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Leicester

East Midlands · E06000016 · 189 quarters held (1979 Q2 – 2026 Q2)

Decisions
997
2025 Q3 – 2026 Q2
Refusal rate
18.5%
higher than 86% of authorities
Majors in time
100.0%
threshold 60%
Minors in time
90.7%
threshold 70%
Householder in time
97.1%
no formal threshold
Delegated
97.0%
decisions not to committee
Appellant win rate
29.9%
76 allowed of 254 decided
Decisions overturned
1.1%
quality threshold 10%

Refusal rate trend — last 40 quarters

2016 Q3 → 2026 Q2 · peak 25.9%

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
1,045
in the window
Applications decided
997
in the window
Approval rate
81.5%
813 granted, 184 refused · national median refusal 11.6%
Refusal rate rank 56 of 63 unitary authorities (1 = fewest refusals) · peer median 10.6%
Decided within time
95.0%
rank 89 of 307 reporting authorities · national median 91.4%
Rank 17 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
Major4190.2%100.0%
Minor28477.8%90.7%
Other67282.6%—
of which householder50486.9%97.1%
"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
01723432024 Q3: 281 received2024 Q3: 263 decided2024 Q32024 Q4: 324 received2024 Q4: 339 decided2025 Q1: 290 received2025 Q1: 343 decided2025 Q2: 261 received2025 Q2: 291 decided2025 Q3: 257 received2025 Q3: 289 decided2025 Q4: 252 received2025 Q4: 226 decided2026 Q1: 212 received2026 Q1: 263 decided2026 Q2: 324 received2026 Q2: 219 decided2026 Q2
▬ received   ▬ decided
Housing Delivery Test
HDT 2025 measurement, homes delivered against requirement over 2022/23 to 2024/25
39%
Presumption

Delivery below 75%: the NPPF presumption in favour of sustainable development applies to housing applications here. A material point for any housing proposal.

