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Stoke-on-Trent

West Midlands · E06000021 · 189 quarters held (1979 Q2 – 2026 Q2)

Decisions
551
2025 Q3 – 2026 Q2
Refusal rate
13.1%
higher than 59% of authorities
Majors in time
60.0%
threshold 60%
Minors in time
90.9%
threshold 70%
Householder in time
98.4%
no formal threshold
Delegated
95.8%
decisions not to committee
Appellant win rate
39.4%
39 allowed of 99 decided
Decisions overturned
1.2%
quality threshold 10%

Refusal rate trend — last 40 quarters

2016 Q3 → 2026 Q2 · peak 25.0%

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
583
in the window
Applications decided
551
in the window
Approval rate
86.9%
479 granted, 72 refused · national median refusal 11.6%
Refusal rate rank 42 of 63 unitary authorities (1 = fewest refusals) · peer median 10.6%
Decided within time
91.5%
rank 152 of 307 reporting authorities · national median 91.4%
Rank 30 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
Major3488.2%60.0%
Minor17886.0%90.9%
Other33987.3%—
of which householder20790.8%98.4%
"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
0981952024 Q3: 159 received2024 Q3: 156 decided2024 Q32024 Q4: 141 received2024 Q4: 146 decided2025 Q1: 128 received2025 Q1: 125 decided2025 Q2: 96 received2025 Q2: 62 decided2025 Q3: 124 received2025 Q3: 100 decided2025 Q4: 195 received2025 Q4: 133 decided2026 Q1: 127 received2026 Q1: 180 decided2026 Q2: 137 received2026 Q2: 138 decided2026 Q2
▬ received   ▬ decided
Housing Delivery Test
HDT 2025 measurement, homes delivered against requirement over 2022/23 to 2024/25
66%
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 (E06000021). 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 138 111 27 19.6% 100.0% 85.7% 137
2026 Q1 180 156 24 13.3% 0.0% 84.6% 127
2025 Q4 133 119 14 10.5% 50.0% 100.0% 195
2025 Q3 100 93 7 7.0% 100.0% 100.0% 124
2025 Q2 62 49 13 21.0% — 70.0% 96
2025 Q1 125 99 26 20.8% — 100.0% 128
2024 Q4 146 119 27 18.5% 100.0% 94.1% 141
2024 Q3 156 119 37 23.7% 100.0% 86.4% 159
2024 Q2 147 119 28 19.0% 100.0% 100.0% 145
2024 Q1 129 100 29 22.5% 100.0% 95.5% 163
2023 Q4 164 123 41 25.0% 100.0% 94.7% 134
2023 Q3 134 111 23 17.2% — 88.9% 149
2023 Q2 164 133 31 18.9% 100.0% 100.0% 167
2023 Q1 165 137 28 17.0% 100.0% 95.2% 186
2022 Q4 160 138 22 13.8% 100.0% 94.4% 140
2022 Q3 234 211 23 9.8% 100.0% 100.0% 190
