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South East · E06000039 · 189 quarters held (1979 Q2 – 2026 Q2)

Decisions
616
2025 Q3 – 2026 Q2
Refusal rate
20.3%
higher than 89% of authorities
Majors in time
33.3%
threshold 60%
Minors in time
56.5%
threshold 70%
Householder in time
72.4%
no formal threshold
Delegated
99.0%
decisions not to committee
Appellant win rate
34.4%
63 allowed of 183 decided
Decisions overturned
1.7%
quality threshold 10%

Refusal rate trend — last 40 quarters

2016 Q3 → 2026 Q2 · peak 28.5%

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
660
in the window
Applications decided
616
in the window
Approval rate
79.7%
491 granted, 125 refused · national median refusal 11.6%
Refusal rate rank 58 of 63 unitary authorities (1 = fewest refusals) · peer median 10.6%
Decided within time
67.6%
rank 290 of 307 reporting authorities · national median 91.4%
Rank 59 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
Major1485.7%33.3%
Minor11778.6%56.5%
Other48579.8%—
of which householder40581.0%72.4%
"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
01032052024 Q3: 205 received2024 Q3: 184 decided2024 Q32024 Q4: 171 received2024 Q4: 154 decided2025 Q1: 168 received2025 Q1: 161 decided2025 Q2: 186 received2025 Q2: 165 decided2025 Q3: 158 received2025 Q3: 172 decided2025 Q4: 151 received2025 Q4: 139 decided2026 Q1: 183 received2026 Q1: 141 decided2026 Q2: 168 received2026 Q2: 164 decided2026 Q2
▬ received   ▬ decided
Housing Delivery Test
HDT 2025 measurement, homes delivered against requirement over 2022/23 to 2024/25
54%
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 (E06000039). 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)18 Oct 2026 · 68,583 rows nationallyLive tables
Planning application flow (PS1)MHCLG1979 Q2 to 2026 Q2 (189 quarters)18 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 164 129 35 21.3% 33.3% 73.3% 168
2026 Q1 141 118 23 16.3% — 56.3% 183
2025 Q4 139 105 34 24.5% — 47.8% 151
2025 Q3 172 139 33 19.2% — 53.3% 158
2025 Q2 165 118 47 28.5% — 42.9% 186
2025 Q1 161 128 33 20.5% 50.0% 54.5% 168
2024 Q4 154 115 39 25.3% — 50.0% 171
2024 Q3 184 162 22 12.0% — 80.0% 205
2024 Q2 194 152 42 21.6% — 57.9% 218
2024 Q1 173 149 24 13.9% — 50.0% 163
2023 Q4 168 145 23 13.7% 0.0% 43.8% 181
2023 Q3 144 125 19 13.2% 100.0% 40.0% 180
2023 Q2 160 130 30 18.8% — 82.4% 170
2023 Q1 150 123 27 18.0% — 54.5% 202