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 (E06000016). 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)18 Oct 2026 · 68,583 rows nationallyLive tables
Planning application flow (PS1)MHCLG1979 Q2 to 2026 Q2 (189 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 219 181 38 17.4% 100.0% 82.8% 324
2026 Q1 263 204 59 22.4% 100.0% 94.3% 212
2025 Q4 226 186 40 17.7% 100.0% 84.0% 252
2025 Q3 289 242 47 16.3% — 97.5% 257
2025 Q2 291 242 49 16.8% 0.0% 63.6% 261
2025 Q1 343 276 67 19.5% — 41.7% 290
2024 Q4 339 276 63 18.6% 100.0% 46.2% 324
2024 Q3 263 208 55 20.9% 100.0% 34.5% 281
2024 Q2 251 192 59 23.5% 100.0% 44.8% 284
2024 Q1 237 193 44 18.6% 0.0% 68.4% 283
2023 Q4 352 299 53 15.1% 100.0% 79.1% 270
2023 Q3 384 298 86 22.4% 50.0% 73.6% 396
2023 Q2 335 256 79 23.6% 100.0% 78.6% 396
2023 Q1 307 229 78 25.4% 100.0% 70.5% 309
2022 Q4 366 292 74 20.2% 100.0% 53.8% 300
2022 Q3 437 338 99 22.7% 50.0% 32.5% 340
2022 Q2 298 227 71 23.8% 66.7% 28.6% 379
2022 Q1 340 252 88 25.9% 100.0% 48.4% 342
2021 Q4 344 281 63 18.3% 100.0% 70.4% 334
2021 Q3 430 345 85 19.8% 100.0% 72.7% 439
2021 Q2 404 330 74 18.3% 83.3% 68.8% 476
2021 Q1 431 326 105 24.4% 83.3% 61.4% 463
2020 Q4 358 272 86 24.0% 50.0% 65.6% 450
2020 Q3 326 268 58 17.8% 100.0% 56.4% 392
2020 Q2 230 199 31 13.5% 100.0% 57.7% 246
2020 Q1 330 287 43 13.0% 0.0% 67.4% 359
2019 Q4 395 358 37 9.4% 100.0% 76.7% 384
2019 Q3 379 326 53 14.0% 60.0% 74.4% 436
2019 Q2 317 269 48 15.1% 100.0% 71.9% 375
2019 Q1 364 309 55 15.1% 66.7% 61.8% 378
2018 Q4 422 357 65 15.4% 33.3% 55.1% 381
2018 Q3 368 351 17 4.6% 100.0% 91.5% 447
2018 Q2 440 420 20 4.5% 100.0% 81.8% 547
2018 Q1 375 344 31 8.3% 100.0% 87.5% 412
2017 Q4 366 339 27 7.4% 100.0% 86.0% 393
2017 Q3 413 390 23 5.6% 100.0% 83.8% 460
2017 Q2 371 353 18 4.9% 100.0% 87.7% 430
2017 Q1 332 312 20 6.0% 100.0% 80.5% 392
2016 Q4 313 298 15 4.8% 100.0% 88.9% 395
2016 Q3 414 398 16 3.9% 100.0% 87.3% 357
2016 Q2 397 374 23 5.8% 100.0% 98.3% 467
2016 Q1 321 278 43 13.4% 100.0% 91.4% 406
2015 Q4 350 311 39 11.1% 100.0% 84.3% 350
2015 Q3 402 356 46 11.4% 100.0% 84.8% 395
2015 Q2 403 368 35 8.7% 76.5% 80.2% 419
2015 Q1 337 303 34 10.1% 53.8% 80.0% 409
2014 Q4 389 356 33 8.5% 75.0% 87.1% 394
2014 Q3 404 366 38 9.4% 71.4% 89.9% 414
2014 Q2 393 356 37 9.4% 81.0% 82.4% 427
2014 Q1 330 289 36 10.9% 73.7% 77.2% 391
2013 Q4 341 308 31 9.1% 70.0% 77.7% 365
2013 Q3 371 343 26 7.0% 72.7% 76.9% 378
2013 Q2 394 352 35 8.9% 60.9% 72.8% 383
2013 Q1 368 338 28 7.6% 61.9% 68.0% 434
2012 Q4 392 351 38 9.7% 26.1% 61.9% 395
2012 Q3 356 317 35 9.8% 38.9% 61.3% 368
2012 Q2 291 259 27 9.3% 66.7% 65.2% 372
2012 Q1 322 271 41 12.7% 38.9% 69.9% 349
2011 Q4 379 342 33 8.7% 37.5% 68.2% 381
