high
130	Tandridge District Council	28.6%	920	high
131	Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council	28.6%	584	high
132	Isle of Wight Council	28.5%	501	high
133	Chorley Borough Council	28.5%	239	high
134	Luton Borough Council	28.4%	864	high
135	Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council	28.3%	343	high
136	North East Derbyshire District Council	28.3%	325	high
137	Forest of Dean District Council	28.3%	417	high
138	South Cambridgeshire District Council	28.2%	898	high
139	Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council	28.1%	384	high
140	Milton Keynes Council	28.1%	530	high
141	Hambleton District Council*	28.1%	377	high
142	Buckinghamshire Council - Aylesbury Area	28.0%	486	high
143	London Borough of Merton	28.0%	701	high
144	Eden District Council*	27.9%	111	high
145	High Peak Borough Council	27.9%	294	high
146	Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead	27.8%	1,129	high
147	Exmoor	27.8%	79	reliable
148	Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council	27.8%	561	high
149	Wiltshire Council	27.8%	1,476	high
150	Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council	27.8%	352	high
151	Mole Valley District Council	27.7%	812	high
152	Brentwood Borough Council	27.7%	629	high
153	Vale of White Horse District Council	27.6%	362	high
154	West Devon Borough Council	27.5%	356	high
155	Maidstone Borough Council	27.4%	963	high
156	East Devon District Council	27.4%	791	high
157	Epping Forest District Council	27.4%	1,398	high
158	Stoke-on-Trent City Council	27.4%	226	high
159	Gosport Borough Council	27.3%	66	reliable
160	Burnley Borough Council	27.3%	128	high
161	Sevenoaks District Council	27.3%	876	high
162	Rossendale Borough Council	27.2%	309	high
163	Derby City Council	27.2%	276	high
164	South Lakeland District Council*	27.2%	162	high
165	Waltham Forest London Borough Council	27.2%	1,167	high
166	Rutland County Council	27.2%	261	high
167	Slough Borough Council	27.2%	471	high
168	South Gloucestershire Council	27.1%	881	high
169	Babergh District Council	27.1%	468	high
170	Exeter City Council	27.0%	311	high
171	Rochford District Council	27.0%	378	high
172	Malvern Hills District Council	27.0%	710	high
173	Cheshire West and Chester	26.9%	1,157	high
174	East Hampshire District Council	26.9%	405	high
175	Medway Council	26.8%	608	high
176	South Downs	26.7%	898	high
177	Epsom and Ewell Borough Council	26.7%	415	high
178	Bolsover District Council	26.7%	90	reliable
179	Buckinghamshire Council - South Bucks Area *	26.6%	323	high
180	Suffolk Coastal District Council *	26.6%	244	high
181	Pendle Borough Council	26.5%	260	high
182	Dacorum Borough Council	26.4%	633	high
183	Newark & Sherwood District Council	26.3%	593	high
184	Bedford Borough Council	26.3%	856	high
185	Fenland District Council	26.3%	297	high
186	Tewkesbury Borough Council	26.2%	442	high
187	Birmingham City Council	26.2%	1,572	high
188	Cornwall Council	26.2%	2,552	high
189	South Ribble Borough Council	26.2%	145	high
190	Rugby Borough Council	26.1%	268	high
191	Chesterfield Borough Council	26.1%	115	high
192	London Borough of Croydon	26.1%	1,914	high
193	Mansfield District Council	26.1%	119	high
194	Thurrock Borough Council	26.1%	541	high
195	Kingston-Upon-Hull City Council	26.1%	261	high
196	Harrogate Borough Council*	26.1%	743	high
197	East Cambridgeshire District Council	26.1%	403	high
198	North Devon District Council	26.0%	388	high
199	Bassetlaw District Council	26.0%	393	high
200	Ribble Valley Borough Council	26.0%	393	high
201	Lichfield District Council	26.0%	277	high
202	Derbyshire Dales District Council	25.9%	402	high
203	Buckinghamshire Council - Wycombe Area	25.9%	436	high
204	Ryedale District Council*	25.9%	108	high
205	Ipswich Borough Council	25.8%	178	high
206	Corby Borough Council*	25.8%	89	reliable
207	West Dorset District Council *	25.7%	187	high
208	Dorset	25.7%	1,003	high
209	Oadby and Wigston Borough Council	25.6%	117	high
210	Thanet District Council	25.6%	437	high
211	Copeland Borough Council*	25.5%	51	reliable
212	Wakefield Metropolitan District Council	25.5%	678	high
213	Somerset West and Taunton*	25.5%	192	high
214	Broads	25.4%	71	reliable
215	Spelthorne Borough Council	25.3%	479	high
216	West Suffolk	25.3%	300	high
