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Swindon

South West · E06000030 · 116 quarters held (1997 Q2 – 2026 Q1)

Decisions
866
2025 Q2 – 2026 Q1
Refusal rate
10.3%
higher than 40% of authorities
Majors in time
94.1%
threshold 60%
Minors in time
89.6%
threshold 70%
Householder in time
95.0%
no formal threshold
Delegated
95.8%
decisions not to committee
Appellant win rate
31.4%
58 allowed of 185 decided
Decisions overturned
1.3%
quality threshold 10%

Refusal rate trend — last 40 quarters

2016 Q2 → 2026 Q1 · peak 14.5%

Quarterly history

QuarterDecisions GrantedRefused Refusal %Majors in time Minors in timeReceived
2026 Q1 202 185 17 8.4% 100.0% 100.0% 215
2025 Q4 232 202 30 12.9% 100.0% 95.0% 252
2025 Q3 195 174 21 10.8% 83.3% 96.4% 197
2025 Q2 237 216 21 8.9% 100.0% 67.9% 389
2025 Q1 181 158 23 12.7% 50.0% 72.4% 226
2024 Q4 176 153 23 13.1% 100.0% 92.3% 279
2024 Q3 225 195 30 13.3% 100.0% 69.4% 264
2024 Q2 257 227 30 11.7% — 77.3% 280
2024 Q1 188 167 21 11.2% 0.0% 81.8% 271
2023 Q4 172 147 25 14.5% — 77.8% 212
2023 Q3 184 165 19 10.3% — 80.0% 208
2023 Q2 178 163 15 8.4% 100.0% 40.0% 236
2023 Q1 197 175 22 11.2% 50.0% 57.1% 237
2022 Q4 188 166 22 11.7% 100.0% 83.3% 234
2022 Q3 269 244 25 9.3% 100.0% 80.0% 303
2022 Q2 215 196 19 8.8% — 70.0% 241
2022 Q1 214 197 17 7.9% — 25.0% 258
2021 Q4 275 249 26 9.5% 0.0% 0.0% 314
2021 Q3 268 232 36 13.4% — 66.7% 433
2021 Q2 283 256 27 9.5% 100.0% 90.0% 396
2021 Q1 253 217 36 14.2% — 88.2% 284
2020 Q4 225 201 24 10.7% — 70.0% 236
2020 Q3 194 170 24 12.4% 100.0% 100.0% 245
2020 Q2 151 134 17 11.3% 100.0% 93.3% 191
2020 Q1 225 203 22 9.8% 66.7% 86.2% 230
2019 Q4 245 216 29 11.8% 100.0% 80.0% 230
2019 Q3 234 214 20 8.5% 100.0% 96.7% 223
2019 Q2 332 296 36 10.8% 100.0% 80.0% 243
2019 Q1 258 231 27 10.5% 100.0% 88.0% 314
2018 Q4 275 244 31 11.3% 75.0% 93.9% 350
2018 Q3 306 282 24 7.8% 75.0% 73.3% 292
2018 Q2 305 279 26 8.5% 60.0% 85.7% 306
2018 Q1 255 236 19 7.5% 77.8% 90.0% 307
2017 Q4 305 276 29 9.5% 90.0% 81.8% 307
2017 Q3 266 241 25 9.4% 100.0% 87.9% 272
2017 Q2 291 274 17 5.8% 66.7% 81.3% 285
2017 Q1 273 248 25 9.2% 66.7% 78.1% 369
2016 Q4 260 242 18 6.9% 66.7% 77.4% 259
2016 Q3 316 285 31 9.8% 58.3% 87.8% 346
2016 Q2 325 284 41 12.6% 60.0% 62.2% 329
2016 Q1 276 254 22 8.0% 66.7% 61.1% 337
2015 Q4 266 239 27 10.2% 41.7% 72.0% 351
2015 Q3 255 233 22 8.6% 85.7% 69.0% 345
2015 Q2 312 287 25 8.0% 42.9% 55.6% 383
2015 Q1 254 232 22 8.7% 40.0% 63.8% 405
2014 Q4 206 183 23 11.2% 77.8% 47.4% 430
2014 Q3 247 232 15 6.1% 100.0% 35.1% 471
2014 Q2 266 244 22 8.3% 100.0% 81.0% 411
2014 Q1 258 204 22 8.5% 100.0% 75.0% 388
2013 Q4 276 222 22 8.0% 100.0% 63.8% 322
2013 Q3 264 205 20 7.6% 66.7% 71.4% 424
2013 Q2 280 230 20 7.1% 61.5% 76.5% 332
