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Southend-on-Sea

East of England · E06000033 · 189 quarters held (1979 Q2 – 2026 Q2)

Decisions
866
2025 Q3 – 2026 Q2
Refusal rate
17.7%
higher than 83% of authorities
Majors in time
100.0%
threshold 60%
Minors in time
99.2%
threshold 70%
Householder in time
100.0%
no formal threshold
Delegated
95.5%
decisions not to committee
Appellant win rate
33.9%
121 allowed of 357 decided
Decisions overturned
2.0%
quality threshold 10%

Refusal rate trend — last 40 quarters

2016 Q3 → 2026 Q2 · peak 33.0%

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
894
in the window
Applications decided
866
in the window
Approval rate
82.3%
713 granted, 153 refused · national median refusal 11.6%
Refusal rate rank 54 of 63 unitary authorities (1 = fewest refusals) · peer median 10.6%
Decided within time
99.8%
rank 7 of 307 reporting authorities · national median 91.4%
Rank 2 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
Major2085.0%100.0%
Minor25575.3%99.2%
Other59185.3%—
of which householder46789.3%100.0%
"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
01282552024 Q3: 254 received2024 Q3: 234 decided2024 Q32024 Q4: 206 received2024 Q4: 245 decided2025 Q1: 255 received2025 Q1: 202 decided2025 Q2: 227 received2025 Q2: 251 decided2025 Q3: 226 received2025 Q3: 214 decided2025 Q4: 209 received2025 Q4: 234 decided2026 Q1: 230 received2026 Q1: 205 decided2026 Q2: 229 received2026 Q2: 213 decided2026 Q2
▬ received   ▬ decided
Housing Delivery Test
HDT 2025 measurement, homes delivered against requirement over 2022/23 to 2024/25
20%
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 (E06000033). 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)25 Oct 2026 · 68,583 rows nationallyLive tables
Planning application flow (PS1)MHCLG1979 Q2 to 2026 Q2 (189 quarters)25 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 213 188 25 11.7% — 100.0% 229
2026 Q1 205 171 34 16.6% 100.0% 100.0% 230
2025 Q4 234 187 47 20.1% 100.0% 95.8% 209
2025 Q3 214 167 47 22.0% 100.0% 100.0% 226
2025 Q2 251 202 49 19.5% 100.0% 97.6% 227
2025 Q1 202 177 25 12.4% 100.0% 100.0% 255
2024 Q4 245 202 43 17.6% — 100.0% 206
2024 Q3 234 206 28 12.0% — 100.0% 254
2024 Q2 241 202 39 16.2% 100.0% 100.0% 237
2024 Q1 248 188 60 24.2% 100.0% 95.1% 257
2023 Q4 232 157 75 32.3% — 97.1% 249
2023 Q3 289 203 86 29.8% — 97.9% 241
2023 Q2 263 181 82 31.2% 100.0% 100.0% 280
