Tamworth approves 19 in every 20 planning applications. One of the most permissive councils in England.
Tamworth Borough Council received 260 planning applications in 2025. Of the applications decided across 2024 and 2025, 95.4% were approved, well above the national rate of 87.6%. Only 1 in 22 applications was refused. Home extensions dominated the mix, making up 36.1% of all applications submitted to Tamworth in 2025, against a national average of 29.1%.
The year in one line
Tamworth Borough Council approved 95.4% of decided applications in 2024-2025, well above the national 87.6%, with just 1 in 22 refused. More than a third of all applications were home extensions, far above the national norm.
What Tamworth Is Building
Extensions dominate. Refusals are rare.
Home extensions were by far the most common project, at 36.1% of applications submitted to Tamworth Borough Council in 2025, well above the national norm of 29.1%. Garage conversions were next at 4.7%, against a national average of 2.4%. Retrospective applications, work submitted after it was already done, made up 3.7% of the total, matching the national share exactly.
Applications submitted to Tamworth Borough Council in 2025, by project type.
The approval effect
With 95.4% of decided applications approved across 2024-2025, only 23 out of 501 decided applications were refused. That is far below the national refusal rate of 12.4%, making Tamworth one of the more permissive authorities in England.
The council verdict
An easy place to get permission.
The council approved 95.4% of the applications it decided and refused just 4.6%, compared with a national refusal rate of 12.4%. Only 1 in 22 applications was turned down. The extension-heavy mix reflects a town where owners are adapting and adding to their existing homes rather than replacing them.
Only 1 in 22 Tamworth applications was turned down.
Tamworth applications refused, against the national average of roughly 1 in 8. The council's 95.4% approval rate is well above the national 87.6%.
Tamworth vs The National Norm
A high-approval extension town, by the numbers.
Set Tamworth's figures against the national average and two things stand out. The approval rate of 95.4% is well above the national 87.6%, meaning the council is notably more permissive than most. Home extensions feature in 36.1% of applications here against 29.1% nationally. The categories Tamworth does less of are also clear: demolition runs at just a fifth of the national rate, and dormers are a quarter as common as nationally.
Tamworth's approval rate across 2024-2025, against the national 87.6%. Only 23 of 501 decided applications were refused. That makes this one of the more permissive planning authorities in England.
Each bar is Tamworth's share of applications; the marker is the national share. Rates and shares are computed over the pooled 2024-2025 window for stability.
Meanwhile, the market
Prices rose alongside the building work.
The room to extend is part of the appeal here, and values moved up over the year alongside all that work on existing homes.
Tamworth's planning data paints a clear picture. The council approved 95.4% of decided applications across 2024 and 2025, well above the national 87.6%, and only 1 in 22 applications was turned down. Extensions dominated the mix at 36.1%, above the national norm. For anyone buying in Tamworth, the combination of an extension-minded population and a highly permissive council is a real factor in the town's appeal.
Where the numbers come from
Planning Data
Applications submitted to Tamworth Borough Council in 2025 (volume) and decided applications across 2024-2025 (rates and shares), classified from each application's published description on PlanIt.
Decision Rates
Approval rate is approvals as a share of approvals plus refusals, computed over all decided applications. The national benchmarks are computed the same way across decided applications in England and Wales.
Sales Data
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data for the Tamworth 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 decided in Tamworth in the latest full year, from extensions and conversions to a pair of refusals. Open any one to see its full record.
249 Lichfield Street, Fazeley B78 3QF
A garden room was proposed to the rear of the property, one of the outbuilding applications that contribute to Tamworth's extension-led planning mix. The council confirmed it was lawful.
See this property's full record24 Meadow Way B79 0EE
A two-storey side extension and a single-storey rear extension were approved, the home-extension work that makes up more than a third of Tamworth applications.
See this property's full record95 Woodhouse Lane B77 3AH
Permission was granted for a loft conversion with front and rear dormers and a garage conversion with a new pitched roof, a fuller reworking of an existing home.
See this property's full record46 Tamworth Road, Dosthill B77 1LB
Two-storey side and rear extensions plus front and single-storey rear additions and a detached garage were approved, one application combining several of the town's most common project types.
See this property's full record20 Warwick Road B77 3EU
A proposed detached one-bedroom bungalow was turned down, one of only 23 refusals across 501 decided applications in 2024-2025.
See this property's full record2 Black & White Cottages School Lane, Hopwas B78 3AD
An application to fit replacement windows was refused, a reminder that even minor changes can be turned down on older properties.
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