2022 Q2 223 198 25 11.2% — 83.3% 228
2022 Q1 188 157 31 16.5% 100.0% 74.1% 266
2021 Q4 209 183 26 12.4% 100.0% 41.2% 177
2021 Q3 192 161 31 16.1% — 40.9% 217
2021 Q2 193 160 33 17.1% 0.0% 55.2% 194
2021 Q1 173 150 23 13.3% 100.0% 72.7% 196
2020 Q4 174 164 10 5.7% 60.0% 53.3% 213
2020 Q3 128 118 10 7.8% 100.0% 60.0% 180
2020 Q2 157 137 20 12.7% 100.0% 64.5% 143
2020 Q1 147 129 18 12.2% 100.0% 89.3% 231
2019 Q4 202 179 23 11.4% 100.0% 84.3% 194
2019 Q3 230 200 30 13.0% 85.7% 92.4% 212
2019 Q2 247 220 27 10.9% 83.3% 87.5% 258
2019 Q1 201 180 21 10.4% 100.0% 95.5% 246
2018 Q4 219 195 24 11.0% 100.0% 87.3% 230
2018 Q3 187 149 38 20.3% 100.0% 84.6% 215
2018 Q2 206 180 26 12.6% 100.0% 92.6% 232
2018 Q1 179 163 16 8.9% 50.0% 79.1% 202
2017 Q4 205 185 20 9.8% 100.0% 87.9% 215
2017 Q3 188 168 20 10.6% 100.0% 93.0% 211
2017 Q2 223 202 21 9.4% 100.0% 94.6% 226
2017 Q1 174 158 16 9.2% 100.0% 91.8% 241
2016 Q4 212 196 16 7.5% 100.0% 91.5% 186
2016 Q3 214 196 18 8.4% 85.7% 83.0% 222
2016 Q2 221 198 23 10.4% 100.0% 89.9% 234
2016 Q1 217 206 11 5.1% 80.0% 67.9% 214
2015 Q4 201 188 13 6.5% 53.8% 66.2% 201
2015 Q3 174 160 14 8.0% 50.0% 49.3% 218
2015 Q2 184 182 2 1.1% 100.0% 55.9% 199
2015 Q1 220 214 6 2.7% 71.4% 71.0% 193
2014 Q4 198 191 7 3.5% 58.8% 66.7% 245
2014 Q3 263 250 13 4.9% 66.7% 94.9% 255
2014 Q2 246 230 16 6.5% 89.5% 93.1% 257
2014 Q1 157 144 13 8.3% 94.4% 94.0% 222
2013 Q4 181 161 17 9.4% 91.7% 87.0% 197
2013 Q3 233 200 31 13.3% 84.2% 91.7% 198
2013 Q2 227 208 18 7.9% 66.7% 89.9% 256
2013 Q1 180 169 11 6.1% 100.0% 95.6% 176
2012 Q4 202 179 23 11.4% 61.5% 89.7% 228
2012 Q3 215 197 18 8.4% 64.3% 72.3% 175
2012 Q2 211 191 17 8.1% 66.7% 61.4% 231
2012 Q1 211 194 16 7.6% 61.5% 68.9% 263
2011 Q4 231 202 26 11.3% 58.3% 55.9% 206
2011 Q3 188 161 27 14.4% 62.5% 76.3% 232
2011 Q2 205 181 24 11.7% 69.2% 84.2% 192
2011 Q1 210 187 23 11.0% 85.7% 91.9% 250
2010 Q4 253 230 23 9.1% 88.9% 75.8% 236
2010 Q3 245 220 23 9.4% 88.2% 83.1% 249
2010 Q2 238 213 23 9.7% 75.0% 76.5% 247
2010 Q1 207 188 17 8.2% 56.3% 77.6% 238
2009 Q4 249 225 24 9.6% 52.2% 76.7% 247
2009 Q3 252 224 28 11.1% 41.2% 81.9% 253
2009 Q2 260 226 34 13.1% 58.3% 79.0% 250
2009 Q1 212 187 25 11.8% 60.0% 83.3% 292
2008 Q4 260 220 40 15.4% 50.0% 72.0% 220
2008 Q3 291 246 45 15.5% 37.5% 83.2% 312
2008 Q2 325 285 40 12.3% 72.2% 89.7% 347