2023 Q1 284 211 73 25.7% 100.0% 100.0% 295
2022 Q4 316 222 94 29.7% — 98.0% 323
2022 Q3 329 248 81 24.6% 100.0% 95.2% 316
2022 Q2 312 234 78 25.0% 100.0% 100.0% 315
2022 Q1 324 243 81 25.0% — 96.4% 333
2021 Q4 382 295 87 22.8% — 98.4% 344
2021 Q3 426 329 97 22.8% 100.0% 98.0% 400
2021 Q2 381 292 89 23.4% 50.0% 95.6% 445
2021 Q1 367 279 88 24.0% 100.0% 100.0% 375
2020 Q4 307 231 76 24.8% 100.0% 98.1% 359
2020 Q3 290 204 86 29.7% 100.0% 94.1% 296
2020 Q2 313 240 73 23.3% 100.0% 100.0% 288
2020 Q1 321 234 87 27.1% 100.0% 98.5% 339
2019 Q4 292 205 87 29.8% 100.0% 100.0% 344
2019 Q3 362 258 104 28.7% 100.0% 96.5% 328
2019 Q2 389 289 100 25.7% 100.0% 98.8% 352
2019 Q1 310 214 96 31.0% 100.0% 98.2% 395
2018 Q4 320 235 85 26.6% 100.0% 98.6% 324
2018 Q3 387 282 105 27.1% 100.0% 100.0% 307
2018 Q2 350 252 98 28.0% 100.0% 98.8% 391
2018 Q1 358 249 109 30.4% 80.0% 94.7% 372
2017 Q4 307 230 77 25.1% 100.0% 98.4% 335
2017 Q3 332 227 105 31.6% 100.0% 92.7% 339
2017 Q2 315 234 81 25.7% 100.0% 92.0% 348
2017 Q1 266 181 85 32.0% 100.0% 86.1% 309
2016 Q4 299 213 86 28.8% 80.0% 85.1% 304
2016 Q3 358 240 118 33.0% 100.0% 89.2% 337
2016 Q2 331 226 105 31.7% 92.3% 93.6% 361
2016 Q1 293 208 85 29.0% 100.0% 93.3% 300
2015 Q4 271 169 102 37.6% 100.0% 92.6% 296
2015 Q3 331 230 101 30.5% 72.7% 88.9% 326
2015 Q2 303 200 103 34.0% 90.0% 85.9% 311
2015 Q1 271 193 78 28.8% 90.0% 92.6% 312
2014 Q4 303 192 111 36.6% 90.0% 87.4% 318
2014 Q3 352 251 101 28.7% 93.3% 88.8% 327
2014 Q2 279 200 79 28.3% 81.0% 84.0% 320
2014 Q1 260 152 81 31.2% 100.0% 96.0% 336
2013 Q4 262 142 88 33.6% 90.0% 97.6% 250
2013 Q3 359 223 92 25.6% 95.2% 87.2% 308
2013 Q2 285 189 68 23.9% 100.0% 78.6% 367
2013 Q1 245 159 67 27.3% 88.9% 93.4% 280
2012 Q4 285 186 75 26.3% 75.0% 96.6% 306
2012 Q3 291 185 77 26.5% 80.0% 83.6% 249
2012 Q2 295 200 69 23.4% 84.6% 88.3% 290
2012 Q1 261 180 58 22.2% 83.3% 90.1% 324
2011 Q4 229 153 62 27.1% 100.0% 90.3% 270
2011 Q3 335 222 89 26.6% 78.6% 91.6% 293
2011 Q2 313 235 62 19.8% 85.7% 87.9% 310
2011 Q1 267 184 68 25.5% 62.5% 87.4% 320
2010 Q4 258 186 59 22.9% 92.3% 88.5% 249
2010 Q3 310 214 73 23.5% 92.3% 91.2% 322
2010 Q2 316 214 82 25.9% 77.8% 94.1% 336
2010 Q1 311 227 63 20.3% 91.7% 91.5% 351
2009 Q4 278 208 59 21.2% 70.0% 90.9% 298
2009 Q3 320 225 80 25.0% 93.3% 81.4% 285
2009 Q2 221 144 72 32.6% 69.2% 79.2% 297
2009 Q1 249 171 72 28.9% 81.8% 84.1% 289
2008 Q4 318 227 84 26.4% 63.2% 81.7% 245
