Planning approval rate. MHCLG Planning Application Statistics (PS1/PS2), England. Area-level; not a measure of council performance.
The metrics below move with Planning approval rate across UK places. A positive correlation means the two tend to rise together; a negative one means as this rises, the other tends to fall.
| # | Metric | Strength | r | n |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | White Population %demographic | moderate | 0.45 | 503 |
| 2 | No Religion (Census 2021)religion | moderate | 0.44 | 500 |
| 3 | Depression: QOF prevalencehealth | weak | 0.34 | 535 |
| 4 | Intentional self-harm hospital admissions |
Data: precomputed cross-metric correlations (latest period).
| weak |
| 0.32 |
| 535 |
| 5 | Rural-Urban Classificationdemographic | weak | 0.32 | 44 |
| 6 | Net Internal Migrationdemographic | weak | 0.32 | 496 |
| 7 | Over-65s %demographic | weak | 0.32 | 483 |
| 8 | Population Over 65demographic | weak | 0.31 | 482 |
| 9 | COPD: QOF prevalencehealth | weak | 0.31 | 535 |
| 10 | Hypertension: QOF prevalencehealth | weak | 0.31 | 535 |
| 11 | Disabled (Limited a Little) %health | weak | 0.30 | 535 |
| 12 | Born in UK %demographic | weak | 0.28 | 535 |
| 13 | Areademographic | weak | 0.27 | 44 |
| 14 | Suicide rate (Female)health | weak | 0.26 | 509 |
| 15 | Dementia: QOF prevalencehealth | weak | 0.26 | 535 |
| # | Metric | Strength | r | n |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Planning decisions refusedplanning | moderate | -0.53 | 543 |
| 2 | Born in EU %demographic | moderate | -0.44 | 535 |
| 3 | Births to Non-UK Mothers %demographic | moderate | -0.44 | 535 |
| 4 | Religious Hate Crimes (Total)crime | moderate | -0.43 | 315 |
| 5 | English Not Well %demographic | moderate | -0.41 | 535 |
| 6 | Dependency Ratio — Extended Working Projectionprojection | moderate | -0.41 | 482 |
| 7 | Black Population %demographic | weak | -0.40 | 503 |
| 8 | Dependency Ratio — Baseline Projectionprojection | weak | -0.40 | 482 |
| 9 | Vehicle Crime Ratecrime | weak | -0.39 | 486 |
| 10 | Dependency Ratio — High Migration Projectionprojection | weak | -0.39 | 482 |
| 11 | Asian Population %demographic | weak | -0.39 | 503 |
| 12 | Dependency Ratio — Low Fertility Projectionprojection | weak | -0.39 | 482 |
| 13 | Hindu (Census 2021)religion | weak | -0.38 | 500 |
| 14 | Other Ethnicity %demographic | weak | -0.38 | 503 |
| 15 | Born outside EU %demographic | weak | -0.38 | 535 |