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Luton

East of England · E06000032 · 188 quarters held (1979 Q2 – 2026 Q1)

Decisions
741
2025 Q2 – 2026 Q1
Refusal rate
24.2%
higher than 96% of authorities
Majors in time
80.0%
threshold 60%
Minors in time
96.0%
threshold 70%
Householder in time
100.0%
no formal threshold
Delegated
96.5%
decisions not to committee
Appellant win rate
30.2%
115 allowed of 381 decided
Decisions overturned
2.6%
quality threshold 10%

Refusal rate trend — last 40 quarters

2016 Q2 → 2026 Q1 · peak 29.7%

Quarterly history

QuarterDecisions GrantedRefused Refusal %Majors in time Minors in timeReceived
2026 Q1 175 123 52 29.7% 0.0% 96.6% 173
2025 Q4 233 179 54 23.2% 100.0% 100.0% 239
2025 Q3 161 132 29 18.0% 100.0% 90.5% 173
2025 Q2 172 128 44 25.6% 100.0% 92.3% 171
2025 Q1 155 111 44 28.4% 100.0% 100.0% 194
2024 Q4 180 138 42 23.3% 100.0% 95.0% 162
2024 Q3 209 156 53 25.4% 75.0% 96.0% 190
2024 Q2 198 146 52 26.3% 0.0% 100.0% 215
2024 Q1 169 125 44 26.0% — 94.4% 179
2023 Q4 172 123 49 28.5% 0.0% 93.8% 187
2023 Q3 188 139 49 26.1% 100.0% 100.0% 200
2023 Q2 194 152 42 21.6% — 90.0% 202
2023 Q1 211 168 43 20.4% 100.0% 81.0% 192
2022 Q4 214 162 52 24.3% 100.0% 88.0% 205
2022 Q3 257 205 52 20.2% 25.0% 96.7% 243
2022 Q2 236 173 63 26.7% 100.0% 96.2% 272
2022 Q1 232 178 54 23.3% 100.0% 96.9% 235
2021 Q4 227 172 55 24.2% 100.0% 100.0% 260
2021 Q3 268 202 66 24.6% 100.0% 88.9% 241
2021 Q2 267 188 79 29.6% 100.0% 100.0% 291
2021 Q1 249 185 64 25.7% 60.0% 84.4% 292
2020 Q4 260 197 63 24.2% 88.9% 75.9% 244
2020 Q3 223 162 61 27.4% 100.0% 88.6% 264
2020 Q2 206 147 59 28.6% — 78.0% 213
2020 Q1 236 182 54 22.9% 66.7% 91.7% 257
2019 Q4 251 193 58 23.1% 50.0% 88.6% 229
2019 Q3 283 219 64 22.6% 100.0% 92.0% 353
2019 Q2 262 210 52 19.8% 100.0% 94.4% 343
2019 Q1 251 188 63 25.1% 66.7% 80.0% 305
2018 Q4 237 168 69 29.1% 40.0% 91.2% 128
2018 Q3 253 197 56 22.1% 75.0% 91.9% 110
2018 Q2 292 232 60 20.5% 33.3% 87.9% 138
2018 Q1 278 208 70 25.2% 75.0% 93.2% 142
2017 Q4 254 187 67 26.4% 75.0% 87.3% 157
2017 Q3 340 255 85 25.0% 100.0% 98.0% 158
2017 Q2 290 218 72 24.8% 50.0% 83.3% 300
2017 Q1 264 197 67 25.4% 0.0% 82.1% 313
2016 Q4 318 228 90 28.3% 66.7% 92.2% 355
2016 Q3 318 262 56 17.6% 62.5% 84.0% 381
2016 Q2 272 201 71 26.1% 100.0% 89.8% 338
2016 Q1 222 146 76 34.2% — 88.6% 303
2015 Q4 172 116 56 32.6% 0.0% 77.1% 244
2015 Q3 223 154 69 30.9% 75.0% 96.2% 254
2015 Q2 255 207 48 18.8% 100.0% 62.5% 294
2015 Q1 180 134 46 25.6% 50.0% 67.6% 239
2014 Q4 206 174 32 15.5% 57.1% 57.1% 214
2014 Q3 237 183 54 22.8% 28.6% 57.3% 237
2014 Q2 157 112 45 28.7% 100.0% 60.0% 236
2014 Q1 196 166 23 11.7% 100.0% 70.2% 227
2013 Q4 207 135 64 30.9% 75.0% 77.1% 215
2013 Q3 240 183 45 18.8% 60.0% 92.1% 246