2008 Q3 330 234 90 27.3% 57.1% 68.9% 352
2008 Q2 297 183 111 37.4% 64.3% 81.3% 319
2008 Q1 335 217 110 32.8% 85.7% 89.5% 381
2007 Q4 355 253 97 27.3% 58.3% 72.7% 368
2007 Q3 429 327 94 21.9% 83.3% 44.7% 374
2007 Q2 379 259 113 29.8% 60.0% 77.7% 463
2007 Q1 351 216 128 36.5% 53.3% 75.0% 416
2006 Q4 324 214 104 32.1% 55.6% 61.9% 347
2006 Q3 375 259 106 28.3% 53.3% 75.8% 408
2006 Q2 348 251 87 25.0% 81.3% 83.8% 372
2006 Q1 281 185 85 30.2% 71.4% 79.6% 394
2005 Q4 339 244 87 25.7% 57.1% 82.7% 352
2005 Q3 338 223 101 29.9% 31.3% 77.9% 351
2005 Q2 467 316 138 29.6% 61.1% 42.1% 405
2005 Q1 299 207 86 28.8% 90.0% 64.6% 434
2004 Q4 390 245 133 34.1% 38.5% 68.8% 363
2004 Q3 443 288 146 33.0% 66.7% 71.3% 440
2004 Q2 458 303 144 31.4% 54.5% 68.9% 462
2004 Q1 327 224 93 28.4% 33.3% 62.1% 420
2003 Q4 312 231 76 24.4% 66.7% 69.0% 361
2003 Q3 421 289 110 26.1% 28.6% 64.5% 343
2003 Q2 476 350 109 22.9% 71.4% 38.7% 414
2003 Q1 292 199 79 27.1% 20.0% 37.2% 424
2002 Q4 355 239 104 29.3% 71.4% 44.8% 383
2002 Q3 435 312 111 25.5% 27.3% 24.5% 331
2002 Q2 318 249 65 20.4% 40.0% 34.8% 372
2002 Q1 305 251 48 15.7% 50.0% 38.0% 398
2001 Q4 338 296 31 9.2% 33.3% 41.4% 330
2001 Q3 311 246 60 19.3% 0.0% 46.3% 353
2001 Q2 321 247 62 19.3% 28.6% 42.3% 342
2001 Q1 254 190 51 20.1% 25.0% 50.0% 299
2000 Q4 284 234 42 14.8% 33.3% 59.8% 285
2000 Q3 284 236 45 15.8% 42.9% 67.5% 298
2000 Q2 286 225 61 21.3% 57.1% 60.8% 343
2000 Q1 276 218 58 21.0% 80.0% 56.3% 277
1999 Q4 248 210 38 15.3% 100.0% 41.4% 303
1999 Q3 294 244 46 15.6% 66.7% 51.5% 273
1999 Q2 286 245 39 13.6% 50.0% 60.2% 282
1999 Q1 281 233 43 15.3% 54.5% 50.0% 308
1998 Q4 252 222 29 11.5% 80.0% 56.2% 261
1998 Q3 257 204 47 18.3% 83.3% 48.4% 255
1998 Q2 285 244 34 11.9% 50.0% 60.3% 313
1998 Q1 217 184 28 12.9% 62.5% 74.0% 292
1997 Q4 246 218 23 9.3% 75.0% 84.0% 239
1997 Q3 254 218 32 12.6% 50.0% 72.7% 274
1997 Q2 332 285 42 12.7% 100.0% 64.4% 325
1997 Q1 239 191 44 18.4% 55.6% 70.6% 250
1996 Q4 257 203 48 18.7% 50.0% 76.1% 261
1996 Q3 246 198 42 17.1% 50.0% 84.4% 279
1996 Q2 286 244 37 12.9% 66.7% 87.2% 265
1996 Q1 229 192 37 16.2% 81.8% 62.1% —
1995 Q4 324 287 37 11.4% 66.7% 50.4% —
1995 Q3 265 240 25 9.4% 66.7% 56.1% —
1995 Q2 273 234 39 14.3% 57.9% 59.0% —
1995 Q1 322 278 44 13.7% 46.4% 55.5% —
1994 Q4 273 236 37 13.6% 65.6% 55.9% —
1994 Q3 330 283 47 14.2% 59.3% 67.2% —
1994 Q2 312 277 35 11.2% 68.8% 66.7% —
1994 Q1 310 263 47 15.2% 52.4% 58.8% —