2022 Q4 212 176 36 17.0% 100.0% 42.3% 163
2022 Q3 206 175 31 15.0% 66.7% 30.4% 180
2022 Q2 170 156 14 8.2% — 13.6% 176
2022 Q1 187 165 22 11.8% 50.0% 36.4% 247
2021 Q4 208 175 33 15.9% 100.0% 68.8% 241
2021 Q3 242 216 26 10.7% 0.0% 71.4% 227
2021 Q2 204 179 25 12.3% 100.0% 50.0% 215
2021 Q1 206 181 25 12.1% 66.7% 72.7% 230
2020 Q4 213 189 24 11.3% 33.3% 60.0% 227
2020 Q3 177 154 23 13.0% 100.0% 62.5% 206
2020 Q2 119 109 10 8.4% 100.0% 100.0% 150
2020 Q1 134 111 23 17.2% — 62.5% 187
2019 Q4 155 125 30 19.4% — 68.8% 179
2019 Q3 176 157 19 10.8% — 43.8% 182
2019 Q2 186 162 24 12.9% 100.0% 69.6% 233
2019 Q1 183 160 23 12.6% 100.0% 86.4% 274
2018 Q4 232 207 25 10.8% 100.0% 65.5% 235
2018 Q3 197 175 22 11.2% 80.0% 83.3% 250
2018 Q2 224 199 25 11.2% 100.0% 66.7% 255
2018 Q1 205 185 20 9.8% 100.0% 81.8% 205
2017 Q4 213 179 34 16.0% 100.0% 84.8% 219
2017 Q3 218 197 21 9.6% 100.0% 74.1% 233
2017 Q2 189 168 21 11.1% 100.0% 84.6% 228
2017 Q1 221 195 26 11.8% 66.7% 73.0% 268
2016 Q4 221 198 23 10.4% 75.0% 65.9% 219
2016 Q3 218 185 33 15.1% 0.0% 52.6% 252
2016 Q2 189 159 30 15.9% — 65.7% 210
2016 Q1 202 175 27 13.4% 60.0% 58.7% 221
2015 Q4 182 155 27 14.8% 60.0% 62.9% 197
2015 Q3 239 211 28 11.7% 100.0% 53.7% 260
2015 Q2 189 161 28 14.8% 100.0% 69.8% 243
2015 Q1 149 123 26 17.4% 100.0% 78.8% 154
2014 Q4 159 135 24 15.1% 100.0% 80.0% 187
2014 Q3 211 184 27 12.8% 100.0% 86.4% 283
2014 Q2 171 151 20 11.7% 100.0% 76.2% 240
2014 Q1 175 132 21 12.0% 100.0% 72.7% 176
2013 Q4 209 143 35 16.7% 100.0% 56.5% 192
2013 Q3 205 139 36 17.6% 60.0% 54.2% 207
2013 Q2 221 163 32 14.5% 100.0% 54.8% 211
2013 Q1 154 123 14 9.1% 60.0% 60.7% 213
2012 Q4 208 148 42 20.2% 0.0% 64.6% 182
2012 Q3 179 128 28 15.6% 40.0% 35.5% 178
2012 Q2 217 149 39 18.0% 33.3% 53.8% 210
2012 Q1 184 120 50 27.2% 20.0% 66.7% 202
2011 Q4 212 144 36 17.0% 83.3% 70.9% 208
2011 Q3 243 170 44 18.1% 28.6% 74.5% 218
2011 Q2 254 175 53 20.9% 66.7% 69.7% 271
2011 Q1 185 117 43 23.2% 100.0% 72.7% 232
2010 Q4 230 162 47 20.4% 77.8% 77.6% 224
2010 Q3 271 201 50 18.5% 54.5% 86.8% 254
2010 Q2 235 146 65 27.7% 66.7% 82.6% 288
2010 Q1 189 131 46 24.3% 90.0% 95.5% 248
2009 Q4 241 189 24 10.0% 36.4% 86.0% 214
2009 Q3 268 193 46 17.2% 71.4% 86.9% 287
2009 Q2 212 149 39 18.4% 100.0% 82.6% 258
2009 Q1 200 152 32 16.0% 55.6% 78.4% 236
2008 Q4 211 133 59 28.0% 66.7% 82.0% 214
2008 Q3 239 159 58 24.3% 80.0% 88.6% 237