217	Cotswold District Council	25.3%	455	high
218	Charnwood Borough Council	25.2%	385	high
219	Harborough District Council	25.2%	397	high
220	Amber Valley Borough Council	25.2%	274	high
221	Wyre Borough Council	25.2%	262	high
222	North Hertfordshire District Council	25.2%	322	high
223	Huntingdonshire District Council	25.1%	466	high
224	Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council	25.1%	419	high
225	Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole	25.1%	1,166	high
226	North Tyneside Council	25.0%	196	high
227	Crawley Borough Council	25.0%	260	high
228	London Borough of Havering	24.9%	1,784	high
229	Bury Metropolitan Borough Council	24.8%	214	high
230	Dover District Council	24.8%	475	high
231	North York Moors	24.8%	121	high
232	Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council	24.8%	484	high
233	Eastleigh Borough Council	24.7%	401	high
234	Dartford Borough Council	24.7%	445	high
235	Stroud District Council	24.6%	627	high
236	Sedgemoor District Council*	24.5%	229	high
237	Chichester District Council	24.5%	767	high
238	St Edmundsbury Borough Council *	24.5%	139	high
239	Horsham District Council	24.5%	966	high
240	Basildon District Council	24.5%	740	high
241	Leeds City Council	24.5%	2,376	high
242	Buckinghamshire Council - South Bucks Area	24.4%	275	high
243	London Borough of Islington	24.3%	1,579	high
244	Mid Sussex District Council	24.3%	662	high
245	Middlesbrough Council*	24.3%	235	high
246	Blackpool Borough Council	24.3%	239	high
247	Winchester City Council	24.2%	495	high
248	Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council	24.2%	297	high
249	King's Lynn and West Norfolk Borough Council	24.2%	661	high
250	East Suffolk	24.1%	449	high
251	Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council	24.1%	474	high
252	Gloucester City Council	24.0%	196	high
253	Christchurch Borough Council *	23.9%	92	reliable
254	South Staffordshire District Council	23.8%	424	high
255	Ashford Borough Council	23.8%	526	high
256	Hartlepool Borough Council*	23.8%	130	high
257	Tunbridge Wells Borough Council	23.8%	505	high
258	Wealden District Council	23.6%	990	high
259	Shropshire County Council	23.6%	1,054	high
260	Dartmoor	23.6%	335	high
261	London Borough of Haringey	23.5%	1,240	high
262	Wokingham Borough Council	23.5%	810	high
263	Bath and North East Somerset Council	23.5%	826	high
264	Folkestone and Hythe District Council	23.5%	392	high
265	Broxbourne Borough Council	23.5%	396	high
266	London Borough of Wandsworth	23.5%	1,141	high
267	Worthing Borough Council	23.4%	235	high
268	New Forest District Council	23.4%	578	high
269	Gedling Borough Council	23.4%	231	high
270	Test Valley Borough Council	23.4%	483	high
271	St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council	23.4%	145	high
272	West Oxfordshire District Council	23.4%	518	high
273	Fareham Borough Council	23.4%	197	high
274	Reading Borough Council	23.4%	394	high
275	Peterborough City Council	23.3%	369	high
276	Buckinghamshire Council - Wycombe Area *	23.3%	437	high
277	Mid Suffolk District Council	23.2%	651	high
278	Gravesham Borough Council	23.2%	574	high
279	South Holland District Council	23.1%	338	high
280	Rother District Council	22.9%	676	high
281	Leicester City Council	22.9%	529	high
282	London Borough of Lewisham	22.7%	1,350	high
283	Allerdale Borough Council*	22.7%	132	high
284	Cambridge City Council	22.7%	441	high
285	Central Bedfordshire	22.7%	1,131	high
286	Telford and Wrekin Council	22.6%	371	high
287	London Borough of Camden	22.5%	1,370	high
288	Colchester Borough Council	22.5%	644	high
289	Bournemouth Borough Council *	22.4%	429	high
290	Borough of Poole Council *	22.4%	246	high
291	West Lindsey District Council	22.3%	354	high
292	Darlington Borough Council	22.3%	130	high
293	London Borough of Ealing	22.2%	1,546	high
294	Breckland Council	22.1%	548	high
295	South Norfolk District Council	22.1%	443	high
296	Westmorland and Furness Council	22.0%	100	high
297	Newcastle Upon Tyne City Council	22.0%	560	high
298	Plymouth City Council	22.0%	300	high
299	Boston Borough Council	21.9%	128	high
300	Great Yarmouth Borough Council	21.7%	189	high
301	South Northamptonshire District Council*	21.7%	277	high
302	Sheffield City Council	21.5%	893	high
303	Herefordshire Council	21.4%	677	high