2013 Q1 242 206 18 7.4% 64.3% 75.6% 291
2012 Q4 305 245 35 11.5% 57.1% 80.0% 301
2012 Q3 306 256 25 8.2% 77.8% 78.9% 339
2012 Q2 299 232 34 11.4% 58.8% 88.3% 311
2012 Q1 291 227 36 12.4% 66.7% 77.3% 329
2011 Q4 303 240 45 14.9% 66.7% 84.4% 310
2011 Q3 319 242 49 15.4% 52.6% 82.1% 331
2011 Q2 302 225 51 16.9% 80.0% 85.5% 331
2011 Q1 292 227 38 13.0% 82.6% 78.6% 337
2010 Q4 331 266 31 9.4% 94.4% 89.2% 329
2010 Q3 318 256 44 13.8% 70.4% 70.6% 333
2010 Q2 338 284 40 11.8% 78.3% 85.7% 350
2010 Q1 290 248 33 11.4% 72.7% 81.3% 345
2009 Q4 331 272 41 12.4% 88.9% 85.7% 368
2009 Q3 344 293 44 12.8% 69.0% 81.0% 345
2009 Q2 330 260 51 15.5% 83.3% 78.4% 359
2009 Q1 210 174 28 13.3% 85.0% 94.9% 317
2008 Q4 342 272 46 13.5% 75.0% 86.9% 296
2008 Q3 442 357 69 15.6% 69.4% 86.2% 410
2008 Q2 456 360 71 15.6% 81.8% 89.2% 476
2008 Q1 408 328 76 18.6% 63.6% 80.3% 510
2007 Q4 454 369 78 17.2% 93.5% 81.7% 474
2007 Q3 476 370 92 19.3% 83.3% 80.3% 525
2007 Q2 560 465 86 15.4% 84.2% 83.3% 578
2007 Q1 432 356 68 15.7% 77.3% 87.9% 554
2006 Q4 466 386 62 13.3% 82.5% 87.5% 498
2006 Q3 509 407 77 15.1% 71.1% 79.2% 517
2006 Q2 584 478 96 16.4% 87.5% 75.7% 595
2006 Q1 409 333 61 14.9% 89.7% 89.5% 618
2005 Q4 478 371 86 18.0% 82.1% 93.3% 514
2005 Q3 583 476 80 13.7% 60.0% 66.7% 540
2005 Q2 452 354 70 15.5% 61.5% 82.4% 546
2005 Q1 463 341 81 17.5% 41.2% 71.3% 548
2004 Q4 518 418 83 16.0% 50.0% 79.5% 510
2004 Q3 567 492 52 9.2% 53.6% 65.5% 576
2004 Q2 526 437 72 13.7% 50.0% 65.9% 401
2004 Q1 462 388 53 11.5% 35.5% 62.7% 540
2003 Q4 523 423 77 14.7% 50.0% 75.0% 518
2003 Q3 613 502 99 16.2% 37.0% 70.0% 543
2003 Q2 583 487 79 13.6% 23.1% 34.6% 577
2003 Q1 395 322 65 16.5% 28.6% 32.9% 526
2002 Q4 497 418 69 13.9% 10.5% 52.3% 449
2002 Q3 442 399 34 7.7% 20.0% 31.0% 514
2002 Q2 572 507 58 10.1% 25.0% 62.6% 533
2002 Q1 388 317 64 16.5% 31.3% 60.3% 552
2001 Q4 484 387 82 16.9% 37.5% 58.2% 458
2001 Q3 551 444 93 16.9% 22.7% 65.0% 498
2001 Q2 422 336 72 17.1% 47.1% 75.0% 562
2001 Q1 489 381 78 16.0% 50.0% 60.5% 477
2000 Q4 502 418 49 9.8% 55.0% 65.2% 492
2000 Q3 463 385 53 11.4% 35.7% 81.9% 530
2000 Q2 498 417 61 12.2% 45.8% 77.8% 525
2000 Q1 414 327 43 10.4% 58.8% 63.1% 458
1999 Q4 390 324 41 10.5% 43.8% 56.7% 443
1999 Q3 504 418 69 13.7% 44.4% 70.6% 463
1999 Q2 424 374 41 9.7% 82.4% 65.7% 552
1999 Q1 440 385 54 12.3% 46.2% 78.6% 505
1998 Q4 381 277 54 14.2% 38.5% 39.2% 373
1998 Q3 367 284 51 13.9% 50.0% 47.7% 404
1998 Q2 442 329 60 13.6% 50.0% 28.6% 404
1998 Q1 323 266 38 11.8% 35.3% 53.8% 360
1997 Q4 383 305 62 16.2% 25.0% 48.2% 393
1997 Q3 359 307 48 13.4% 34.8% 54.0% 372
1997 Q2 288 247 31 10.8% 50.0% 61.8% 320

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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