2013 Q2 226 171 46 20.4% 71.4% 88.5% 251
2013 Q1 192 143 43 22.4% 66.7% 73.1% 211
2012 Q4 230 166 49 21.3% 75.0% 85.4% 220
2012 Q3 234 161 65 27.8% 71.4% 82.7% 249
2012 Q2 270 181 72 26.7% 20.0% 84.6% 242
2012 Q1 208 148 56 26.9% 100.0% 87.3% 281
2011 Q4 219 172 36 16.4% 100.0% 85.2% 236
2011 Q3 289 219 57 19.7% 80.0% 87.3% 259
2011 Q2 272 218 43 15.8% 57.1% 91.9% 314
2011 Q1 201 147 47 23.4% 75.0% 87.3% 254
2010 Q4 215 178 25 11.6% 66.7% 87.0% 218
2010 Q3 273 216 43 15.8% 73.3% 86.4% 250
2010 Q2 243 198 34 14.0% 77.8% 90.5% 300
2010 Q1 200 147 44 22.0% 85.7% 88.9% 236
2009 Q4 195 144 46 23.6% 72.7% 78.8% 246
2009 Q3 271 227 33 12.2% 75.0% 82.1% 268
2009 Q2 220 177 33 15.0% 75.0% 90.6% 262
2009 Q1 193 158 26 13.5% 40.0% 79.7% 191
2008 Q4 244 178 57 23.4% 57.1% 77.3% 204
2008 Q3 316 241 68 21.5% 50.0% 58.7% 274
2008 Q2 341 259 82 24.0% 53.1% 68.9% 325
2008 Q1 366 262 90 24.6% 22.7% 43.4% 339
2007 Q4 369 271 86 23.3% 26.7% 41.0% 341
2007 Q3 406 316 71 17.5% 50.0% 56.2% 403
2007 Q2 305 227 64 21.0% 76.9% 63.5% 506
2007 Q1 242 185 52 21.5% 66.7% 71.9% 293
2006 Q4 306 227 71 23.2% 69.2% 79.5% 330
2006 Q3 340 257 80 23.5% 91.3% 81.7% 322
2006 Q2 339 266 68 20.1% 88.9% 80.8% 378
2006 Q1 282 191 46 16.3% 90.9% 87.1% 397
2005 Q4 342 228 72 21.1% 93.8% 86.9% 300
2005 Q3 398 272 74 18.6% 83.3% 91.0% 420
2005 Q2 453 305 88 19.4% 84.2% 80.2% 459
2005 Q1 421 286 75 17.8% 76.2% 57.7% 452
2004 Q4 445 268 89 20.0% 56.3% 58.5% 416
2004 Q3 458 307 89 19.4% 36.4% 66.3% 511
2004 Q2 442 278 84 19.0% 17.6% 67.6% 477
2004 Q1 363 226 83 22.9% 0.0% 46.6% 427
2003 Q4 333 237 52 15.6% 14.3% 49.1% 377
2003 Q3 441 304 82 18.6% 9.1% 63.0% 410
2003 Q2 425 324 80 18.8% 16.7% 49.5% 468
2003 Q1 306 231 55 18.0% 43.8% 59.2% 392
2002 Q4 381 309 61 16.0% 61.1% 52.4% 391
2002 Q3 391 324 59 15.1% 54.2% 55.7% 425
2002 Q2 353 289 54 15.3% 41.2% 65.3% 397
2002 Q1 286 242 41 14.3% 64.3% 66.2% 360
2001 Q4 395 305 48 12.2% 61.1% 44.9% 295
2001 Q3 356 290 62 17.4% 42.9% 47.5% 395
2001 Q2 337 275 59 17.5% 11.1% 34.2% 367
2001 Q1 245 194 45 18.4% 25.0% 48.9% 332
2000 Q4 291 245 44 15.1% 38.5% 57.9% 301
2000 Q3 339 295 38 11.2% 35.7% 50.8% 345
2000 Q2 278 245 27 9.7% 52.4% 33.3% 331
2000 Q1 243 220 19 7.8% 62.5% 22.2% 308
1999 Q4 285 263 18 6.3% 16.7% 15.4% 279
1999 Q3 320 291 27 8.4% 40.0% 35.7% 306
1999 Q2 253 234 17 6.7% 27.8% 33.3% 301
1999 Q1 182 155 27 14.8% 41.7% 28.8% 315
1998 Q4 302 267 31 10.3% 68.4% 53.0% 258
1998 Q3 268 246 20 7.5% 70.8% 41.0% 320
1998 Q2 289 221 68 23.5% 45.5% 69.2% 307
1998 Q1 273 244 29 10.6% 53.8% 50.0% 311
1997 Q4 274 230 44 16.1% 54.5% 50.8% 236
1997 Q3 295 218 77 26.1% 75.0% 68.0% 296
1997 Q2 298 265 31 10.4% 87.5% 72.3% 332
1997 Q1 263 215 48 18.3% 60.0% 56.3% 266
