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Warrington

North West · E06000007 · 189 quarters held (1979 Q2 – 2026 Q2)

Decisions
843
2025 Q3 – 2026 Q2
Refusal rate
21.5%
higher than 92% of authorities
Majors in time
85.7%
threshold 60%
Minors in time
93.5%
threshold 70%
Householder in time
94.9%
no formal threshold
Delegated
94.5%
decisions not to committee
Appellant win rate
34.8%
88 allowed of 253 decided
Decisions overturned
1.7%
quality threshold 10%

Refusal rate trend — last 40 quarters

2016 Q3 → 2026 Q2 · peak 30.8%

Official statistics — is development moving through the system?

MHCLG quarterly planning returns (PS1/PS2), last 4 quarters 2025 Q3 to 2026 Q2, and the government's latest Housing Delivery Test. These are the authority's own statutory returns, not our scrape.

Applications received
897
in the window
Applications decided
843
in the window
Approval rate
78.5%
662 granted, 181 refused · national median refusal 11.6%
Refusal rate rank 60 of 63 unitary authorities (1 = fewest refusals) · peer median 10.6%
Decided within time
94.7%
rank 96 of 307 reporting authorities · national median 91.4%
Rank 19 of 63 unitary authorities · peer median 90.6%

Peer ranks compare only unitary authorities with more than 50 decisions in the window, the same floor as the national rank. A rank among peers is the fairer read: types of authority carry very different caseloads.

Performance by development type
TypeDecisionsApprovedIn time
Major3284.4%85.7%
Minor20075.0%93.5%
Other61179.4%—
of which householder50180.4%94.9%
"In time" = within the statutory period or an agreed extension, excluding prior approvals. "Other" covers everything that is neither major nor minor; householder figures are measured against the 8-week period.
Applications through the system
Last 8 quarters held
01432862024 Q3: 212 received2024 Q3: 174 decided2024 Q32024 Q4: 188 received2024 Q4: 192 decided2025 Q1: 271 received2025 Q1: 215 decided2025 Q2: 219 received2025 Q2: 273 decided2025 Q3: 200 received2025 Q3: 224 decided2025 Q4: 205 received2025 Q4: 189 decided2026 Q1: 286 received2026 Q1: 197 decided2026 Q2: 206 received2026 Q2: 233 decided2026 Q2
▬ received   ▬ decided
Housing Delivery Test
HDT 2025 measurement, homes delivered against requirement over 2022/23 to 2024/25
134%
No consequence

Delivery at or above 95%: no HDT consequence.

Where these figures come from. Each dataset below is the publisher's own file, loaded unchanged; rows are matched to this authority by its ONS code (E06000007). Missing values are shown as "—" and are never estimated or filled from another period.
DatasetPublisherCovers this authorityLoadedOfficial source
Planning application decisions (PS2)MHCLG1979 Q2 to 2026 Q2 (189 quarters)25 Oct 2026 · 68,583 rows nationallyLive tables
Planning application flow (PS1)MHCLG1979 Q2 to 2026 Q2 (189 quarters)25 Oct 2026 · 42,861 rows nationallyLive tables
Housing Delivery Test 2025MHCLG2022/23 to 2024/2518 Aug 2026Measurement
Open Government Licence v3.0. The MHCLG tables are reloaded every Sunday; the loaded date is the last successful run.

