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Torbay

South West · E06000027 · 188 quarters held (1979 Q2 – 2026 Q1)

Decisions
529
2025 Q2 – 2026 Q1
Refusal rate
12.9%
higher than 58% of authorities
Majors in time
100.0%
threshold 60%
Minors in time
77.6%
threshold 70%
Householder in time
81.1%
no formal threshold
Delegated
97.9%
decisions not to committee
Appellant win rate
34.6%
112 allowed of 324 decided
Decisions overturned
3.0%
quality threshold 10%

Refusal rate trend — last 40 quarters

2016 Q2 → 2026 Q1 · peak 28.8%

Quarterly history

QuarterDecisions GrantedRefused Refusal %Majors in time Minors in timeReceived
2026 Q1 123 108 15 12.2% — 57.1% 156
2025 Q4 124 104 20 16.1% — 85.7% 160
2025 Q3 146 132 14 9.6% 100.0% 73.9% 183
2025 Q2 136 117 19 14.0% 100.0% 85.7% 194
2025 Q1 127 103 24 18.9% 0.0% 80.0% 159
2024 Q4 135 109 26 19.3% 100.0% 92.9% 179
2024 Q3 152 116 36 23.7% — 93.1% 204
2024 Q2 146 108 38 26.0% 100.0% 100.0% 188
2024 Q1 161 117 44 27.3% — 80.0% 176
2023 Q4 149 121 28 18.8% — 82.1% 230
2023 Q3 171 135 36 21.1% — 69.0% 223
2023 Q2 207 154 53 25.6% 100.0% 77.8% 224
2023 Q1 208 148 60 28.8% 100.0% 75.0% 257
2022 Q4 207 150 57 27.5% 100.0% 43.8% 247
2022 Q3 244 188 56 23.0% 100.0% 79.4% 253
2022 Q2 213 167 46 21.6% 100.0% 53.8% 261
2022 Q1 209 177 32 15.3% 100.0% 60.9% 267
2021 Q4 237 199 38 16.0% 66.7% 70.8% 226
2021 Q3 228 191 37 16.2% — 77.8% 271
2021 Q2 226 172 54 23.9% 0.0% 40.0% 334
2021 Q1 236 188 48 20.3% — 71.9% 281
2020 Q4 233 196 37 15.9% 0.0% 72.7% 296
2020 Q3 206 168 38 18.4% — 55.6% 248
2020 Q2 103 90 13 12.6% 100.0% 41.7% 189
2020 Q1 201 170 31 15.4% 100.0% 62.8% 276
2019 Q4 234 183 51 21.8% 66.7% 67.6% 286
2019 Q3 207 165 42 20.3% 33.3% 81.1% 275
2019 Q2 226 183 43 19.0% 100.0% 77.1% 307
2019 Q1 224 177 47 21.0% 100.0% 75.0% 302
2018 Q4 194 161 33 17.0% — 84.8% 244
2018 Q3 247 213 34 13.8% 100.0% 65.6% 249
2018 Q2 268 239 29 10.8% 100.0% 55.9% 298
2018 Q1 159 145 14 8.8% — 64.3% 271
2017 Q4 210 186 24 11.4% 100.0% 70.6% 227
2017 Q3 220 199 21 9.5% — 64.7% 280
2017 Q2 227 196 31 13.7% — 83.3% 267
2017 Q1 197 174 23 11.7% 100.0% 79.3% 293
2016 Q4 182 157 25 13.7% — 60.0% 248
2016 Q3 204 174 30 14.7% 100.0% 86.7% 248
2016 Q2 229 194 35 15.3% 100.0% 90.9% 293
2016 Q1 221 190 31 14.0% 100.0% 93.6% 309
2015 Q4 201 173 28 13.9% 100.0% 87.1% 246
2015 Q3 232 203 29 12.5% 0.0% 62.5% 269
2015 Q2 231 209 22 9.5% 66.7% 59.6% 258
2015 Q1 209 190 19 9.1% — 47.8% 247
2014 Q4 206 182 24 11.7% 100.0% 73.8% 294
2014 Q3 208 182 26 12.5% 33.3% 80.0% 261
2014 Q2 255 236 19 7.5% 100.0% 65.9% 308
2014 Q1 216 199 13 6.0% 100.0% 63.8% 249
2013 Q4 279 236 32 11.5% 71.4% 55.6% 273
2013 Q3 278 225 32 11.5% 100.0% 52.6% 320
2013 Q2 240 200 32 13.3% 66.7% 43.4% 314
2013 Q1 229 202 23 10.0% 70.0% 52.9% 292
2012 Q4 207 178 25 12.1% 55.6% 61.4% 246