304	Waveney District Council *	21.4%	98	reliable
305	Cannock Chase District Council	21.4%	112	high
306	Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council	21.4%	439	high
307	Buckinghamshire Council - Minerals and Waste Planning *	21.2%	33	reliable
308	Rushmoor Borough Council	21.1%	95	reliable
309	London Borough of Brent	21.1%	2,448	high
310	East Lindsey District Council	21.0%	371	high
311	City of London Council	20.9%	163	high
312	London Borough of Tower Hamlets	20.8%	921	high
313	Daventry District Council*	20.8%	221	high
314	City of York Council	20.7%	652	high
315	Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council	20.7%	184	high
316	Northumberland County Council	20.7%	799	high
317	Tamworth Borough Council	20.6%	68	reliable
318	Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council	20.5%	288	high
319	Erewash Borough Council	20.5%	151	high
320	Durham County Council	20.4%	658	high
321	Yorkshire Dales	20.4%	142	high
322	Halton Borough Council	20.3%	79	reliable
323	City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council	20.2%	1,339	high
324	Canterbury City Council	20.2%	569	high
325	Preston City Council	20.0%	190	high
326	Selby District Council*	19.9%	366	high
327	Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council	19.6%	230	high
328	East Riding of Yorkshire Council	19.5%	897	high
329	Scarborough Borough Council*	19.5%	123	high
330	Sunderland City Council	19.5%	298	high
331	Havant Borough Council	19.4%	180	high
332	Lancaster City Council	19.3%	415	high
333	North Somerset Council	19.3%	719	high
334	Lancashire County Council	18.9%	74	reliable
335	Southampton City Council	18.9%	592	high
336	London Borough of Southwark	18.8%	895	high
337	Buckinghamshire Council - Chiltern Area *	18.8%	335	high
338	Kirklees Metropolitan Council	18.8%	1,065	high
339	Broadland District Council	18.5%	302	high
340	Chelmsford Borough Council	18.5%	724	high
341	North Norfolk District Council	18.3%	426	high
342	Runnymede Borough Council	18.3%	333	high
343	Purbeck District Council *	18.2%	66	reliable
344	Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council	18.1%	403	high
345	London Borough of Barking and Dagenham Council	18.0%	919	high
346	Norwich City Council	17.9%	173	high
347	Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council	17.4%	390	high
348	Weymouth and Portland Borough Council *	16.4%	73	reliable
349	Cumberland	16.4%	61	reliable
350	Blaby District Council	16.2%	198	high
351	North Kesteven District Council	15.9%	246	high
352	Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council	15.8%	603	high
353	London Borough of Newham	15.5%	1,400	high
354	Nottinghamshire County Council	15.3%	72	reliable
355	Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council	15.2%	125	high
356	Northumberland	14.3%	14	indicative
357	Lake District	14.1%	427	high
358	Leicestershire County Council	13.0%	23	indicative
359	Derbyshire County Council	11.8%	85	reliable
360	Norfolk County Council	11.1%	126	high
361	Oxfordshire County Council	10.8%	65	reliable
362	West Sussex County Council	10.4%	77	reliable
363	Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation	10.3%	29	reliable
364	Lincolnshire County Council	9.4%	64	reliable
365	Essex County Council	9.3%	97	reliable
366	Cambridgeshire County Council*	9.1%	33	reliable
367	Suffolk County Council	8.5%	71	reliable
368	Devon County Council	8.3%	72	reliable
369	Hampshire County Council	7.2%	83	reliable
370	Buckinghamshire Council - Minerals and Waste Planning	7.1%	28	reliable
371	Gloucestershire County Council	6.4%	47	reliable
372	Kent County Council	6.0%	83	reliable
373	Dorset County Council *	6.0%	50	reliable
374	Hertfordshire County Council	5.7%	141	high
375	Warwickshire County Council	5.6%	18	indicative
376	No LPA Associated	5.1%	157	high
377	Cumbria County Council	5.1%	59	reliable
378	North Yorkshire County Council*	4.0%	100	high
379	Worcestershire County Council	3.6%	28	reliable
380	Surrey County Council	3.3%	121	high
381	Somerset County Council*	3.2%	94	reliable
382	No LPA Asscociated	2.3%	733	high
383	Staffordshire County Council	1.9%	206	high
384	East Sussex County Council	1.1%	92	reliable
385	Northamptonshire County Council	0.0%	11	indicative

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