Nuneaton approves 93% of planning applications, well above the national rate of 87.6%.
Nuneaton received 251 planning applications submitted to the council in 2025. Of the 460 applications decided across 2024 and 2025, 93% were approved, against a national rate of 87.6%. Only 1 in 14 applications was refused, compared with 1 in 8 nationally. The council is among the more permissive in England and Wales by this measure. Home extensions were the top project type; no single category stands far above the national rate.
The year in one line
Nuneaton's council approved 93% of decided applications in 2024-2025, well above the national 87.6%, refused just 1 in 14, and saw a slightly higher share of retrospective applications than the country at large.
What Nuneaton Is Building
Extensions lead, and the mix runs below the national pace.
Home extensions were the most common project type submitted to Nuneaton council in 2025, at 21.3% of applications, below the national share of 29.1%. Demolition and retrospective applications followed. The one category running above the national rate is retrospective work, applications filed after the building was already done, at 4.8% against 3.7% nationally.
Applications submitted to Nuneaton council in 2025, by project type.
Built first, asked later
4.8% of applications submitted to Nuneaton council were retrospective, meaning the work was already done before consent was sought. That is above the national share of 3.7%, the clearest way the town's mix differs from the norm.
The council verdict
An easy yes by any national measure.
The council approved 93% of the applications it decided and refused just 7%, well below the national refusal rate of 12.4%. Only 1 in 14 applications was turned down, against 1 in 8 nationally. Getting permission in Nuneaton is straightforwardly easier than in most of England and Wales.
About 1 in 14 Nuneaton applications was turned down.
of decided applications were approved, against a national rate of 87.6%. Refusals ran at just 7%, about 1 in 14, compared with 1 in 8 nationally.
Nuneaton vs The National Norm
Lower share of extensions, demolition and loft work than nationally.
Set Nuneaton's application mix against the national average and most categories run below the norm. Home extensions make up 21.3% against a national 29.1%. Demolition is 5.8% against 9.1% nationally. The one category running above the norm is retrospective work, at 4.8% against 3.7% nationally.
of applications submitted to Nuneaton council were retrospective, filed after the work was done, against 3.7% nationally. It is the clearest way the town's mix differs from the norm.
Each bar is Nuneaton's share of applications; the marker is the national share. Most categories run below the national rate.
Meanwhile, the market
Prices rose alongside the building work.
Alongside the building work, homes in Nuneaton kept gaining value over the latest full year.
Nuneaton's planning record is straightforwardly permissive. The council approved 93% of decided applications across 2024 and 2025, well above the national 87.6%, and turned down just 1 in 14. The town also files more retrospective applications than the country at large, work done before consent was sought. For owners here, the message from the data is clear: apply, and the odds are firmly in your favour.
Where the numbers come from
Planning Data
Applications submitted to Nuneaton council in 2025 (and the pooled 2024-2025 window for decision rates), classified from each application's published description. Shares are each category as a percentage of all applications.
Decision Rates
Approval rate is approvals as a share of approvals plus refusals, computed over the pooled 2024-2025 decided applications. The national benchmarks are computed the same way across all decided applications in England and Wales.
Sales Data
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data for the Nuneaton post town, the latest full year's completions, with growth measured against the previous year.
The Real Applications
Open the planning applications behind the numbers.
These are real applications submitted to Nuneaton council, from retrospective filings and refusals to garage conversions and a change of use. Open any one to see its full record.
1 New Street, Barlestone CV13 0EA
A retrospective change of use turned an existing garage into a cycle repair and second-hand cycle sales business, the built-first work Nuneaton files more of than the norm. The council granted it.
See this property's full record8 Cadeby Court, Sutton Lane, Cadeby CV13 0AR
A retrospective application to split one home into two, with new parking and boundary treatments, was approved after the work had already been carried out.
See this property's full record4 May Meadow Close, Barlestone CV13 0HN
A plan to convert a garage into a habitable room and build a detached garage was turned down, one of the roughly 1 in 14 applications the council refused.
See this property's full record87 Barton Lane, Nailstone CV13 0PY
A proposal to demolish an existing building and greenhouses and put up two new dwellings was refused.
See this property's full record33 Avondale Road, Barlestone CV13 0HX
A first-floor side extension was withdrawn before the council reached a decision.
See this property's full record19 Springhill CV10 0NP
A loft conversion with a rear dormer and a full roof replacement raising the ridge height was approved.
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