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Bedford

East of England · E06000055 · 188 quarters held (1979 Q2 – 2026 Q1)

Decisions
993
2025 Q2 – 2026 Q1
Refusal rate
20.4%
higher than 89% of authorities
Majors in time
70.0%
threshold 60%
Minors in time
61.8%
threshold 70%
Householder in time
92.9%
no formal threshold
Delegated
94.9%
decisions not to committee
Appellant win rate
30.3%
139 allowed of 459 decided
Decisions overturned
2.2%
quality threshold 10%

Refusal rate trend — last 40 quarters

2016 Q2 → 2026 Q1 · peak 29.6%

Quarterly history

QuarterDecisions GrantedRefused Refusal %Majors in time Minors in timeReceived
2026 Q1 221 160 61 27.6% 75.0% 41.2% 270
2025 Q4 256 203 53 20.7% 50.0% 73.7% 259
2025 Q3 262 221 41 15.6% 100.0% 66.7% 238
2025 Q2 254 206 48 18.9% — 70.0% 237
2025 Q1 259 209 50 19.3% 100.0% 50.0% 322
2024 Q4 245 196 49 20.0% — 57.1% 242
2024 Q3 243 197 46 18.9% 100.0% 64.7% 247
2024 Q2 288 218 70 24.3% 100.0% 76.5% 296
2024 Q1 276 203 73 26.4% 66.7% 69.2% 304
2023 Q4 294 207 87 29.6% 100.0% 93.1% 308
2023 Q3 281 216 65 23.1% 100.0% 63.0% 294
2023 Q2 301 227 74 24.6% 100.0% 30.8% 300
2023 Q1 291 223 68 23.4% 100.0% 53.6% 323
2022 Q4 306 236 70 22.9% 100.0% 65.7% 267
2022 Q3 365 285 80 21.9% 100.0% 61.5% 296
2022 Q2 385 307 78 20.3% 0.0% 44.4% 364
2022 Q1 339 262 77 22.7% 100.0% 58.6% 397
2021 Q4 393 320 73 18.6% — 42.3% 361
2021 Q3 387 327 60 15.5% — 50.0% 425
2021 Q2 362 298 64 17.7% 50.0% 38.5% 443
2021 Q1 356 276 80 22.5% — 63.0% 467
2020 Q4 347 278 69 19.9% 50.0% 48.4% 363
2020 Q3 290 213 77 26.6% 0.0% 48.3% 364
2020 Q2 277 222 55 19.9% 66.7% 30.0% 278
2020 Q1 297 235 62 20.9% 0.0% 40.0% 360
2019 Q4 332 259 73 22.0% 25.0% 38.5% 309
2019 Q3 319 263 56 17.6% 0.0% 28.1% 312
2019 Q2 293 259 34 11.6% 100.0% 27.3% 353
2019 Q1 266 224 42 15.8% 50.0% 45.2% 325
2018 Q4 293 248 45 15.4% 50.0% 54.8% 337
2018 Q3 320 279 41 12.8% 55.6% 51.2% 332
2018 Q2 365 310 55 15.1% 100.0% 66.7% 393
2018 Q1 330 284 46 13.9% 40.0% 77.4% 374
2017 Q4 309 260 49 15.9% 100.0% 73.5% 401
2017 Q3 391 344 47 12.0% 83.3% 76.4% 353
2017 Q2 390 354 36 9.2% 83.3% 89.5% 401
2017 Q1 319 273 46 14.4% 100.0% 81.6% 380
2016 Q4 368 332 36 9.8% 57.1% 73.0% 340
2016 Q3 351 322 29 8.3% 75.0% 45.9% 353
2016 Q2 329 302 27 8.2% 76.9% 62.0% 392
2016 Q1 306 275 31 10.1% 62.5% 74.7% 383
2015 Q4 301 270 31 10.3% 57.1% 69.4% 301
2015 Q3 341 296 45 13.2% 75.0% 55.9% 324
2015 Q2 334 303 31 9.3% 71.4% 66.7% 339
2015 Q1 287 261 26 9.1% 66.7% 78.4% 371
2014 Q4 320 293 27 8.4% 100.0% 75.0% 290
2014 Q3 317 290 27 8.5% 87.5% 67.3% 389
2014 Q2 321 300 21 6.5% 85.7% 61.5% 385
2014 Q1 315 276 19 6.0% 57.1% 54.8% 353
2013 Q4 330 287 22 6.7% 71.4% 52.9% 306
2013 Q3 344 289 28 8.1% 53.3% 59.3% 360
2013 Q2 334 283 27 8.1% 59.1% 52.9% 384
