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Southend-on-Sea

East of England · E06000033 · 188 quarters held (1979 Q2 – 2026 Q1)

Decisions
904
2025 Q2 – 2026 Q1
Refusal rate
19.6%
higher than 88% of authorities
Majors in time
100.0%
threshold 60%
Minors in time
98.3%
threshold 70%
Householder in time
99.7%
no formal threshold
Delegated
95.8%
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 Q2 → 2026 Q1 · peak 33.0%

Quarterly history

QuarterDecisions GrantedRefused Refusal %Majors in time Minors in timeReceived
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 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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