1993 Q4 278 235 43 15.5% 59.3% 65.0% —
1993 Q3 301 247 54 17.9% 71.4% 69.0% —
1993 Q2 312 274 38 12.2% 56.3% 73.2% —
1993 Q1 343 293 50 14.6% 40.0% 58.7% —
1992 Q4 308 268 40 13.0% 45.8% 56.7% —
1992 Q3 334 299 35 10.5% 71.4% 57.6% —
1992 Q2 317 271 46 14.5% 42.9% 45.1% —
1992 Q1 292 257 35 12.0% 42.1% 51.4% —
1991 Q4 321 269 52 16.2% 40.0% 51.9% —
1991 Q3 361 300 61 16.9% 27.3% 49.5% —
1991 Q2 354 283 71 20.1% 60.9% 54.4% —
1991 Q1 348 287 61 17.5% 7.1% 43.2% —
1990 Q4 396 320 76 19.2% 21.4% 47.9% —
1990 Q3 401 318 83 20.7% 36.1% 37.9% —
1990 Q2 389 304 85 21.9% 60.0% 33.3% —
1990 Q1 443 368 75 16.9% 22.6% 29.2% —
1989 Q4 455 372 83 18.2% 38.5% 29.8% —
1989 Q3 440 371 69 15.7% 35.0% 38.1% —
1989 Q2 545 460 85 15.6% 62.1% 45.3% —
1989 Q1 527 406 121 23.0% 55.8% 44.9% —
1988 Q4 451 357 94 20.8% 50.0% 53.7% —
1988 Q3 531 412 119 22.4% 61.3% 39.4% —
1988 Q2 483 391 92 19.0% 42.3% 45.0% —
1988 Q1 450 369 81 18.0% 38.7% 33.1% —
1987 Q4 551 462 89 16.2% 37.8% 26.0% —
1987 Q3 329 282 47 14.3% 40.0% 9.8% —
1987 Q2 352 292 60 17.0% 16.7% 8.0% —
1987 Q1 263 203 60 22.8% 41.7% 25.2% —
1986 Q4 390 336 54 13.8% 35.0% 12.3% —
1986 Q3 326 275 51 15.6% 32.0% 14.9% —
1986 Q2 279 253 26 9.3% 36.4% 40.4% —
1986 Q1 345 284 61 17.7% 66.7% 54.6% —
1985 Q4 290 247 43 14.8% 46.7% 57.4% —
1985 Q3 381 334 47 12.3% 41.7% 52.9% —
1985 Q2 302 271 31 10.3% 62.5% 61.2% —
1985 Q1 307 263 44 14.3% 80.0% 68.6% —
1984 Q4 324 274 50 15.4% 62.5% 64.5% —
1984 Q3 348 292 56 16.1% 55.6% 68.5% —
1984 Q2 325 275 50 15.4% 60.0% 56.5% —
1984 Q1 365 315 50 13.7% 46.7% 54.3% —
1983 Q4 348 296 52 14.9% 33.3% 72.4% —
1983 Q3 389 339 50 12.9% 50.0% 45.5% —
1983 Q2 355 313 42 11.8% 50.0% 58.3% —
1983 Q1 301 267 34 11.3% 70.0% 75.3% —
1982 Q4 348 294 54 15.5% 71.4% 67.7% —
1982 Q3 349 292 57 16.3% 33.3% 42.9% —
1982 Q2 330 268 62 18.8% 50.0% 46.3% —
1982 Q1 317 268 49 15.5% 57.1% 54.4% —
1981 Q4 331 290 41 12.4% 53.8% 71.7% —
1981 Q3 348 314 34 9.8% 37.5% 65.0% —
1981 Q2 408 359 49 12.0% 83.3% 69.1% —
1981 Q1 427 373 54 12.6% 66.7% 59.9% —
1980 Q4 484 398 86 17.8% 37.5% 59.0% —
1980 Q3 457 385 72 15.8% 54.5% 63.4% —
1980 Q2 431 356 75 17.4% 80.0% 54.7% —
1980 Q1 408 344 64 15.7% 89.3% 73.8% —
1979 Q4 449 368 81 18.0% 85.7% 69.3% —
1979 Q3 373 322 51 13.7% 52.9% 69.7% —
1979 Q2 389 322 67 17.2% 63.6% 59.5% —

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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