Quarterly history

QuarterDecisions GrantedRefused Refusal %Majors in time Minors in timeReceived
2026 Q2 233 191 42 18.0% 100.0% 87.0% 206
2026 Q1 197 161 36 18.3% 66.7% 88.2% 286
2025 Q4 189 155 34 18.0% 100.0% 100.0% 205
2025 Q3 224 155 69 30.8% 66.7% 100.0% 200
2025 Q2 273 224 49 17.9% — 94.3% 219
2025 Q1 215 153 62 28.8% 100.0% 65.2% 271
2024 Q4 192 155 37 19.3% — 95.5% 188
2024 Q3 174 132 42 24.1% 75.0% 88.9% 212
2024 Q2 262 196 66 25.2% 100.0% 66.7% 198
2024 Q1 279 220 59 21.1% 100.0% 42.1% 223
2023 Q4 280 223 57 20.4% 100.0% 27.8% 210
2023 Q3 290 240 50 17.2% 100.0% 11.1% 202
2023 Q2 257 226 31 12.1% 100.0% 18.2% 227
2023 Q1 262 227 35 13.4% 100.0% 40.0% 210
2022 Q4 351 321 30 8.5% 100.0% 70.0% 265
2022 Q3 192 161 31 16.1% 100.0% 0.0% 298
2022 Q2 199 172 27 13.6% 66.7% 87.5% 151
2022 Q1 240 206 34 14.2% 100.0% 80.0% 287
2021 Q4 280 248 32 11.4% 100.0% 66.7% 301
2021 Q3 284 249 35 12.3% 100.0% 62.5% 313
2021 Q2 333 306 27 8.1% 100.0% 80.0% 360
2021 Q1 312 302 10 3.2% 75.0% 90.0% 419
2020 Q4 250 230 20 8.0% 100.0% 82.4% 332
2020 Q3 286 274 12 4.2% 100.0% 100.0% 351
2020 Q2 268 245 23 8.6% 100.0% 95.2% 253
2020 Q1 254 231 23 9.1% 80.0% 81.8% 307
2019 Q4 276 253 23 8.3% 100.0% 76.9% 271
2019 Q3 269 252 17 6.3% 100.0% 69.2% 329
2019 Q2 253 229 24 9.5% 90.0% 53.8% 343
2019 Q1 233 209 24 10.3% 100.0% 77.8% 345
2018 Q4 312 265 47 15.1% 100.0% 82.5% 301
2018 Q3 319 286 33 10.3% 80.0% 90.2% 323
2018 Q2 352 312 40 11.4% 85.7% 48.1% 338
2018 Q1 257 208 49 19.1% 100.0% 88.9% 412
2017 Q4 276 239 37 13.4% 100.0% 85.7% 353
2017 Q3 298 264 34 11.4% 100.0% 87.5% 316
2017 Q2 339 296 43 12.7% 100.0% 92.3% 367
2017 Q1 288 259 29 10.1% 100.0% 88.9% 354
2016 Q4 282 254 28 9.9% 90.0% 93.9% 309
2016 Q3 337 308 29 8.6% 100.0% 88.2% 367
2016 Q2 381 350 31 8.1% 75.0% 73.2% 346
2016 Q1 287 260 27 9.4% 100.0% 45.3% 385
2015 Q4 265 222 43 16.2% 100.0% 71.1% 361
2015 Q3 274 233 41 15.0% 100.0% 94.6% 373
2015 Q2 295 260 35 11.9% 100.0% 85.7% 514
2015 Q1 253 215 38 15.0% 100.0% 89.3% 365
2014 Q4 301 266 35 11.6% 100.0% 90.3% 564
2014 Q3 223 191 32 14.3% 100.0% 60.7% 360
2014 Q2 254 225 29 11.4% 100.0% 30.0% 365
2014 Q1 281 224 29 10.3% 100.0% 81.7% 378
2013 Q4 285 236 32 11.2% 100.0% 84.4% 384
2013 Q3 286 234 32 11.2% 72.7% 76.8% 335
2013 Q2 361 293 42 11.6% 58.8% 80.0% 414
2013 Q1 310 253 34 11.0% 36.4% 60.8% 336
2012 Q4 263 218 25 9.5% 60.0% 58.3% 298
2012 Q3 315 251 31 9.8% 63.6% 64.3% 403
2012 Q2 349 264 48 13.8% 69.2% 76.1% 440
2012 Q1 266 223 24 9.0% 37.5% 76.5% 371
2011 Q4 291 230 33 11.3% 50.0% 84.2% 295
2011 Q3 295 242 34 11.5% 75.0% 85.1% 343
2011 Q2 337 285 34 10.1% 84.6% 83.3% 343
2011 Q1 255 217 22 8.6% 75.0% 81.1% 363
2010 Q4 325 271 36 11.1% 83.3% 87.3% 354
2010 Q3 322 264 51 15.8% 85.7% 80.3% 360