2012 Q3 303 220 34 11.2% 45.5% 56.8% 323
2012 Q2 279 224 42 15.1% 33.3% 46.2% 293
2012 Q1 248 220 24 9.7% 7.1% 67.7% 321
2011 Q4 316 277 36 11.4% 37.5% 71.2% 335
2011 Q3 271 237 28 10.3% 11.1% 58.6% 310
2011 Q2 302 260 33 10.9% 0.0% 54.4% 324
2011 Q1 286 254 29 10.1% 16.7% 74.1% 353
2010 Q4 286 256 22 7.7% 60.0% 67.9% 299
2010 Q3 320 297 16 5.0% 100.0% 68.2% 355
2010 Q2 327 295 24 7.3% 33.3% 61.9% 343
2010 Q1 289 254 26 9.0% 75.0% 62.5% 335
2009 Q4 314 272 34 10.8% 45.5% 73.3% 311
2009 Q3 302 249 43 14.2% 62.5% 64.6% 415
2009 Q2 226 192 28 12.4% 83.3% 69.9% 181
2009 Q1 308 238 55 17.9% 75.0% 78.8% 304
2008 Q4 334 257 64 19.2% 57.1% 79.1% 362
2008 Q3 407 335 60 14.7% 71.4% 75.0% 437
2008 Q2 433 351 70 16.2% 84.6% 73.4% 477
2008 Q1 439 346 85 19.4% 60.0% 72.5% 489
2007 Q4 466 376 79 17.0% 60.0% 71.7% 469
2007 Q3 491 412 79 16.1% 50.0% 75.4% 522
2007 Q2 478 370 93 19.5% 50.0% 85.2% 529
2007 Q1 412 319 84 20.4% 100.0% 88.2% 506
2006 Q4 421 325 86 20.4% 64.7% 79.2% 444
2006 Q3 477 372 99 20.8% 80.0% 79.7% 502
2006 Q2 505 411 94 18.6% 84.6% 79.6% 484
2006 Q1 403 330 73 18.1% 84.6% 84.4% 528
2005 Q4 537 414 123 22.9% 83.3% 69.6% 468
2005 Q3 538 412 125 23.2% 88.9% 69.4% 576
2005 Q2 515 411 104 20.2% 90.0% 77.8% 537
2005 Q1 469 362 107 22.8% 78.9% 79.9% 549
2004 Q4 453 371 82 18.1% 66.7% 76.1% 491
2004 Q3 518 411 106 20.5% 85.7% 76.9% 499
2004 Q2 549 433 116 21.1% 100.0% 70.8% 556
2004 Q1 464 363 101 21.8% 58.8% 74.7% 496
2003 Q4 470 363 107 22.8% 65.0% 75.9% 472
2003 Q3 586 439 146 24.9% 50.0% 76.3% 544
2003 Q2 520 396 123 23.7% 50.0% 70.3% 550
2003 Q1 445 364 78 17.5% 26.7% 53.4% 540
2002 Q4 556 428 126 22.7% 43.8% 57.4% 487
2002 Q3 430 366 59 13.7% 36.4% 61.2% 567
2002 Q2 472 406 59 12.5% 25.0% 52.4% 481
2002 Q1 388 315 72 18.6% 41.7% 37.6% 506
2001 Q4 365 309 55 15.1% 33.3% 48.5% 417
2001 Q3 533 455 72 13.5% 23.5% 54.2% 443
2001 Q2 407 328 73 17.9% 45.5% 56.8% 439
2001 Q1 407 338 56 13.8% 25.0% 58.4% 402
2000 Q4 392 336 48 12.2% 70.0% 57.4% 432
2000 Q3 359 292 60 16.7% 33.3% 45.0% 408
2000 Q2 403 355 40 9.9% 57.1% 55.4% 443
2000 Q1 385 318 60 15.6% 54.5% 56.0% 446
1999 Q4 341 299 39 11.4% 30.8% 51.3% 401
1999 Q3 351 308 38 10.8% 37.5% 57.6% 365
1999 Q2 413 331 71 17.2% 77.8% 51.2% 429
1999 Q1 314 268 35 11.1% 18.2% 41.4% 383
1998 Q4 297 250 40 13.5% 45.5% 58.2% 369
1998 Q3 337 290 37 11.0% 20.0% 56.9% 280
1998 Q2 401 339 49 12.2% 57.1% 65.5% 428
1998 Q1 340 286 43 12.6% 71.4% 54.4% 376
1997 Q4 352 307 36 10.2% 33.3% 50.8% 473
1997 Q3 378 312 54 14.3% 28.6% 59.5% 448
1997 Q2 458 388 54 11.8% 33.3% 53.6% 448
1997 Q1 351 294 44 12.5% 72.7% 53.7% 397
1996 Q4 364 317 36 9.9% 45.5% 53.8% 410
1996 Q3 418 360 47 11.2% 57.1% 55.0% 415
1996 Q2 363 317 30 8.3% 66.7% 45.7% 370
1996 Q1 309 283 26 8.4% 33.3% 57.1% —
1995 Q4 351 320 31 8.8% 31.3% 69.2% —