2008 Q1 399 326 48 12.0% 75.0% 85.6% 368
2007 Q4 372 307 47 12.6% 60.0% 91.5% 448
2007 Q3 345 284 49 14.2% 93.3% 81.3% 355
2007 Q2 323 270 40 12.4% 61.9% 90.6% 353
2007 Q1 373 315 28 7.5% 81.0% 89.9% 388
2006 Q4 341 280 35 10.3% 89.7% 76.2% 393
2006 Q3 368 291 50 13.6% 88.0% 87.5% 347
2006 Q2 393 279 81 20.6% 78.9% 84.4% 451
2006 Q1 281 212 47 16.7% 81.8% 90.6% 383
2005 Q4 356 247 56 15.7% 57.1% 83.7% 328
2005 Q3 455 367 55 12.1% 53.8% 73.8% 412
2005 Q2 395 272 76 19.2% 50.0% 86.2% 445
2005 Q1 402 258 92 22.9% 60.0% 76.1% 431
2004 Q4 431 313 62 14.4% 17.4% 42.9% 410
2004 Q3 392 271 70 17.9% 34.8% 51.2% 430
2004 Q2 419 304 58 13.8% 30.0% 67.3% 466
2004 Q1 294 205 45 15.3% 41.2% 47.8% 383
2003 Q4 351 279 28 8.0% 61.5% 63.5% 365
2003 Q3 391 294 38 9.7% 64.7% 71.9% 404
2003 Q2 396 331 37 9.3% 57.9% 62.9% 420
2003 Q1 346 253 24 6.9% 40.0% 60.0% 414
2002 Q4 366 276 27 7.4% 46.7% 70.8% 358
2002 Q3 315 249 18 5.7% 53.3% 70.6% 411
2002 Q2 373 282 41 11.0% 66.7% 77.0% 317
2002 Q1 358 291 20 5.6% 46.7% 72.7% 470
2001 Q4 320 261 22 6.9% 66.7% 64.1% 352
2001 Q3 349 292 31 8.9% 38.9% 57.7% 331
2001 Q2 324 256 41 12.7% 22.7% 49.4% 357
2001 Q1 256 228 25 9.8% 61.1% 63.2% 294
2000 Q4 284 243 30 10.6% 77.3% 59.7% 295
2000 Q3 336 303 27 8.0% 34.6% 78.0% 312
2000 Q2 270 238 24 8.9% 50.0% 75.0% 314
2000 Q1 260 241 18 6.9% 84.6% 85.6% 353
1999 Q4 316 270 28 8.9% 20.0% 68.6% 277
1999 Q3 329 276 51 15.5% 64.7% 71.6% 322
1999 Q2 317 288 26 8.2% 60.0% 71.3% 323
1999 Q1 259 232 11 4.2% 76.9% 79.6% 338
1998 Q4 400 357 29 7.3% 45.5% 84.3% 314
1998 Q3 331 285 31 9.4% 55.0% 70.6% 434
1998 Q2 307 262 28 9.1% 87.5% 73.9% 316
1998 Q1 228 195 16 7.0% 40.0% 66.7% 301
1997 Q4 285 198 24 8.4% 57.1% 65.2% 253
1997 Q3 335 230 27 8.1% 53.3% 39.7% 314
1997 Q2 279 205 23 8.2% 66.7% 43.1% 328
1997 Q1 237 190 25 10.5% 64.3% 46.6% 326
1996 Q4 277 221 28 10.1% 76.2% 53.2% 247
1996 Q3 365 288 45 12.3% 50.0% 15.2% 327
1996 Q2 277 246 30 10.8% 66.7% 48.2% 330
1996 Q1 230 205 25 10.9% 83.3% 68.2% —
1995 Q4 245 209 36 14.7% 77.8% 60.7% —
1995 Q3 333 300 33 9.9% 81.8% 51.1% —
1995 Q2 262 236 26 9.9% 77.8% 57.1% —
1995 Q1 255 221 34 13.3% 56.3% 41.7% —
1994 Q4 308 250 58 18.8% 64.7% 50.5% —
1994 Q3 310 281 29 9.4% 62.5% 64.0% —
1994 Q2 350 326 24 6.9% 50.0% 67.5% —
1994 Q1 283 252 31 11.0% 37.5% 57.7% —
1993 Q4 316 279 37 11.7% 85.7% 53.8% —