2011 Q3 425 393 31 7.3% 73.3% 84.4% 420
2011 Q2 331 291 39 11.8% 55.6% 70.0% 462
2011 Q1 371 336 33 8.9% 27.8% 76.0% 363
2010 Q4 349 315 31 8.9% 61.5% 71.0% 348
2010 Q3 448 401 44 9.8% 70.4% 77.9% 427
2010 Q2 387 353 33 8.5% 94.1% 81.4% 476
2010 Q1 368 332 35 9.5% 76.0% 79.2% 381
2009 Q4 371 338 31 8.4% 61.5% 82.0% 401
2009 Q3 380 329 49 12.9% 58.8% 80.2% 385
2009 Q2 355 325 27 7.6% 75.0% 70.7% 402
2009 Q1 311 284 25 8.0% 83.3% 84.7% 329
2008 Q4 416 377 37 8.9% 70.4% 78.9% 380
2008 Q3 471 414 56 11.9% 92.6% 84.9% 500
2008 Q2 459 407 51 11.1% 76.7% 74.4% 470
2008 Q1 387 336 47 12.1% 70.8% 73.3% 476
2007 Q4 502 424 76 15.1% 85.0% 77.8% 453
2007 Q3 545 440 104 19.1% 82.8% 93.2% 533
2007 Q2 514 396 114 22.2% 76.5% 89.3% 586
2007 Q1 458 362 95 20.7% 90.9% 93.7% 557
2006 Q4 463 362 98 21.2% 87.1% 93.5% 461
2006 Q3 504 414 88 17.5% 72.7% 87.5% 488
2006 Q2 464 376 86 18.5% 57.7% 90.4% 511
2006 Q1 471 382 89 18.9% 53.8% 87.7% 542
2005 Q4 514 422 88 17.1% 36.4% 79.3% 503
2005 Q3 511 454 56 11.0% 43.8% 71.4% 527
2005 Q2 541 460 80 14.8% 37.1% 82.1% 525
2005 Q1 476 398 76 16.0% 63.0% 77.0% 547
2004 Q4 498 431 64 12.9% 43.8% 71.0% 513
2004 Q3 559 489 69 12.3% 66.7% 77.3% 571
2004 Q2 588 509 75 12.8% 50.0% 84.8% 665
2004 Q1 450 391 51 11.3% 75.0% 64.3% 576
2003 Q4 502 439 58 11.6% 36.8% 73.8% 528
2003 Q3 536 472 60 11.2% 45.5% 73.8% 548
2003 Q2 567 513 50 8.8% 37.5% 71.4% 600
2003 Q1 479 420 56 11.7% 31.6% 59.0% 608
2002 Q4 464 423 38 8.2% 26.7% 60.6% 477
2002 Q3 475 428 44 9.3% 60.0% 61.9% 585
2002 Q2 463 436 26 5.6% 61.1% 74.0% 491
2002 Q1 381 349 31 8.1% 44.4% 68.2% 500
2001 Q4 442 394 47 10.6% 70.0% 64.5% 449
2001 Q3 484 431 51 10.5% 55.6% 68.4% 487
2001 Q2 456 418 35 7.7% 33.3% 66.8% 519
2001 Q1 390 349 40 10.3% 55.6% 68.3% 516
2000 Q4 419 386 27 6.4% 42.9% 63.6% 424
2000 Q3 433 387 42 9.7% 20.0% 54.4% 445
2000 Q2 396 366 30 7.6% 20.0% 68.9% 471
2000 Q1 346 311 34 9.8% 22.2% 74.4% 453
1999 Q4 336 306 29 8.6% 54.5% 58.2% 315
1999 Q3 402 368 33 8.2% 62.5% 70.2% 396
1999 Q2 373 351 20 5.4% 36.4% 67.1% 400
1999 Q1 338 303 32 9.5% 47.1% 68.7% 413
1998 Q4 389 349 37 9.5% 70.0% 62.7% 372
1998 Q3 372 330 39 10.5% 80.0% 62.2% 460
1998 Q2 357 323 29 8.1% 70.6% 65.9% 403
1998 Q1 351 300 49 14.0% 53.3% 46.4% 362
1997 Q4 365 320 44 12.1% 66.7% 57.4% 325
1997 Q3 355 324 29 8.2% 77.8% 51.2% 424
1997 Q2 384 347 32 8.3% 61.1% 50.4% 390
1997 Q1 345 304 39 11.3% 66.7% 48.7% 378
1996 Q4 376 328 39 10.4% 33.3% 48.7% 383
1996 Q3 383 331 41 10.7% 100.0% 45.0% 407
1996 Q2 353 304 45 12.7% 57.1% 52.2% 447
1996 Q1 1,055 942 113 10.7% 36.8% 42.3% —
1995 Q4 1,155 1,049 106 9.2% 33.9% 45.5% —
1995 Q3 1,329 1,192 137 10.3% 25.5% 59.5% —
1995 Q2 1,098 972 126 11.5% 38.9% 41.9% —