2008 Q2 264 181 61 23.1% 77.8% 91.7% 264
2008 Q1 286 175 84 29.4% 70.6% 85.9% 302
2007 Q4 268 155 93 34.7% 53.3% 81.0% 294
2007 Q3 306 203 93 30.4% 90.0% 79.3% 293
2007 Q2 271 207 45 16.6% 93.3% 80.4% 351
2007 Q1 245 177 58 23.7% 87.5% 82.7% 293
2006 Q4 239 172 55 23.0% 87.5% 92.3% 279
2006 Q3 276 200 63 22.8% 81.3% 97.9% 286
2006 Q2 291 223 52 17.9% 90.0% 94.9% 328
2006 Q1 255 192 54 21.2% 84.6% 90.0% 312
2005 Q4 307 222 80 26.1% 73.7% 88.3% 324
2005 Q3 315 228 75 23.8% 90.0% 85.0% 337
2005 Q2 334 249 74 22.2% 44.0% 81.6% 344
2005 Q1 264 188 71 26.9% 23.5% 83.3% 360
2004 Q4 321 215 92 28.7% 20.0% 94.8% 327
2004 Q3 303 245 52 17.2% 18.2% 90.3% 344
2004 Q2 322 267 44 13.7% 30.0% 89.4% 355
2004 Q1 267 221 39 14.6% 33.3% 80.4% 324
2003 Q4 314 273 36 11.5% 14.3% 63.8% 292
2003 Q3 359 287 64 17.8% 37.5% 55.7% 325
2003 Q2 324 271 49 15.1% 33.3% 66.1% 356
2003 Q1 286 224 50 17.5% 28.6% 54.4% 371
2002 Q4 248 184 59 23.8% 33.3% 52.1% 278
2002 Q3 332 289 38 11.4% 12.5% 62.5% 374
2002 Q2 273 221 49 17.9% 33.3% 63.6% 325
2002 Q1 233 179 46 19.7% 30.0% 63.5% 267
2001 Q4 262 215 47 17.9% 25.0% 67.9% 273
2001 Q3 305 270 34 11.1% 63.2% 51.9% 289
2001 Q2 237 213 23 9.7% 54.5% 36.6% 300
2001 Q1 198 173 25 12.6% 77.3% 58.6% 295
2000 Q4 266 233 32 12.0% 63.2% 31.7% 228
2000 Q3 275 245 30 10.9% 54.5% 31.0% 268
2000 Q2 229 194 31 13.5% 50.0% 36.8% 298
2000 Q1 215 183 30 14.0% 28.6% 43.8% 221
1999 Q4 233 205 23 9.9% 18.2% 54.5% 217
1999 Q3 226 180 43 19.0% 40.0% 65.1% 241
1999 Q2 282 222 59 20.9% 52.4% 66.0% 255
1999 Q1 204 169 35 17.2% 66.7% 44.6% 251
1998 Q4 208 177 31 14.9% 53.3% 43.8% 196
1998 Q3 251 164 46 18.3% 46.2% 65.2% 251
1998 Q2 241 166 39 16.2% 20.0% 32.0% 256
1998 Q1 195 135 33 16.9% 25.0% 12.5% 222
1997 Q4 231 165 37 16.0% 27.3% 34.3% 194
1997 Q3 210 168 15 7.1% 25.0% 22.7% 210
1997 Q2 180 154 14 7.8% 60.0% 40.0% 252
1997 Q1 152 111 16 10.5% 33.3% 11.8% 212
1996 Q4 220 163 23 10.5% 0.0% 24.1% 187
1996 Q3 170 120 26 15.3% 10.0% 0.0% 218
1996 Q2 192 127 13 6.8% 50.0% 12.0% 187
1996 Q1 249 205 44 17.7% 87.5% 60.2% —
1995 Q4 243 208 35 14.4% 55.6% 70.9% —
1995 Q3 272 235 37 13.6% 70.0% 68.2% —
1995 Q2 295 252 43 14.6% 75.0% 59.8% —
1995 Q1 277 239 38 13.7% 50.0% 58.3% —
1994 Q4 257 221 36 14.0% 60.0% 60.8% —
1994 Q3 298 271 27 9.1% 77.8% 67.4% —
1994 Q2 274 234 40 14.6% 75.0% 60.0% —
1994 Q1 274 229 45 16.4% 81.3% 69.9% —
1993 Q4 254 214 40 15.7% 63.6% 68.5% —