2010 Q2 272 238 30 11.0% 100.0% 81.8% 359
2010 Q1 269 218 35 13.0% 81.8% 84.6% 412
2009 Q4 265 212 29 10.9% 90.0% 86.6% 361
2009 Q3 322 266 32 9.9% 81.8% 94.7% 372
2009 Q2 329 274 25 7.6% 100.0% 89.0% 412
2009 Q1 263 214 25 9.5% 85.7% 87.9% 388
2008 Q4 368 317 34 9.2% 90.0% 93.6% 371
2008 Q3 398 338 46 11.6% 28.6% 84.6% 437
2008 Q2 433 388 45 10.4% 100.0% 81.7% 505
2008 Q1 838 368 51 6.1% 80.0% 80.2% 557
2007 Q4 433 385 48 11.1% 94.1% 91.6% 486
2007 Q3 417 372 45 10.8% 88.2% 92.6% 547
2007 Q2 504 447 57 11.3% 76.9% 91.9% 599
2007 Q1 444 372 71 16.0% 92.9% 77.9% 568
2006 Q4 477 404 71 14.9% 85.2% 85.5% 568
2006 Q3 462 400 61 13.2% 82.4% 96.2% 589
2006 Q2 488 418 70 14.3% 80.0% 89.0% 537
2006 Q1 424 368 56 13.2% 78.6% 97.0% 532
2005 Q4 448 385 60 13.4% 69.2% 87.7% 475
2005 Q3 565 507 58 10.3% 68.8% 87.4% 552
2005 Q2 524 447 77 14.7% 47.1% 82.9% 556
2005 Q1 510 451 59 11.6% 39.1% 76.3% 601
2004 Q4 585 524 61 10.4% 47.6% 72.9% 537
2004 Q3 734 639 91 12.4% 56.3% 70.6% 721
2004 Q2 547 479 66 12.1% 46.2% 35.4% 671
2004 Q1 543 494 46 8.5% 28.6% 52.3% 593
2003 Q4 519 458 59 11.4% 52.4% 61.0% 525
2003 Q3 591 524 64 10.8% 75.0% 71.4% 642
2003 Q2 563 487 68 12.1% 16.7% 51.2% 517
2003 Q1 460 392 63 13.7% 50.0% 51.3% 576
2002 Q4 589 493 79 13.4% 22.7% 42.1% 504
2002 Q3 471 415 39 8.3% 31.6% 33.3% 528
2002 Q2 495 425 58 11.7% 21.4% 17.3% 474
2002 Q1 386 334 46 11.9% 40.0% 49.4% 560
2001 Q4 559 484 62 11.1% 20.0% 32.7% 548
2001 Q3 447 386 43 9.6% 61.1% 38.8% 502
2001 Q2 441 391 36 8.2% 58.8% 28.3% 473
2001 Q1 574 507 47 8.2% 56.5% 37.2% 590
2000 Q4 465 435 30 6.5% 51.9% 55.7% 516
2000 Q3 415 341 36 8.7% 56.0% 57.6% 418
2000 Q2 445 385 34 7.6% 45.8% 64.2% 461
2000 Q1 326 276 31 9.5% 73.7% 62.7% 426
1999 Q4 377 325 26 6.9% 52.9% 70.6% 361
1999 Q3 409 346 36 8.8% 62.5% 68.2% 481
1999 Q2 412 345 31 7.5% 55.6% 75.0% 423
1999 Q1 329 245 44 13.4% 61.5% 64.4% 392
1998 Q4 385 289 59 15.3% 73.7% 50.8% 356
1998 Q3 400 328 46 11.5% 56.0% 39.5% 404
1998 Q2 369 300 34 9.2% 46.7% 31.3% 370
1998 Q1 273 217 30 11.0% 40.0% 23.1% 348
1997 Q4 289 228 26 9.0% 50.0% 46.5% 291
1997 Q3 409 325 50 12.2% 39.1% 32.0% 385
1997 Q2 399 344 38 9.5% 59.3% 46.6% 441
1997 Q1 319 250 34 10.7% 65.0% 40.0% 362
1996 Q4 335 250 48 14.3% 80.0% 49.2% 338
1996 Q3 338 261 46 13.6% 61.3% 28.1% 390
1996 Q2 335 259 37 11.0% 53.8% 38.2% 331
1996 Q1 315 279 36 11.4% 0.0% 36.1% —
1995 Q4 264 229 35 13.3% 16.7% 41.8% —
1995 Q3 279 251 28 10.0% 28.6% 45.3% —
1995 Q2 313 288 25 8.0% 33.3% 32.6% —
1995 Q1 294 256 38 12.9% 12.5% 39.0% —
1994 Q4 262 230 32 12.2% 25.0% 42.6% —
1994 Q3 293 262 31 10.6% 60.0% 43.2% —
1994 Q2 354 311 43 12.1% 60.0% 29.1% —
1994 Q1 242 203 39 16.1% 0.0% 37.5% —
1993 Q4 236 189 47 19.9% 40.0% 37.3% —