1996 Q4 333 258 69 20.7% 62.5% 61.7% 322
1996 Q3 316 279 35 11.1% 81.8% 75.0% 346
1996 Q2 293 208 82 28.0% 83.3% 68.2% 327
1996 Q1 81 75 6 7.4% 87.5% 89.7% —
1995 Q4 93 93 0 0.0% 95.8% 61.1% —
1995 Q3 137 128 9 6.6% 78.3% 70.6% —
1995 Q2 116 110 6 5.2% 87.5% 76.6% —
1995 Q1 115 114 1 0.9% 100.0% 61.9% —
1994 Q4 136 133 3 2.2% 92.3% 82.6% —
1994 Q3 168 166 2 1.2% 88.0% 83.1% —
1994 Q2 112 106 6 5.4% 95.7% 91.1% —
1994 Q1 93 90 3 3.2% 89.5% 88.9% —
1993 Q4 122 117 5 4.1% 100.0% 87.8% —
1993 Q3 95 94 1 1.1% 88.2% 86.1% —
1993 Q2 96 92 4 4.2% 81.3% 81.6% —
1993 Q1 103 99 4 3.9% 100.0% 83.8% —
1992 Q4 87 86 1 1.1% 83.3% 92.3% —
1992 Q3 90 85 5 5.6% 87.5% 86.8% —
1992 Q2 114 108 6 5.3% 90.0% 81.6% —
1992 Q1 110 109 1 0.9% 86.4% 59.5% —
1991 Q4 110 98 12 10.9% 65.2% 66.7% —
1991 Q3 67 64 3 4.5% 91.7% 65.0% —
1991 Q2 65 62 3 4.6% 81.8% 47.6% —
1991 Q1 90 88 2 2.2% 33.3% 74.2% —
1990 Q4 99 95 4 4.0% 60.0% 79.3% —
1990 Q3 110 105 5 4.5% 57.1% 51.4% —
1990 Q2 98 97 1 1.0% 54.5% 57.4% —
1990 Q1 93 88 5 5.4% 43.8% 73.7% —
1989 Q4 155 151 4 2.6% 17.4% 66.2% —
1989 Q3 134 128 6 4.5% 40.0% 49.1% —
1989 Q2 158 152 6 3.8% 37.5% 45.2% —
1989 Q1 133 131 2 1.5% 65.0% 37.3% —
1988 Q4 182 171 11 6.0% 45.2% 62.2% —
1988 Q3 181 180 1 0.6% 57.1% 55.1% —
1988 Q2 184 183 1 0.5% 23.1% 57.0% —
1988 Q1 151 149 2 1.3% 66.7% 36.7% —
1987 Q4 184 177 7 3.8% 37.1% 45.3% —
1987 Q3 144 139 5 3.5% 47.6% 50.0% —
1987 Q2 141 139 2 1.4% 53.3% 55.3% —
1987 Q1 146 133 13 8.9% 51.9% 46.3% —
1986 Q4 157 153 4 2.5% 45.0% 54.0% —
1986 Q3 140 138 2 1.4% 40.0% 55.4% —
1986 Q2 132 126 6 4.5% 76.9% 60.0% —
1986 Q1 124 111 13 10.5% 67.4% 57.8% —
1985 Q4 137 132 5 3.6% 70.5% 68.0% —
1985 Q3 134 129 5 3.7% 69.8% 48.8% —
1985 Q2 99 93 6 6.1% 64.4% 58.1% —
1985 Q1 147 141 6 4.1% 88.2% 63.0% —
1984 Q4 77 73 4 5.2% 66.7% 59.5% —
1984 Q3 92 87 5 5.4% 69.2% 62.5% —
1984 Q2 106 99 7 6.6% 73.3% 73.0% —
1984 Q1 115 112 3 2.6% 70.6% 77.3% —
1983 Q4 102 96 6 5.9% 80.6% 87.8% —
1983 Q3 97 93 4 4.1% 91.3% 71.8% —
1983 Q2 88 79 9 10.2% 54.2% 73.3% —
1983 Q1 102 93 9 8.8% 57.9% 61.1% —
1982 Q4 630 584 46 7.3% 66.7% 38.7% —
1982 Q3 602 558 44 7.3% 46.2% 51.0% —
1982 Q2 659 602 57 8.6% 45.0% 37.0% —
1982 Q1 429 383 46 10.7% 65.0% 44.7% —
1981 Q4 409 359 50 12.2% 90.0% 60.5% —
1981 Q3 473 413 60 12.7% 42.9% 51.7% —
1981 Q2 643 554 89 13.8% 79.2% 50.3% —
1981 Q1 602 553 49 8.1% 58.6% 48.8% —
1980 Q4 556 504 52 9.4% 73.9% 54.9% —
1980 Q3 615 573 42 6.8% 63.2% 42.9% —
1980 Q2 705 656 49 7.0% 67.6% 51.9% —
1980 Q1 605 567 38 6.3% 59.5% 48.2% —
1979 Q4 649 604 45 6.9% 73.5% 53.9% —
1979 Q3 660 606 54 8.2% 54.5% 62.5% —
1979 Q2 773 726 47 6.1% 79.3% 59.0% —

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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