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Brighton and Hove

South East · E06000043 · 116 quarters held (1997 Q2 – 2026 Q1)

Decisions
1,719
2025 Q2 – 2026 Q1
Refusal rate
10.2%
higher than 39% of authorities
Majors in time
100.0%
threshold 60%
Minors in time
83.7%
threshold 70%
Householder in time
95.8%
no formal threshold
Delegated
96.0%
decisions not to committee
Appellant win rate
31.5%
150 allowed of 476 decided
Decisions overturned
1.5%
quality threshold 10%

Refusal rate trend — last 40 quarters

2016 Q2 → 2026 Q1 · peak 30.0%

Quarterly history

QuarterDecisions GrantedRefused Refusal %Majors in time Minors in timeReceived
2026 Q1 384 352 32 8.3% — 75.0% 414
2025 Q4 531 471 60 11.3% 100.0% 78.5% 583
2025 Q3 344 303 41 11.9% 100.0% 81.1% 416
2025 Q2 460 417 43 9.3% — 94.5% 400
2025 Q1 375 326 49 13.1% 100.0% 86.8% 509
2024 Q4 384 339 45 11.7% — 93.6% 354
2024 Q3 438 390 48 11.0% — 85.7% 386
2024 Q2 407 368 39 9.6% 50.0% 96.2% 480
2024 Q1 371 331 40 10.8% 100.0% 93.7% 452
2023 Q4 438 385 53 12.1% 100.0% 93.1% 394
2023 Q3 489 429 60 12.3% 100.0% 90.6% 458
2023 Q2 451 409 42 9.3% 100.0% 94.1% 537
2023 Q1 468 420 48 10.3% 50.0% 86.4% 460
2022 Q4 478 416 62 13.0% 100.0% 91.6% 513
2022 Q3 488 433 55 11.3% 100.0% 91.0% 530
2022 Q2 542 489 53 9.8% 100.0% 87.9% 572
2022 Q1 532 471 61 11.5% 66.7% 89.9% 567
2021 Q4 538 451 87 16.2% 100.0% 81.4% 577
2021 Q3 666 600 66 9.9% 100.0% 84.4% 640
2021 Q2 687 628 59 8.6% 100.0% 83.3% 712
2021 Q1 547 480 67 12.2% — 86.6% 688
2020 Q4 511 430 81 15.9% 75.0% 87.4% 554
2020 Q3 488 422 66 13.5% 100.0% 82.8% 518
2020 Q2 515 408 107 20.8% 0.0% 78.9% 468
2020 Q1 554 449 105 19.0% 66.7% 80.1% 576
2019 Q4 596 454 142 23.8% — 80.9% 576
2019 Q3 619 501 118 19.1% 0.0% 76.7% 561
2019 Q2 565 441 124 21.9% 0.0% 81.2% 633
2019 Q1 532 397 135 25.4% 50.0% 73.6% 564
2018 Q4 560 392 168 30.0% — 49.2% 537
2018 Q3 532 393 139 26.1% 50.0% 40.4% 525
2018 Q2 547 420 127 23.2% 100.0% 41.3% 647
2018 Q1 498 359 139 27.9% 100.0% 45.8% 567
2017 Q4 550 454 96 17.5% 100.0% 52.8% 611
2017 Q3 688 535 153 22.2% 50.0% 49.0% 578
2017 Q2 617 479 138 22.4% — 70.9% 628
2017 Q1 533 401 132 24.8% — 59.4% 654
2016 Q4 469 343 126 26.9% 100.0% 84.2% 703
2016 Q3 731 544 187 25.6% 100.0% 97.7% 685
2016 Q2 710 511 199 28.0% — 96.9% 779
2016 Q1 678 446 232 34.2% 66.7% 41.8% 604
2015 Q4 602 442 160 26.6% 50.0% 24.8% 639
2015 Q3 621 461 160 25.8% 0.0% 19.5% 563
2015 Q2 544 382 162 29.8% 75.0% 37.5% 609
2015 Q1 511 379 132 25.8% 100.0% 42.7% 507
2014 Q4 493 367 126 25.6% 0.0% 54.7% 606
2014 Q3 679 485 194 28.6% 75.0% 49.2% 649
2014 Q2 532 379 153 28.8% 66.7% 53.2% 678
2014 Q1 565 344 163 28.8% 57.1% 56.6% 694
2013 Q4 671 397 205 30.6% 57.1% 64.7% 641
2013 Q3 700 404 219 31.3% 83.3% 70.3% 772
2013 Q2 755 466 236 31.3% 66.7% 64.2% 775
