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Wokingham

South East · E06000041 · 189 quarters held (1979 Q2 – 2026 Q2)

Decisions
1,117
2025 Q3 – 2026 Q2
Refusal rate
4.7%
higher than 6% of authorities
Majors in time
100.0%
threshold 60%
Minors in time
97.1%
threshold 70%
Householder in time
99.1%
no formal threshold
Delegated
89.1%
decisions not to committee
Appellant win rate
30.7%
85 allowed of 277 decided
Decisions overturned
1.1%
quality threshold 10%

Refusal rate trend — last 40 quarters

2016 Q3 → 2026 Q2 · peak 22.4%

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
1,164
in the window
Applications decided
1,117
in the window
Approval rate
95.3%
1,064 granted, 53 refused · national median refusal 11.6%
Refusal rate rank 3 of 63 unitary authorities (1 = fewest refusals) · peer median 10.6%
Decided within time
99.0%
rank 21 of 307 reporting authorities · national median 91.4%
Rank 7 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
Major4493.2%100.0%
Minor15989.3%97.1%
Other91496.4%—
of which householder80097.1%99.1%
"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
01843672024 Q3: 367 received2024 Q3: 360 decided2024 Q32024 Q4: 278 received2024 Q4: 295 decided2025 Q1: 322 received2025 Q1: 259 decided2025 Q2: 326 received2025 Q2: 305 decided2025 Q3: 280 received2025 Q3: 304 decided2025 Q4: 280 received2025 Q4: 264 decided2026 Q1: 315 received2026 Q1: 269 decided2026 Q2: 289 received2026 Q2: 280 decided2026 Q2
▬ received   ▬ decided
Housing Delivery Test
HDT 2025 measurement, homes delivered against requirement over 2022/23 to 2024/25
100%
No consequence

Delivery at or above 95%: no HDT consequence.