1993 Q3 298 258 40 13.4% 45.5% 53.4% —
1993 Q2 294 253 41 13.9% 45.5% 63.7% —
1993 Q1 228 178 50 21.9% 75.0% 39.7% —
1992 Q4 329 260 69 21.0% 91.7% 51.6% —
1992 Q3 271 228 43 15.9% 33.3% 46.2% —
1992 Q2 317 250 67 21.1% 75.0% 47.0% —
1992 Q1 255 204 51 20.0% 52.9% 50.6% —
1991 Q4 276 224 52 18.8% 63.2% 46.7% —
1991 Q3 286 238 48 16.8% 66.7% 54.3% —
1991 Q2 305 238 67 22.0% 88.9% 63.2% —
1991 Q1 302 247 55 18.2% 66.7% 52.5% —
1990 Q4 278 214 64 23.0% 53.8% 59.5% —
1990 Q3 383 304 79 20.6% 46.2% 61.5% —
1990 Q2 404 295 109 27.0% 58.8% 48.2% —
1990 Q1 354 281 73 20.6% 63.6% 23.4% —
1989 Q4 374 287 87 23.3% 50.0% 24.8% —
1989 Q3 483 387 96 19.9% 35.0% 24.0% —
1989 Q2 463 374 89 19.2% 31.3% 1.4% —
1989 Q1 317 249 68 21.5% 35.7% 11.2% —
1988 Q4 353 288 65 18.4% 33.3% 16.0% —
1988 Q3 505 403 102 20.2% 46.8% 17.9% —
1988 Q2 497 412 85 17.1% 54.5% 29.3% —
1988 Q1 300 250 50 16.7% 65.2% 42.2% —
1987 Q4 329 266 63 19.1% 73.5% 63.9% —
1987 Q3 406 339 67 16.5% 65.2% 61.7% —
1987 Q2 452 364 88 19.5% 78.8% 69.3% —
1987 Q1 350 302 48 13.7% 64.0% 55.9% —
1986 Q4 349 308 41 11.7% 76.3% 66.9% —
1986 Q3 465 404 61 13.1% 85.7% 66.0% —
1986 Q2 362 311 51 14.1% 86.5% 69.4% —
1986 Q1 383 313 70 18.3% 70.6% 55.2% —
1985 Q4 348 277 71 20.4% 69.4% 52.6% —
1985 Q3 455 397 58 12.7% 73.3% 63.3% —
1985 Q2 374 327 47 12.6% 79.2% 60.7% —
1985 Q1 264 233 31 11.7% 84.6% 78.2% —
1984 Q4 366 312 54 14.8% 76.2% 57.3% —
1984 Q3 354 307 47 13.3% 76.0% 58.6% —
1984 Q2 366 307 59 16.1% 80.6% 64.1% —
1984 Q1 297 241 56 18.9% 64.7% 74.3% —
1983 Q4 296 238 58 19.6% 73.3% 69.8% —
1983 Q3 353 298 55 15.6% 66.7% 62.1% —
1983 Q2 352 293 59 16.8% 75.0% 67.3% —
1983 Q1 274 226 48 17.5% 88.0% 57.3% —
1982 Q4 289 233 56 19.4% 69.0% 62.0% —
1982 Q3 320 259 61 19.1% 89.3% 55.9% —
1982 Q2 360 301 59 16.4% 72.0% 66.1% —
1982 Q1 317 264 53 16.7% 65.7% 56.9% —
1981 Q4 280 235 45 16.1% 76.5% 62.1% —
1981 Q3 363 312 51 14.0% 66.7% 52.0% —
1981 Q2 486 386 100 20.6% 77.4% 49.3% —
1981 Q1 345 295 50 14.5% 78.1% 57.9% —
1980 Q4 383 303 80 20.9% 81.4% 62.9% —
1980 Q3 456 352 104 22.8% 70.0% 56.1% —
1980 Q2 466 401 65 13.9% 80.6% 39.1% —
1980 Q1 367 311 56 15.3% 77.4% 48.1% —
1979 Q4 374 302 72 19.3% 80.8% 50.0% —
1979 Q3 413 347 66 16.0% 81.0% 52.0% —
1979 Q2 349 294 55 15.8% 71.4% 58.9% —

Decisions and speed: MHCLG planning application statistics (PS1/PS2), Open Government Licence v3.0, 2025 Q3 – 2026 Q2. Speed figures exclude prior approvals and are measured against the statutory period or agreed extension. Appeal figures: our aggregation of published Planning Inspectorate decisions, 2021–2026 — a different period from the decision figures above. Designation thresholds shown are indicative, not official.

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