Response 4038102

Response to request for information

Reference

4038102

Response date

11 June 2026

Request

All Class E planning applications

1. How many Class E planning applications were received each year between 1 January 2021 and 31 December 2025?
2. Of those, how many were approved?
3. Of those, how many were rejected?
4. For each year, how many were rejected on the basis of an Environmental Impact Assessment?

Class E planning applications relating to hospitality uses (restaurants, cafés, takeaways and similar food and drink establishments)

5. How many Class E planning applications relating to hospitality uses were received each year between 1 January 2021 and 31 December 2025?
6. Of those, how many were approved?
7. Of those, how many were rejected?
8. For each year, how many were rejected on the basis of an Environmental Impact Assessment?

Response

All our planning applications are available to view on our online Planning Applications Search

Using the advanced search you can search for planning applications. You can filter the search to the years that you require alongside putting householder in the development type field. You will be able to view all applications giving you the total number, those that were approved, those that were refused, the extension type. If refused, the reasons for refusal would be on the decision notice, available to view on the documents page of the application details.

As such this information is exempt under section 21 of FOIA because it is reasonably accessible to you and the terms of the exemption mean that we do not have to consider whether or not it would be in the public interest for you to have the information.