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 (E06000041). 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 280 272 8 2.9% 100.0% 100.0% 289
2026 Q1 269 252 17 6.3% — 95.0% 315
2025 Q4 264 248 16 6.1% 100.0% 100.0% 280
2025 Q3 304 292 12 3.9% 100.0% 95.0% 280
2025 Q2 305 286 19 6.2% 100.0% 100.0% 326
2025 Q1 259 246 13 5.0% 100.0% 100.0% 322
2024 Q4 295 264 31 10.5% 100.0% 100.0% 278
2024 Q3 360 332 28 7.8% 100.0% 100.0% 367
2024 Q2 303 270 33 10.9% 100.0% 100.0% 319
2024 Q1 291 265 26 8.9% 100.0% 100.0% 316
2023 Q4 340 308 32 9.4% 100.0% 100.0% 331
2023 Q3 331 299 32 9.7% 100.0% 100.0% 360
2023 Q2 348 322 26 7.5% 100.0% 100.0% 325
2023 Q1 384 355 29 7.6% 100.0% 100.0% 403
2022 Q4 368 337 31 8.4% 100.0% 97.7% 403
2022 Q3 418 381 37 8.9% 100.0% 96.8% 414
2022 Q2 441 391 50 11.3% 100.0% 100.0% 443
2022 Q1 430 361 69 16.0% 100.0% 97.4% 436
2021 Q4 448 386 62 13.8% 100.0% 97.4% 469
2021 Q3 486 435 51 10.5% 83.3% 100.0% 496
2021 Q2 465 421 44 9.5% 100.0% 100.0% 496
2021 Q1 439 407 32 7.3% 100.0% 96.8% 495
2020 Q4 390 337 53 13.6% 100.0% 100.0% 427
2020 Q3 349 282 67 19.2% 100.0% 100.0% 391
2020 Q2 313 254 59 18.8% 66.7% 100.0% 323
2020 Q1 354 299 55 15.5% 93.3% 92.0% 362
2019 Q4 419 363 56 13.4% 100.0% 95.1% 402
2019 Q3 389 343 46 11.8% 0.0% 93.3% 433
2019 Q2 371 325 46 12.4% 90.0% 100.0% 393
2019 Q1 434 337 97 22.4% 80.0% 92.9% 362
2018 Q4 394 332 62 15.7% 100.0% 93.6% 422
2018 Q3 425 367 58 13.6% 100.0% 93.2% 354
2018 Q2 433 375 58 13.4% 100.0% 88.5% 466
2018 Q1 395 337 58 14.7% 100.0% 94.7% 441
2017 Q4 385 320 65 16.9% 100.0% 94.4% 407
2017 Q3 474 401 73 15.4% 75.0% 85.9% 450
2017 Q2 461 418 43 9.3% 100.0% 74.4% 472
2017 Q1 435 372 63 14.5% 87.5% 79.5% 499
2016 Q4 445 379 66 14.8% 100.0% 66.7% 457
2016 Q3 513 451 62 12.1% 83.3% 64.5% 435
2016 Q2 545 470 75 13.8% 83.3% 57.4% 570
2016 Q1 475 419 56 11.8% 100.0% 70.0% 521
2015 Q4 404 365 39 9.7% 77.8% 61.4% 416
2015 Q3 353 329 24 6.8% 75.0% 43.8% 461
2015 Q2 414 360 54 13.0% 100.0% 54.8% 340
2015 Q1 382 328 54 14.1% 42.9% 40.8% 492
2014 Q4 359 316 43 12.0% 25.0% 43.7% 484
2014 Q3 374 341 33 8.8% 37.5% 29.6% 503
2014 Q2 312 283 29 9.3% 80.0% 53.8% 524
2014 Q1 382 292 44 11.5% 50.0% 56.9% 503
2013 Q4 418 330 48 11.5% 36.4% 54.5% 461
2013 Q3 429 334 42 9.8% 57.1% 47.6% 434
2013 Q2 374 288 37 9.9% 80.0% 67.9% 517
2013 Q1 333 266 38 11.4% 66.7% 51.2% 430
2012 Q4 411 306 62 15.1% 0.0% 39.2% 418
2012 Q3 376 280 45 12.0% 100.0% 62.1% 464
2012 Q2 439 340 44 10.0% 37.5% 64.5% 516
2012 Q1 370 274 46 12.4% 62.5% 62.9% 458
2011 Q4 426 330 54 12.7% 37.5% 72.6% 446
2011 Q3 494 327 101 20.4% 100.0% 80.8% 488
2011 Q2 466 315 91 19.5% 62.5% 75.0% 491