1995 Q1 59 54 5 8.5% 100.0% 87.5% —
1994 Q4 60 57 3 5.0% 100.0% 93.8% —
1994 Q3 61 60 1 1.6% 77.8% 83.3% —
1994 Q2 58 58 0 0.0% 100.0% 100.0% —
1994 Q1 49 49 0 0.0% 100.0% 93.3% —
1993 Q4 55 52 3 5.5% 100.0% 94.4% —
1993 Q3 65 61 4 6.2% 100.0% 87.1% —
1993 Q2 73 66 7 9.6% 81.8% 87.5% —
1993 Q1 66 64 2 3.0% 83.3% 83.3% —
1992 Q4 42 42 0 0.0% 100.0% 90.0% —
1992 Q3 28 26 2 7.1% 100.0% 90.0% —
1992 Q2 42 37 5 11.9% 83.3% 95.2% —
1992 Q1 59 59 0 0.0% 100.0% 65.6% —
1991 Q4 55 51 4 7.3% 75.0% 95.7% —
1991 Q3 51 48 3 5.9% 86.7% 80.0% —
1991 Q2 39 38 1 2.6% 85.7% 70.0% —
1991 Q1 47 45 2 4.3% 100.0% 68.8% —
1990 Q4 60 51 9 15.0% 100.0% 87.0% —
1990 Q3 56 56 0 0.0% 71.4% 70.8% —
1990 Q2 53 48 5 9.4% 57.1% 47.4% —
1990 Q1 28 26 2 7.1% 66.7% 60.0% —
1989 Q4 41 38 3 7.3% 50.0% 28.6% —
1989 Q3 46 42 4 8.7% 100.0% 25.0% —
1989 Q2 34 26 8 23.5% 77.8% 80.0% —
1989 Q1 36 31 5 13.9% 100.0% 64.3% —
1988 Q4 14 12 2 14.3% 100.0% 100.0% —
1988 Q3 1,584 1,398 186 11.7% 45.9% 43.1% —
1988 Q2 1,449 1,301 148 10.2% 66.7% 38.0% —
1988 Q1 1,176 1,038 138 11.7% 54.1% 51.4% —
1987 Q4 1,235 1,112 123 10.0% 75.6% 56.9% —
1987 Q3 1,224 1,103 121 9.9% 65.0% 50.3% —
1987 Q2 1,278 1,169 109 8.5% 70.1% 49.7% —
1987 Q1 1,053 929 124 11.8% 51.8% 56.1% —
1986 Q4 1,107 980 127 11.5% 59.0% 53.2% —
1986 Q3 1,234 1,115 119 9.6% 66.7% 50.9% —
1986 Q2 1,135 1,010 125 11.0% 67.3% 57.1% —
1986 Q1 911 808 103 11.3% 50.0% 50.7% —
1985 Q4 1,044 928 116 11.1% 38.2% 53.8% —
1985 Q3 1,242 1,076 166 13.4% 47.8% 56.3% —
1985 Q2 1,237 1,112 125 10.1% 52.8% 55.1% —
1985 Q1 918 775 143 15.6% 40.0% 55.7% —
1984 Q4 1,066 912 154 14.4% 53.3% 55.0% —
1984 Q3 1,152 996 156 13.5% 54.5% 56.3% —
1984 Q2 1,380 1,208 172 12.5% 55.6% 50.0% —
1984 Q1 991 869 122 12.3% 36.1% 60.8% —
1983 Q4 1,030 884 146 14.2% 51.2% 55.2% —
1983 Q3 1,153 999 154 13.4% 37.0% 52.4% —
1983 Q2 1,348 1,186 162 12.0% 64.5% 49.7% —
1983 Q1 960 806 154 16.0% 77.1% 57.9% —
1982 Q4 1,005 871 134 13.3% 53.8% 62.5% —
1982 Q3 1,183 1,036 147 12.4% 53.8% 56.6% —
1982 Q2 1,110 994 116 10.5% 65.5% 64.2% —
1982 Q1 995 851 144 14.5% 51.0% 63.3% —
1981 Q4 1,073 941 132 12.3% 64.7% 66.8% —
1981 Q3 1,357 1,162 195 14.4% 23.2% 55.4% —
1981 Q2 1,754 1,461 293 16.7% 69.4% 43.9% —
1981 Q1 1,543 1,318 225 14.6% 78.8% 67.8% —
1980 Q4 1,665 1,419 246 14.8% 74.1% 71.8% —
1980 Q3 1,786 1,550 236 13.2% 69.3% 65.2% —
1980 Q2 2,239 1,980 259 11.6% 74.4% 50.1% —
1980 Q1 1,888 1,669 219 11.6% 75.8% 62.2% —
1979 Q4 1,593 1,354 239 15.0% 68.8% 56.0% —
1979 Q3 1,686 1,466 220 13.0% 73.9% 52.0% —
1979 Q2 1,594 1,401 193 12.1% 65.2% 32.8% —

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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