Buckinghamshire
South East · E06000060 · 25 quarters held (2020 Q2 – 2026 Q2)
Refusal rate trend — last 25 quarters
2020 Q2 → 2026 Q2 · peak 18.1%
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.
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.
| Type | Decisions | Approved | In time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Major | 155 | 81.3% | 77.8% |
| Minor | 964 | 80.3% | 58.3% |
| Other | 3,413 | 85.9% | — |
| of which householder | 2,855 | 86.3% | 61.9% |
Delivery 85–94%: the authority must publish an action plan. No presumption or buffer consequence.
| Dataset | Publisher | Covers this authority | Loaded | Official source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Planning application decisions (PS2) | MHCLG | 2020 Q2 to 2026 Q2 (25 quarters) | 18 Oct 2026 · 68,583 rows nationally | Live tables |
| Planning application flow (PS1) | MHCLG | 2020 Q2 to 2026 Q2 (25 quarters) | 18 Oct 2026 · 42,861 rows nationally | Live tables |
| Housing Delivery Test 2025 | MHCLG | 2022/23 to 2024/25 | 18 Aug 2026 | Measurement |
Quarterly history
| Quarter | Decisions | Granted | Refused | Refusal % | Majors in time | Minors in time | Received |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 Q2 | 1,241 | 1,056 | 185 | 14.9% | 75.0% | 64.4% | 1,310 |
| 2026 Q1 | 1,132 | 984 | 148 | 13.1% | 50.0% | 48.1% | 1,163 |
| 2025 Q4 | 1,048 | 869 | 179 | 17.1% | 83.3% | 50.6% | 1,161 |
| 2025 Q3 | 1,111 | 922 | 189 | 17.0% | 87.5% | 67.7% | 1,296 |
| 2025 Q2 | 1,155 | 981 | 174 | 15.1% | 91.7% | 80.0% | 1,201 |
| 2025 Q1 | 1,122 | 930 | 192 | 17.1% | 90.0% | 73.9% | 1,363 |
| 2024 Q4 | 1,342 | 1,105 | 237 | 17.7% | 90.0% | 82.4% | 1,245 |
| 2024 Q3 | 1,328 | 1,118 | 210 | 15.8% | 100.0% | 78.6% | 1,358 |
| 2024 Q2 | 1,262 | 1,075 | 187 | 14.8% | 100.0% | 87.4% | 1,333 |
| 2024 Q1 | 1,160 | 1,001 | 159 | 13.7% | 77.8% | 85.9% | 1,388 |
| 2023 Q4 | 1,280 | 1,109 | 171 | 13.4% | 88.9% | 75.3% | 1,378 |
| 2023 Q3 | 1,413 | 1,254 | 159 | 11.3% | 90.9% | 75.0% | 1,310 |
| 2023 Q2 | 1,412 | 1,260 | 152 | 10.8% | 91.7% | 77.7% | 1,439 |
| 2023 Q1 | 1,306 | 1,163 | 143 | 10.9% | 90.9% | 71.4% | 1,626 |
| 2022 Q4 | 1,449 | 1,279 | 170 | 11.7% | 60.0% | 85.3% | 1,482 |
| 2022 Q3 | 1,526 | 1,295 | 231 | 15.1% | 55.6% | 59.6% | 1,636 |
| 2022 Q2 | 1,534 | 1,308 | 226 | 14.7% | 87.5% | 52.9% | 1,718 |
| 2022 Q1 | 1,528 | 1,252 | 276 | 18.1% | 70.0% | 56.4% | 1,697 |
| 2021 Q4 | 1,691 | 1,431 | 260 | 15.4% | 62.5% | 66.4% | 1,607 |
| 2021 Q3 | 1,820 | 1,563 | 257 | 14.1% | 77.8% | 62.5% | 1,878 |
| 2021 Q2 | 1,701 | 1,531 | 170 | 10.0% | 70.0% | 68.2% | 1,995 |
| 2021 Q1 | 1,585 | 1,408 | 177 | 11.2% | 88.9% | 71.3% | 2,026 |
| 2020 Q4 | 1,505 | 1,331 | 174 | 11.6% | 63.6% | 74.3% | 1,762 |
| 2020 Q3 | 1,431 | 1,270 | 161 | 11.3% | 87.5% | 74.3% | 1,668 |
| 2020 Q2 | 1,211 | 1,053 | 158 | 13.0% | 85.7% | 83.8% | 1,406 |
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, 2026–2026 — a different period from the decision figures above. Designation thresholds shown are indicative, not official.