2013 Q1 288 243 25 8.7% 83.3% 54.7% 332
2012 Q4 307 266 27 8.8% 42.9% 57.6% 317
2012 Q3 290 236 35 12.1% 38.5% 51.7% 340
2012 Q2 346 289 33 9.5% 23.1% 66.7% 334
2012 Q1 284 235 33 11.6% 60.0% 52.9% 329
2011 Q4 286 236 26 9.1% 11.1% 58.9% 325
2011 Q3 364 300 41 11.3% 36.4% 61.8% 348
2011 Q2 341 301 27 7.9% 60.0% 64.3% 376
2011 Q1 310 260 31 10.0% 41.7% 70.3% 382
2010 Q4 316 253 41 13.0% 33.3% 77.4% 300
2010 Q3 424 351 45 10.6% 84.6% 70.0% 401
2010 Q2 344 272 54 15.7% 85.7% 77.4% 424
2010 Q1 332 263 45 13.6% 64.3% 82.4% 371
2009 Q4 319 266 40 12.5% 42.9% 77.6% 334
2009 Q3 325 240 56 17.2% 58.3% 69.4% 349
2009 Q2 322 245 50 15.5% 50.0% 82.0% 350
2009 Q1 311 228 53 17.0% 94.1% 74.0% 336
2008 Q4 358 270 70 19.6% 87.5% 72.2% 379
2008 Q3 483 352 111 23.0% 61.9% 75.5% 433
2008 Q2 479 328 113 23.6% 60.0% 73.2% 475
2008 Q1 398 268 101 25.4% 80.0% 74.5% 502
2007 Q4 470 331 107 22.8% 70.6% 64.2% 476
2007 Q3 489 355 94 19.2% 27.3% 68.6% 517
2007 Q2 502 364 105 20.9% 64.0% 66.4% 558
2007 Q1 408 287 92 22.5% 80.0% 76.6% 542
2006 Q4 465 347 89 19.1% 68.8% 78.2% 467
2006 Q3 503 363 104 20.7% 62.5% 66.4% 476
2006 Q2 515 388 105 20.4% 81.0% 73.4% 516
2006 Q1 445 314 100 22.5% 52.9% 72.6% 528
2005 Q4 460 347 85 18.5% 40.0% 79.6% 474
2005 Q3 563 400 123 21.8% 42.9% 71.8% 553
2005 Q2 485 379 76 15.7% 68.4% 82.1% 518
2005 Q1 401 315 71 17.7% 87.5% 81.4% 557
2004 Q4 518 386 93 18.0% 57.9% 78.6% 504
2004 Q3 527 412 89 16.9% 81.0% 72.3% 569
2004 Q2 602 479 96 15.9% 81.3% 86.7% 623
2004 Q1 482 360 84 17.4% 83.3% 84.5% 595
2003 Q4 474 364 77 16.2% 46.7% 88.8% 491
2003 Q3 610 447 113 18.5% 73.7% 81.2% 563
2003 Q2 568 434 106 18.7% 29.4% 52.0% 576
2003 Q1 468 366 77 16.5% 28.6% 39.8% 502
2002 Q4 439 343 81 18.5% 38.9% 34.2% 497
2002 Q3 528 391 108 20.5% 47.4% 36.9% 487
2002 Q2 503 412 68 13.5% 41.7% 35.6% 525
2002 Q1 458 332 94 20.5% 40.9% 30.5% 528
2001 Q4 363 272 68 18.7% 29.4% 29.9% 428
2001 Q3 394 310 67 17.0% 70.0% 28.4% 428
2001 Q2 382 307 55 14.4% 41.7% 41.5% 456
2001 Q1 496 415 74 14.9% 80.8% 64.5% 593
2000 Q4 403 325 74 18.4% 50.0% 66.2% 408
2000 Q3 423 340 71 16.8% 30.0% 59.5% 479
2000 Q2 377 292 79 21.0% 57.1% 57.1% 383
2000 Q1 351 284 59 16.8% 40.0% 47.2% 420
1999 Q4 386 332 51 13.2% 57.1% 43.1% 313
1999 Q3 392 345 46 11.7% 25.0% 39.8% 443
1999 Q2 364 301 61 16.8% 72.7% 43.8% 376
1999 Q1 359 298 51 14.2% 38.5% 43.3% 414
1998 Q4 383 328 50 13.1% 35.0% 49.3% 307
1998 Q3 356 314 39 11.0% 54.5% 37.6% 425
1998 Q2 418 359 51 12.2% 58.3% 50.4% 458
1998 Q1 329 288 38 11.6% 66.7% 60.9% 405
1997 Q4 353 321 30 8.5% 42.1% 45.7% 362
1997 Q3 420 383 34 8.1% 45.5% 34.8% 356
1997 Q2 387 343 41 10.6% 73.7% 57.6% 465
1997 Q1 311 274 29 9.3% 72.7% 57.1% 361
1996 Q4 297 253 38 12.8% 55.6% 65.6% 410
1996 Q3 373 326 44 11.8% 72.2% 60.3% 310
1996 Q2 301 264 34 11.3% 50.0% 48.9% 353