2013 Q1 590 354 188 31.9% 44.4% 56.4% 784
2012 Q4 563 303 196 34.8% 57.1% 62.1% 712
2012 Q3 698 430 195 27.9% 20.0% 69.3% 886
2012 Q2 678 444 153 22.6% 50.0% 70.6% 776
2012 Q1 607 422 122 20.1% 61.5% 68.9% 223
2011 Q4 625 430 137 21.9% 80.0% 73.9% 819
2011 Q3 655 447 142 21.7% 22.2% 67.5% 871
2011 Q2 612 434 113 18.5% 33.3% 74.0% 880
2011 Q1 556 387 115 20.7% 83.3% 69.5% 864
2010 Q4 664 487 107 16.1% 50.0% 70.7% 791
2010 Q3 703 471 152 21.6% 62.5% 73.0% 936
2010 Q2 622 458 115 18.5% 62.5% 75.4% 878
2010 Q1 538 358 130 24.2% 71.4% 81.3% 688
2009 Q4 492 328 114 23.2% 57.1% 75.9% 669
2009 Q3 585 416 123 21.0% 61.5% 61.4% 645
2009 Q2 598 372 157 26.3% 62.5% 62.4% 653
2009 Q1 590 375 164 27.8% 80.0% 52.3% 634
2008 Q4 674 417 207 30.7% 55.6% 50.3% 615
2008 Q3 639 444 189 29.6% 100.0% 38.9% 853
2008 Q2 699 431 236 33.8% 86.7% 40.9% 965
2008 Q1 744 463 222 29.8% 53.3% 55.9% 1,024
2007 Q4 662 394 210 31.7% 60.0% 62.4% 1,015
2007 Q3 790 530 207 26.2% 66.7% 71.0% 950
2007 Q2 792 500 213 26.9% 80.0% 73.4% 985
2007 Q1 731 466 206 28.2% 72.7% 76.2% 1,068
2006 Q4 679 467 161 23.7% 75.0% 81.1% 914
2006 Q3 809 517 222 27.4% 60.0% 84.7% 983
2006 Q2 843 566 208 24.7% 81.0% 78.3% 974
2006 Q1 693 470 180 26.0% 52.9% 79.3% 1,002
2005 Q4 764 559 161 21.1% 54.5% 71.8% 871
2005 Q3 844 569 195 23.1% 45.5% 72.8% 924
2005 Q2 720 470 185 25.7% 50.0% 77.7% 953
2005 Q1 783 511 212 27.1% 36.4% 69.8% 886
2004 Q4 674 491 151 22.4% 56.3% 71.8% 776
2004 Q3 905 655 195 21.5% 63.2% 63.6% 816
2004 Q2 800 560 206 25.8% 44.4% 66.5% 905
2004 Q1 716 504 174 24.3% 38.5% 75.0% 937
2003 Q4 726 529 166 22.9% 55.0% 67.0% 769
2003 Q3 905 656 210 23.2% 73.3% 76.2% 916
2003 Q2 840 621 192 22.9% 66.7% 67.8% 982
2003 Q1 768 535 203 26.4% 21.4% 69.9% 931
2002 Q4 798 590 186 23.3% 7.7% 52.9% 786
2002 Q3 915 702 174 19.0% 25.0% 34.6% 805
2002 Q2 554 432 108 19.5% 42.9% 23.4% 741
2002 Q1 597 453 132 22.1% 16.7% 28.1% 602
2001 Q4 700 543 141 20.1% 0.0% 16.8% 653
2001 Q3 492 394 67 13.6% 28.6% 13.6% 897
2001 Q2 562 460 79 14.1% 33.3% 39.6% 767
2001 Q1 588 474 94 16.0% 66.7% 42.0% 829
2000 Q4 615 469 107 17.4% 0.0% 47.1% 801
2000 Q3 628 522 78 12.4% 22.2% 52.5% 870
2000 Q2 639 548 74 11.6% 20.0% 44.3% 890
2000 Q1 594 444 81 13.6% 0.0% 44.9% 823
1999 Q4 691 503 97 14.0% 33.3% 54.1% 682
1999 Q3 753 537 99 13.1% 28.6% 50.0% 852
1999 Q2 587 443 84 14.3% 30.0% 45.3% 641
1999 Q1 593 445 90 15.2% 9.1% 42.4% 684
1998 Q4 587 429 73 12.4% 14.3% 42.9% 631
1998 Q3 635 479 82 12.9% 16.7% 42.5% 784
1998 Q2 667 505 72 10.8% 31.3% 44.6% 725
1998 Q1 567 420 90 15.9% 40.0% 44.0% 692
1997 Q4 603 460 71 11.8% 40.0% 31.7% 564
1997 Q3 492 338 85 17.3% 53.3% 40.5% 751
1997 Q2 432 320 84 19.4% 40.0% 59.0% 607

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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