1995 Q3 332 301 31 9.3% 47.4% 50.9% —
1995 Q2 335 313 22 6.6% 58.3% 60.4% —
1995 Q1 333 315 18 5.4% 61.9% 70.3% —
1994 Q4 405 348 57 14.1% 57.1% 65.4% —
1994 Q3 353 333 20 5.7% 75.0% 46.8% —
1994 Q2 368 339 29 7.9% 50.0% 35.5% —
1994 Q1 322 300 22 6.8% 21.4% 35.2% —
1993 Q4 257 242 15 5.8% 0.0% 62.2% —
1993 Q3 414 377 37 8.9% 73.7% 43.5% —
1993 Q2 289 272 17 5.9% 55.6% 46.9% —
1993 Q1 308 293 15 4.9% 42.9% 33.3% —
1992 Q4 277 247 30 10.8% 36.4% 51.9% —
1992 Q3 282 244 38 13.5% 50.0% 46.3% —
1992 Q2 319 277 42 13.2% 18.2% 22.7% —
1992 Q1 248 222 26 10.5% 6.3% 46.7% —
1991 Q4 315 270 45 14.3% 38.9% 36.2% —
1991 Q3 344 306 38 11.0% 25.0% 38.8% —
1991 Q2 267 242 25 9.4% 0.0% 34.5% —
1991 Q1 357 263 94 26.3% 75.7% 48.3% —
1990 Q4 289 266 23 8.0% 9.1% 46.8% —
1990 Q3 396 344 52 13.1% 20.8% 44.3% —
1990 Q2 348 306 42 12.1% 33.3% 29.2% —
1990 Q1 366 312 54 14.8% 19.2% 30.0% —
1989 Q4 421 360 61 14.5% 20.0% 16.1% —
1989 Q3 404 349 55 13.6% 13.3% 22.5% —
1989 Q2 389 348 41 10.5% 27.3% 26.0% —
1989 Q1 422 357 65 15.4% 11.8% 31.7% —
1988 Q4 359 321 38 10.6% 28.6% 35.6% —
1988 Q3 539 470 69 12.8% 19.2% 39.7% —
1988 Q2 405 367 38 9.4% 26.7% 33.3% —
1988 Q1 419 366 53 12.6% 52.6% 21.0% —
1987 Q4 361 304 57 15.8% 20.0% 25.2% —
1987 Q3 463 400 63 13.6% 50.0% 31.2% —
1987 Q2 427 365 62 14.5% 28.6% 22.9% —
1987 Q1 301 261 40 13.3% 50.0% 28.4% —
1986 Q4 423 365 58 13.7% 54.5% 46.9% —
1986 Q3 361 309 52 14.4% 90.9% 44.3% —
1986 Q2 294 257 37 12.6% 33.3% 48.4% —
1986 Q1 199 168 31 15.6% 57.1% 57.7% —
1985 Q4 324 287 37 11.4% 53.8% 65.9% —
1985 Q3 360 310 50 13.9% 60.0% 62.9% —
1985 Q2 335 293 42 12.5% 70.0% 64.0% —
1985 Q1 263 218 45 17.1% 58.3% 69.5% —
1984 Q4 300 253 47 15.7% 60.0% 75.0% —
1984 Q3 316 278 38 12.0% 36.4% 56.1% —
1984 Q2 372 329 43 11.6% 40.0% 51.5% —
1984 Q1 295 262 33 11.2% 58.3% 47.3% —
1983 Q4 262 227 35 13.4% 60.0% 67.3% —
1983 Q3 309 275 34 11.0% 28.6% 48.6% —
1983 Q2 358 326 32 8.9% 42.9% 47.7% —
1983 Q1 266 243 23 8.6% 25.0% 56.7% —
1982 Q4 258 224 34 13.2% 60.0% 58.5% —
1982 Q3 287 251 36 12.5% 45.5% 43.4% —
1982 Q2 293 263 30 10.2% 50.0% 48.6% —
1982 Q1 220 183 37 16.8% 54.5% 52.1% —
1981 Q4 286 247 39 13.6% 38.5% 40.0% —
1981 Q3 313 274 39 12.5% 13.3% 26.8% —
1981 Q2 334 282 52 15.6% 53.8% 8.9% —
1981 Q1 339 301 38 11.2% 31.8% 39.3% —
1980 Q4 294 261 33 11.2% 58.3% 41.3% —
1980 Q3 362 315 47 13.0% 53.8% 32.1% —
1980 Q2 461 419 42 9.1% 21.4% 27.4% —
1980 Q1 365 317 48 13.2% 28.6% 29.4% —
1979 Q4 375 323 52 13.9% 47.4% 17.3% —
1979 Q3 373 331 42 11.3% 53.8% 16.5% —
1979 Q2 384 341 43 11.2% 53.8% 20.9% —

Decisions and speed: MHCLG planning application statistics (PS1/PS2), Open Government Licence v3.0, 2025 Q2 – 2026 Q1. 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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