1993 Q3 312 282 30 9.6% 75.0% 74.0% —
1993 Q2 328 302 26 7.9% 77.8% 41.8% —
1993 Q1 254 216 38 15.0% 50.0% 48.1% —
1992 Q4 343 312 31 9.0% 83.3% 34.1% —
1992 Q3 223 214 9 4.0% 100.0% 59.4% —
1992 Q2 356 317 39 11.0% 27.3% 55.6% —
1992 Q1 279 248 31 11.1% 72.7% 63.0% —
1991 Q4 264 231 33 12.5% 60.0% 46.0% —
1991 Q3 395 338 57 14.4% 77.3% 66.0% —
1991 Q2 375 326 49 13.1% 73.7% 42.1% —
1991 Q1 235 191 44 18.7% 45.5% 57.7% —
1990 Q4 299 245 54 18.1% 58.3% 61.5% —
1990 Q3 334 276 58 17.4% 64.3% 69.3% —
1990 Q2 500 423 77 15.4% 68.2% 85.8% —
1990 Q1 316 261 55 17.4% 79.2% 71.1% —
1989 Q4 428 365 63 14.7% 71.4% 66.4% —
1989 Q3 399 334 65 16.3% 53.8% 63.9% —
1989 Q2 407 354 53 13.0% 91.7% 56.8% —
1989 Q1 252 211 41 16.3% 78.6% 70.5% —
1988 Q4 297 249 48 16.2% 84.6% 76.9% —
1988 Q3 327 307 20 6.1% 83.3% 88.2% —
1988 Q2 265 246 19 7.2% 71.4% 84.6% —
1988 Q1 290 264 26 9.0% 71.4% 84.3% —
1987 Q4 325 293 32 9.8% 71.4% 82.4% —
1987 Q3 268 237 31 11.6% 80.0% 77.9% —
1987 Q2 302 266 36 11.9% 50.0% 66.2% —
1987 Q1 243 210 33 13.6% 71.4% 75.4% —
1986 Q4 275 246 29 10.5% 100.0% 79.1% —
1986 Q3 335 301 34 10.1% 100.0% 89.7% —
1986 Q2 392 339 53 13.5% 92.9% 86.4% —
1986 Q1 189 162 27 14.3% 91.7% 69.4% —
1985 Q4 315 263 52 16.5% 66.7% 74.7% —
1985 Q3 357 315 42 11.8% 77.8% 79.1% —
1985 Q2 315 280 35 11.1% 75.0% 76.7% —
1985 Q1 267 227 40 15.0% 83.3% 74.1% —
1984 Q4 294 260 34 11.6% 75.0% 74.4% —
1984 Q3 322 292 30 9.3% 75.0% 70.0% —
1984 Q2 444 409 35 7.9% 80.0% 75.5% —
1984 Q1 293 275 18 6.1% 66.7% 83.1% —
1983 Q4 388 363 25 6.4% 100.0% 73.7% —
1983 Q3 463 433 30 6.5% 91.7% 68.8% —
1983 Q2 395 345 50 12.7% 86.4% 83.1% —
1983 Q1 290 265 25 8.6% 84.6% 76.8% —
1982 Q4 416 379 37 8.9% 84.2% 83.2% —
1982 Q3 408 358 50 12.3% 88.9% 83.9% —
1982 Q2 435 401 34 7.8% 84.6% 72.8% —
1982 Q1 242 222 20 8.3% 71.0% 81.8% —
1981 Q4 274 237 37 13.5% 100.0% 63.6% —
1981 Q3 304 278 26 8.6% 85.0% 69.6% —
1981 Q2 504 447 57 11.3% 92.6% 67.4% —
1981 Q1 343 303 40 11.7% 91.3% 57.6% —
1980 Q4 421 374 47 11.2% 53.8% 69.1% —
1980 Q3 448 394 54 12.1% 55.0% 66.2% —
1980 Q2 663 593 70 10.6% 80.0% 61.0% —
1980 Q1 383 327 56 14.6% 81.3% 62.1% —
1979 Q4 676 592 84 12.4% 76.9% 61.5% —
1979 Q3 577 510 67 11.6% 100.0% 63.9% —
1979 Q2 588 518 70 11.9% 66.7% 56.0% —

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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