2011 Q1 379 247 83 21.9% 57.1% 68.8% 486
2010 Q4 448 295 97 21.7% 57.1% 79.3% 456
2010 Q3 508 364 88 17.3% 50.0% 86.2% 508
2010 Q2 460 308 100 21.7% 40.0% 87.4% 559
2010 Q1 387 250 88 22.7% 50.0% 84.6% 460
2009 Q4 462 326 92 19.9% 0.0% 96.3% 490
2009 Q3 500 340 105 21.0% 100.0% 93.3% 488
2009 Q2 445 275 118 26.5% 85.7% 93.6% 528
2009 Q1 396 235 127 32.1% 50.0% 87.2% 463
2008 Q4 474 298 143 30.2% 100.0% 91.7% 466
2008 Q3 544 336 151 27.8% 100.0% 85.5% 551
2008 Q2 580 398 176 30.3% 86.7% 92.9% 591
2008 Q1 543 378 165 30.4% 50.0% 88.6% 630
2007 Q4 582 417 162 27.8% 78.6% 84.0% 577
2007 Q3 692 501 189 27.3% 66.7% 90.2% 693
2007 Q2 734 508 222 30.2% 92.3% 90.6% 752
2007 Q1 515 300 208 40.4% 93.8% 92.7% 730
2006 Q4 658 409 225 34.2% 88.2% 74.3% 607
2006 Q3 642 464 163 25.4% 68.0% 64.8% 614
2006 Q2 594 413 176 29.6% 47.4% 62.7% 650
2006 Q1 531 372 154 29.0% 60.0% 74.0% 631
2005 Q4 534 399 131 24.5% 66.7% 60.4% 602
2005 Q3 633 475 153 24.2% 68.4% 64.4% 631
2005 Q2 666 545 111 16.7% 65.2% 76.0% 742
2005 Q1 536 441 86 16.0% 75.0% 71.3% 665
2004 Q4 569 441 123 21.6% 29.2% 73.3% 637
2004 Q3 755 616 129 17.1% 26.1% 66.7% 643
2004 Q2 648 557 86 13.3% 23.5% 60.0% 743
2004 Q1 612 464 130 21.2% 7.1% 61.3% 715
2003 Q4 513 388 113 22.0% 18.2% 51.9% 598
2003 Q3 676 557 109 16.1% 21.4% 63.6% 610
2003 Q2 588 487 90 15.3% 20.0% 56.0% 680
2003 Q1 506 444 53 10.5% 28.6% 35.8% 630
2002 Q4 556 428 102 18.3% 35.0% 39.8% 518
2002 Q3 673 589 71 10.5% 50.0% 42.2% 688
2002 Q2 618 507 108 17.5% 33.3% 47.8% 699
2002 Q1 581 477 93 16.0% 33.3% 44.4% 616
2001 Q4 527 432 80 15.2% 22.2% 26.8% 558
2001 Q3 571 464 83 14.5% 50.0% 43.5% 611
2001 Q2 544 430 94 17.3% 37.5% 33.3% 620
2001 Q1 549 428 95 17.3% 27.3% 35.4% 566
2000 Q4 560 426 76 13.6% 47.1% 36.3% 574
2000 Q3 676 537 91 13.5% 20.0% 34.7% 576
2000 Q2 683 569 66 9.7% 50.0% 26.4% 657
2000 Q1 535 403 89 16.6% 28.6% 24.2% 809
1999 Q4 563 416 127 22.6% 44.1% 34.6% 589
1999 Q3 627 466 120 19.1% 86.2% 41.5% 612
1999 Q2 624 444 82 13.1% 46.9% 46.2% 714
1999 Q1 447 325 73 16.3% 68.8% 53.8% 579
1998 Q4 539 350 120 22.3% 16.7% 27.6% 446
1998 Q3 589 461 99 16.8% 44.4% 28.2% 487
1998 Q2 453 368 70 15.5% 35.7% 24.4% 568
1998 Q1 487 379 82 16.8% 20.0% 34.5% 473
1997 Q4 462 345 74 16.0% 35.0% 21.5% 474
1997 Q3 545 403 85 15.6% 33.3% 22.7% 513
1997 Q2 532 304 77 14.5% 46.2% 41.5% 553
1997 Q1 370 264 64 17.3% 63.6% 46.0% 553
1996 Q4 430 329 68 15.8% 44.4% 24.4% 361
1996 Q3 425 332 59 13.9% 43.8% 40.2% 419
1996 Q2 438 333 71 16.2% 50.0% 34.8% 452
1996 Q1 340 259 81 23.8% 40.0% 44.9% —
1995 Q4 357 290 67 18.8% 57.1% 41.3% —
1995 Q3 301 253 48 15.9% 50.0% 37.7% —
1995 Q2 331 290 41 12.4% 54.5% 46.7% —
