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Blackburn with Darwen

North West · E06000008 · 113 quarters held (1998 Q2 – 2026 Q2)

Decisions
478
2025 Q3 – 2026 Q2
Refusal rate
3.1%
higher than 1% of authorities
Majors in time
100.0%
threshold 60%
Minors in time
100.0%
threshold 70%
Householder in time
100.0%
no formal threshold
Delegated
90.2%
decisions not to committee
Appellant win rate
19.4%
13 allowed of 67 decided
Decisions overturned
0.4%
quality threshold 10%

Refusal rate trend — last 40 quarters

2016 Q3 → 2026 Q2 · peak 19.3%

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
593
in the window
Applications decided
478
in the window
Approval rate
96.9%
463 granted, 15 refused · national median refusal 11.6%
Refusal rate rank 1 of 63 unitary authorities (1 = fewest refusals) · peer median 10.6%
Decided within time
100.0%
rank 1 of 307 reporting authorities · national median 91.4%
Rank 1 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
Major21100.0%100.0%
Minor11093.6%100.0%
Other34797.7%—
of which householder254100.0%100.0%
"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
0891772024 Q3: 158 received2024 Q3: 140 decided2024 Q32024 Q4: 134 received2024 Q4: 119 decided2025 Q1: 177 received2025 Q1: 103 decided2025 Q2: 161 received2025 Q2: 138 decided2025 Q3: 149 received2025 Q3: 137 decided2025 Q4: 153 received2025 Q4: 122 decided2026 Q1: 159 received2026 Q1: 122 decided2026 Q2: 132 received2026 Q2: 97 decided2026 Q2
▬ received   ▬ decided
Housing Delivery Test
HDT 2025 measurement, homes delivered against requirement over 2022/23 to 2024/25
381%
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 (E06000008). Missing values are shown as "—" and are never estimated or filled from another period.
DatasetPublisherCovers this authorityLoadedOfficial source
Planning application decisions (PS2)MHCLG1998 Q2 to 2026 Q2 (113 quarters)18 Oct 2026 · 68,583 rows nationallyLive tables
Planning application flow (PS1)MHCLG1998 Q2 to 2026 Q2 (113 quarters)18 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 97 95 2 2.1% 100.0% 100.0% 132
2026 Q1 122 120 2 1.6% — 100.0% 159
2025 Q4 122 116 6 4.9% 100.0% 100.0% 153
2025 Q3 137 132 5 3.6% 100.0% 100.0% 149
2025 Q2 138 128 10 7.2% 100.0% 100.0% 161
2025 Q1 103 96 7 6.8% 100.0% 100.0% 177
2024 Q4 119 112 7 5.9% — 100.0% 134
2024 Q3 140 131 9 6.4% 100.0% 100.0% 158
2024 Q2 156 137 19 12.2% 100.0% 100.0% 162
2024 Q1 140 135 5 3.6% — 100.0% 200
2023 Q4 147 133 14 9.5% 100.0% 100.0% 175
2023 Q3 144 135 9 6.3% 100.0% 100.0% 173
2023 Q2 140 120 20 14.3% 100.0% 94.7% 185
2023 Q1 129 117 12 9.3% 100.0% 94.1% 175
2022 Q4 184 162 22 12.0% 100.0% 100.0% 181
2022 Q3 164 146 18 11.0% 100.0% 95.7% 175
2022 Q2 159 141 18 11.3% — 100.0% 226
2022 Q1 167 158 9 5.4% 100.0% 92.9% 187
2021 Q4 199 176 23 11.6% 100.0% 87.5% 225
2021 Q3 189 167 22 11.6% 50.0% 89.3% 229
2021 Q2 186 173 13 7.0% 80.0% 96.3% 260
2021 Q1 162 143 19 11.7% 100.0% 79.4% 240
2020 Q4 154 138 16 10.4% 100.0% 100.0% 193
2020 Q3 140 124 16 11.4% 100.0% 93.3% 209
2020 Q2 102 88 14 13.7% — 94.1% 169
2020 Q1 129 117 12 9.3% 100.0% 82.6% 203
2019 Q4 148 131 17 11.5% 100.0% 96.2% 167
2019 Q3 154 138 16 10.4% 85.7% 96.8% 192
2019 Q2 161 130 31 19.3% 80.0% 87.5% 220
2019 Q1 141 119 22 15.6% 100.0% 96.4% 203
2018 Q4 158 144 14 8.9% 100.0% 100.0% 193
2018 Q3 172 151 21 12.2% 100.0% 96.8% 207
2018 Q2 163 139 24 14.7% 100.0% 100.0% 228