1993 Q3 330 303 27 8.2% 83.3% 78.6% —
1993 Q2 288 256 32 11.1% 100.0% 74.0% —
1993 Q1 233 193 40 17.2% 75.0% 73.8% —
1992 Q4 358 308 50 14.0% 31.6% 76.9% —
1992 Q3 362 299 63 17.4% 55.6% 71.7% —
1992 Q2 250 210 40 16.0% 25.0% 76.4% —
1992 Q1 325 254 71 21.8% 75.0% 66.4% —
1991 Q4 291 232 59 20.3% 71.4% 65.8% —
1991 Q3 372 324 48 12.9% 76.5% 72.1% —
1991 Q2 373 312 61 16.4% 50.0% 56.6% —
1991 Q1 272 219 53 19.5% 76.9% 71.5% —
1990 Q4 366 274 92 25.1% 47.4% 47.4% —
1990 Q3 312 240 72 23.1% 23.5% 37.7% —
1990 Q2 355 283 72 20.3% 20.0% 43.5% —
1990 Q1 298 233 65 21.8% 36.4% 35.1% —
1989 Q4 429 353 76 17.7% 7.7% 19.9% —
1989 Q3 275 254 21 7.6% 18.2% 23.5% —
1989 Q2 364 270 94 25.8% 33.3% 19.4% —
1989 Q1 258 195 63 24.4% 7.7% 25.5% —
1988 Q4 286 216 70 24.5% 22.2% 11.7% —
1988 Q3 270 245 25 9.3% 55.6% 46.0% —
1988 Q2 293 252 41 14.0% 44.4% 48.6% —
1988 Q1 193 162 31 16.1% 25.0% 47.6% —
1987 Q4 236 209 27 11.4% 0.0% 43.5% —
1987 Q3 158 138 20 12.7% 50.0% 41.3% —
1987 Q2 381 329 52 13.6% 71.4% 58.0% —
1987 Q1 225 178 47 20.9% 42.9% 62.5% —
1986 Q4 261 205 56 21.5% 100.0% 47.0% —
1986 Q3 311 263 48 15.4% 50.0% 58.8% —
1986 Q2 230 206 24 10.4% 40.0% 65.9% —
1986 Q1 212 182 30 14.2% 50.0% 52.4% —
1985 Q4 238 203 35 14.7% 50.0% 49.4% —
1985 Q3 234 207 27 11.5% 60.0% 57.9% —
1985 Q2 186 161 25 13.4% 60.0% 66.3% —
1985 Q1 226 198 28 12.4% 40.0% 65.3% —
1984 Q4 191 154 37 19.4% 62.5% 60.7% —
1984 Q3 238 206 32 13.4% 60.0% 81.0% —
1984 Q2 274 230 44 16.1% 64.3% 77.8% —
1984 Q1 241 210 31 12.9% 66.7% 78.4% —
1983 Q4 289 234 55 19.0% 61.5% 55.6% —
1983 Q3 204 184 20 9.8% 60.0% 73.4% —
1983 Q2 211 183 28 13.3% 50.0% 73.1% —
1983 Q1 203 171 32 15.8% 62.5% 50.0% —
1982 Q4 261 220 41 15.7% 44.4% 53.1% —
1982 Q3 256 216 40 15.6% 72.7% 45.6% —
1982 Q2 269 228 41 15.2% 50.0% 60.9% —
1982 Q1 172 148 24 14.0% 85.7% 67.2% —
1981 Q4 227 195 32 14.1% 78.9% 52.1% —
1981 Q3 262 224 38 14.5% 13.3% 34.9% —
1981 Q2 306 254 52 17.0% 58.3% 34.2% —
1981 Q1 256 221 35 13.7% 60.0% 76.0% —
1980 Q4 252 221 31 12.3% 58.3% 70.2% —
1980 Q3 233 200 33 14.2% 66.7% 46.8% —
1980 Q2 348 290 58 16.7% 53.3% 43.9% —
1980 Q1 278 245 33 11.9% 57.1% 37.5% —
1979 Q4 322 282 40 12.4% 66.7% 35.7% —
1979 Q3 316 288 28 8.9% 87.5% 28.0% —
1979 Q2 353 307 46 13.0% 72.7% 65.3% —

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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