1996 Q1 322 282 40 12.4% 70.0% 60.0% —
1995 Q4 371 318 53 14.3% 53.8% 62.3% —
1995 Q3 358 307 51 14.2% 66.7% 52.3% —
1995 Q2 322 267 55 17.1% 70.0% 55.5% —
1995 Q1 342 290 52 15.2% 64.3% 45.0% —
1994 Q4 331 274 57 17.2% 71.4% 65.1% —
1994 Q3 327 263 64 19.6% 64.3% 60.0% —
1994 Q2 363 297 66 18.2% 78.6% 48.3% —
1994 Q1 250 205 45 18.0% 88.9% 54.5% —
1993 Q4 343 290 53 15.5% 77.8% 55.4% —
1993 Q3 365 294 71 19.5% 87.5% 58.7% —
1993 Q2 347 271 76 21.9% 87.5% 59.8% —
1993 Q1 314 260 54 17.2% 92.9% 58.1% —
1992 Q4 348 275 73 21.0% 88.9% 73.3% —
1992 Q3 298 232 66 22.1% 62.5% 67.1% —
1992 Q2 378 300 78 20.6% 60.0% 60.4% —
1992 Q1 353 278 75 21.2% 94.1% 73.5% —
1991 Q4 355 287 68 19.2% 82.4% 60.7% —
1991 Q3 390 314 76 19.5% 78.6% 76.9% —
1991 Q2 410 307 103 25.1% 53.8% 59.2% —
1991 Q1 305 248 57 18.7% 70.6% 37.4% —
1990 Q4 392 316 76 19.4% 40.0% 37.9% —
1990 Q3 464 371 93 20.0% 54.1% 41.2% —
1990 Q2 451 376 75 16.6% 40.0% 27.3% —
1990 Q1 413 326 87 21.1% 33.3% 32.1% —
1989 Q4 461 346 115 24.9% 79.3% 37.3% —
1989 Q3 486 402 84 17.3% 65.4% 41.6% —
1989 Q2 667 528 139 20.8% 72.0% 47.2% —
1989 Q1 590 479 111 18.8% 82.9% 40.5% —
1988 Q4 542 406 136 25.1% 79.4% 38.7% —
1988 Q3 547 453 94 17.2% 64.3% 42.3% —
1988 Q2 648 514 134 20.7% 70.8% 46.9% —
1988 Q1 497 404 93 18.7% 82.8% 41.2% —
1987 Q4 523 427 96 18.4% 66.7% 64.6% —
1987 Q3 445 383 62 13.9% 76.5% 60.1% —
1987 Q2 535 466 69 12.9% 70.8% 62.1% —
1987 Q1 382 323 59 15.4% 68.8% 64.3% —
1986 Q4 502 391 111 22.1% 83.3% 71.9% —
1986 Q3 454 380 74 16.3% 100.0% 64.1% —
1986 Q2 470 395 75 16.0% 84.6% 74.0% —
1986 Q1 461 381 80 17.4% 70.6% 68.3% —
1985 Q4 381 338 43 11.3% 90.0% 61.1% —
1985 Q3 407 363 44 10.8% 66.7% 60.6% —
1985 Q2 385 331 54 14.0% 100.0% 61.7% —
1985 Q1 366 311 55 15.0% 81.3% 60.7% —
1984 Q4 346 297 49 14.2% 75.0% 47.3% —
1984 Q3 373 316 57 15.3% 66.7% 55.6% —
1984 Q2 411 367 44 10.7% 57.1% 49.7% —
1984 Q1 383 336 47 12.3% 83.3% 56.9% —
1983 Q4 343 307 36 10.5% 72.7% 47.2% —
1983 Q3 326 289 37 11.3% 92.3% 50.0% —
1983 Q2 353 318 35 9.9% 81.8% 54.8% —
1983 Q1 392 355 37 9.4% 82.4% 58.6% —
1982 Q4 291 261 30 10.3% 88.9% 74.5% —
1982 Q3 357 318 39 10.9% 90.0% 65.9% —
1982 Q2 342 306 36 10.5% 80.0% 63.1% —
1982 Q1 348 312 36 10.3% 72.7% 65.0% —
1981 Q4 304 273 31 10.2% 83.3% 74.5% —
1981 Q3 391 339 52 13.3% 81.8% 58.5% —
1981 Q2 508 436 72 14.2% 69.2% 50.9% —
1981 Q1 432 357 75 17.4% 89.5% 59.1% —
1980 Q4 367 322 45 12.3% 75.0% 55.9% —
1980 Q3 488 420 68 13.9% 69.2% 49.4% —
1980 Q2 493 426 67 13.6% 85.7% 57.4% —
1980 Q1 523 454 69 13.2% 75.0% 52.1% —
1979 Q4 523 446 77 14.7% 94.1% 53.7% —
1979 Q3 514 444 70 13.6% 63.6% 33.3% —
1979 Q2 420 371 49 11.7% 100.0% 39.6% —

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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