2018 Q1 152 130 22 14.5% 80.0% 95.2% 185
2017 Q4 169 149 20 11.8% 100.0% 84.6% 202
2017 Q3 199 180 19 9.5% 100.0% 93.5% 224
2017 Q2 166 149 17 10.2% — 100.0% 244
2017 Q1 198 173 25 12.6% 100.0% 95.9% 255
2016 Q4 145 126 19 13.1% 100.0% 93.0% 174
2016 Q3 201 176 25 12.4% 100.0% 86.9% 242
2016 Q2 189 152 37 19.6% 100.0% 89.2% 275
2016 Q1 198 180 18 9.1% 100.0% 71.1% 263
2015 Q4 160 143 17 10.6% 100.0% 73.9% 222
2015 Q3 206 162 44 21.4% 100.0% 61.8% 216
2015 Q2 161 139 22 13.7% 100.0% 33.3% 279
2015 Q1 149 124 25 16.8% 25.0% 26.3% 174
2014 Q4 113 89 24 21.2% 66.7% 5.7% 150
2014 Q3 152 118 34 22.4% 60.0% 36.4% 175
2014 Q2 131 104 27 20.6% 0.0% 12.2% 192
2014 Q1 154 116 30 19.5% 57.1% 45.9% 181
2013 Q4 159 117 31 19.5% 33.3% 62.5% 215
2013 Q3 143 108 24 16.8% 16.7% 43.8% 144
2013 Q2 169 125 37 21.9% 66.7% 63.6% 191
2013 Q1 168 131 25 14.9% 66.7% 63.6% 211
2012 Q4 186 142 31 16.7% 53.8% 64.4% 170
2012 Q3 208 166 30 14.4% 83.3% 63.3% 239
2012 Q2 217 165 38 17.5% 37.5% 63.5% 237
2012 Q1 217 165 38 17.5% 37.5% 63.5% 237
2011 Q4 173 150 17 9.8% 0.0% 64.6% 181
2011 Q3 221 163 41 18.6% — 45.3% 197
2011 Q2 216 171 33 15.3% 0.0% 71.2% 268
2011 Q1 158 121 27 17.1% 20.0% 69.2% 213
2010 Q4 189 146 32 16.9% 60.0% 74.5% 190
2010 Q3 202 152 38 18.8% 83.3% 72.5% 195
2010 Q2 202 154 39 19.3% 50.0% 83.6% 227
2010 Q1 171 123 42 24.6% 37.5% 87.9% 219
2009 Q4 222 159 47 21.2% 62.5% 64.8% 210
2009 Q3 218 140 59 27.1% 75.0% 76.3% 240
2009 Q2 219 173 44 20.1% 78.6% 76.5% 272
2009 Q1 161 118 33 20.5% 57.1% 55.6% 238
2008 Q4 267 181 81 30.3% 69.2% 71.3% 224
2008 Q3 251 193 49 19.5% 33.3% 59.2% 266
2008 Q2 215 188 24 11.2% 87.5% 78.2% 300
2008 Q1 264 207 51 19.3% 88.9% 72.8% 256
2007 Q4 274 199 68 24.8% 57.1% 78.4% 319
2007 Q3 299 217 74 24.7% 33.3% 67.5% 333
2007 Q2 322 250 54 16.8% 71.4% 88.4% 358
2007 Q1 267 210 51 19.1% 88.9% 73.2% 315
2006 Q4 267 212 47 17.6% 69.2% 80.0% 270
2006 Q3 306 232 63 20.6% 66.7% 80.5% 342
2006 Q2 284 218 58 20.4% 63.6% 68.6% 325
2006 Q1 245 182 51 20.8% 78.6% 62.1% 279
2005 Q4 272 227 41 15.1% 56.3% 64.3% 292
2005 Q3 358 286 64 17.9% 50.0% 71.8% 365
2005 Q2 288 243 39 13.5% 50.0% 67.6% 352
2005 Q1 250 212 34 13.6% 45.5% 69.0% 326
2004 Q4 297 237 51 17.2% 55.6% 75.6% 310
2004 Q3 356 308 41 11.5% 63.6% 68.9% 358
2004 Q2 296 248 38 12.8% 22.2% 61.0% 406
2004 Q1 249 207 37 14.9% 61.5% 60.5% 315
2003 Q4 321 264 55 17.1% 66.7% 63.3% 313
2003 Q3 317 282 33 10.4% 63.6% 76.1% 341
2003 Q2 289 249 36 12.5% 46.2% 69.6% 346
2003 Q1 232 202 30 12.9% 57.9% 62.0% 290
2002 Q4 275 244 28 10.2% 0.0% 60.8% 257
2002 Q3 232 196 36 15.5% 27.3% 54.8% 289
2002 Q2 217 190 25 11.5% 0.0% 62.5% 262
2002 Q1 208 182 24 11.5% 42.9% 39.8% 240
2001 Q4 231 194 32 13.9% 16.7% 59.5% 227
2001 Q3 245 215 15 6.1% 57.1% 47.9% 261
2001 Q2 225 183 24 10.7% 40.0% 30.5% 263
2001 Q1 208 182 24 11.5% 42.9% 39.8% 182
2000 Q4 202 164 21 10.4% 40.0% 70.8% 194
2000 Q3 0 0 0 — — — 171
2000 Q2 181 108 18 9.9% 62.5% 17.9% 154
2000 Q1 214 126 25 11.7% 50.0% 35.7% 273
1999 Q4 218 120 30 13.8% 81.8% 66.7% 224
1999 Q3 246 142 23 9.3% 30.8% 27.3% 233
1999 Q2 226 134 23 10.2% 66.7% 17.6% 249
1999 Q1 197 116 27 13.7% 0.0% 20.7% 226
1998 Q4 173 105 18 10.4% 20.0% 25.9% 198
1998 Q3 253 214 39 15.4% 37.5% 41.9% 237
1998 Q2 205 184 21 10.2% 33.3% 29.3% 226

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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