1995 Q1 280 226 54 19.3% 57.1% 57.1% —
1994 Q4 335 285 50 14.9% 68.8% 48.3% —
1994 Q3 380 314 66 17.4% 71.4% 45.2% —
1994 Q2 349 306 43 12.3% 66.7% 52.9% —
1994 Q1 282 232 50 17.7% 82.4% 63.0% —
1993 Q4 343 286 57 16.6% 70.0% 54.0% —
1993 Q3 356 314 42 11.8% 80.0% 49.0% —
1993 Q2 324 289 35 10.8% 81.8% 70.5% —
1993 Q1 292 247 45 15.4% 71.4% 73.4% —
1992 Q4 353 295 58 16.4% 71.4% 62.0% —
1992 Q3 371 307 64 17.3% 63.6% 66.1% —
1992 Q2 386 324 62 16.1% 84.6% 52.5% —
1992 Q1 374 295 79 21.1% 84.6% 54.9% —
1991 Q4 360 282 78 21.7% 54.2% 53.8% —
1991 Q3 408 325 83 20.3% 73.3% 31.7% —
1991 Q2 364 281 83 22.8% 30.8% 32.5% —
1991 Q1 358 297 61 17.0% 71.4% 42.7% —
1990 Q4 396 297 99 25.0% 83.3% 42.9% —
1990 Q3 517 387 130 25.1% 57.1% 43.7% —
1990 Q2 448 321 127 28.3% 64.7% 55.6% —
1990 Q1 578 366 212 36.7% 62.2% 24.8% —
1989 Q4 438 327 111 25.3% 40.7% 12.9% —
1989 Q3 623 450 173 27.8% 35.7% 15.7% —
1989 Q2 578 459 119 20.6% 55.6% 15.8% —
1989 Q1 579 430 149 25.7% 66.7% 13.8% —
1988 Q4 609 455 154 25.3% 52.9% 16.8% —
1988 Q3 621 489 132 21.3% 51.9% 23.4% —
1988 Q2 723 580 143 19.8% 33.3% 21.8% —
1988 Q1 534 399 135 25.3% 65.5% 29.7% —
1987 Q4 615 483 132 21.5% 30.0% 15.1% —
1987 Q3 701 559 142 20.3% 30.0% 2.3% —
1987 Q2 490 387 103 21.0% 13.3% 6.7% —
1987 Q1 453 339 114 25.2% 4.8% 3.7% —
1986 Q4 404 328 76 18.8% 100.0% 74.5% —
1986 Q3 514 419 95 18.5% 100.0% 36.8% —
1986 Q2 570 462 108 18.9% 93.8% 38.4% —
1986 Q1 398 321 77 19.3% 88.2% 56.7% —
1985 Q4 378 306 72 19.0% 100.0% 73.7% —
1985 Q3 599 483 116 19.4% 85.2% 66.7% —
1985 Q2 500 425 75 15.0% 84.6% 67.7% —
1985 Q1 392 320 72 18.4% 93.8% 69.7% —
1984 Q4 378 296 82 21.7% 100.0% 84.5% —
1984 Q3 530 441 89 16.8% 95.0% 81.2% —
1984 Q2 572 495 77 13.5% 94.7% 81.8% —
1984 Q1 357 308 49 13.7% 63.6% 32.4% —
1983 Q4 360 294 66 18.3% 53.3% 42.9% —
1983 Q3 530 449 81 15.3% 72.2% 49.2% —
1983 Q2 572 482 90 15.7% 50.0% 50.8% —
1983 Q1 365 305 60 16.4% 61.5% 50.0% —
1982 Q4 405 329 76 18.8% 62.5% 49.6% —
1982 Q3 491 406 85 17.3% 66.7% 46.7% —
1982 Q2 472 382 90 19.1% 80.0% 61.5% —
1982 Q1 402 322 80 19.9% 53.3% 54.5% —
1981 Q4 327 271 56 17.1% 66.7% 73.8% —
1981 Q3 564 484 80 14.2% 75.0% 53.8% —
1981 Q2 627 476 151 24.1% 82.9% 56.3% —
1981 Q1 519 402 117 22.5% 81.8% 31.4% —
1980 Q4 487 398 89 18.3% 78.6% 62.1% —
1980 Q3 597 473 124 20.8% 64.7% 38.0% —
1980 Q2 782 633 149 19.1% 68.0% 20.5% —
1980 Q1 578 473 105 18.2% 38.5% 23.0% —
1979 Q4 592 421 171 28.9% 52.2% 35.5% —
1979 Q3 715 591 124 17.3% 66.7% 47.3% —
1979 Q2 614 482 132 21.5% 46.2% 31.9% —

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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