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North Northamptonshire

East Midlands · E06000061 · 21 quarters held (2021 Q2 – 2026 Q2)

Decisions
1,111
2025 Q3 – 2026 Q2
Refusal rate
10.0%
higher than 39% of authorities
Majors in time
60.0%
threshold 60%
Minors in time
44.4%
threshold 70%
Householder in time
66.1%
no formal threshold
Delegated
97.5%
decisions not to committee
Appellant win rate
36.3%
119 allowed of 328 decided
Decisions overturned
1.5%
quality threshold 10%

Refusal rate trend — last 21 quarters

2021 Q2 → 2026 Q2 · peak 19.8%

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
1,140
in the window
Applications decided
1,111
in the window
Approval rate
90.0%
1,000 granted, 111 refused · national median refusal 11.6%
Refusal rate rank 29 of 63 unitary authorities (1 = fewest refusals) · peer median 10.6%
Decided within time
60.3%
rank 300 of 307 reporting authorities · national median 91.4%
Rank 62 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
Major5692.9%60.0%
Minor28686.4%44.4%
Other76991.2%—
of which householder52691.4%66.1%
"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
02324632024 Q3: 428 received2024 Q3: 383 decided2024 Q32024 Q4: 433 received2024 Q4: 333 decided2025 Q1: 463 received2025 Q1: 317 decided2025 Q2: 315 received2025 Q2: 309 decided2025 Q3: 220 received2025 Q3: 259 decided2025 Q4: 297 received2025 Q4: 270 decided2026 Q1: 266 received2026 Q1: 258 decided2026 Q2: 357 received2026 Q2: 324 decided2026 Q2
▬ received   ▬ decided
Housing Delivery Test
HDT 2025 measurement, homes delivered against requirement over 2022/23 to 2024/25
108%
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 (E06000061). Missing values are shown as "—" and are never estimated or filled from another period.
DatasetPublisherCovers this authorityLoadedOfficial source
Planning application decisions (PS2)MHCLG2021 Q2 to 2026 Q2 (21 quarters)25 Oct 2026 · 68,583 rows nationallyLive tables
Planning application flow (PS1)MHCLG2021 Q2 to 2026 Q2 (21 quarters)25 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 324 288 36 11.1% 50.0% 38.5% 357
2026 Q1 258 232 26 10.1% 100.0% 42.1% 266
2025 Q4 270 237 33 12.2% 0.0% 60.0% 297
2025 Q3 259 243 16 6.2% — 41.7% 220
2025 Q2 309 252 57 18.4% 100.0% 83.3% 315
2025 Q1 317 261 56 17.7% 100.0% 95.5% 463
2024 Q4 333 275 58 17.4% 100.0% 92.9% 433
2024 Q3 383 317 66 17.2% 25.0% 69.8% 428
2024 Q2 359 299 60 16.7% 50.0% 76.2% 401
2024 Q1 410 329 81 19.8% 66.7% 58.8% 483
2023 Q4 438 363 75 17.1% 55.6% 70.6% 493
2023 Q3 369 305 64 17.3% 66.7% 86.0% 503
2023 Q2 383 312 71 18.5% 100.0% 70.8% 529
2023 Q1 402 355 47 11.7% 100.0% 63.6% 486
2022 Q4 485 426 59 12.2% 80.0% 75.6% 585
2022 Q3 498 437 61 12.2% 100.0% 74.4% 537
2022 Q2 468 421 47 10.0% 62.5% 84.4% 586
2022 Q1 435 376 59 13.6% 100.0% 82.5% 591
2021 Q4 539 457 82 15.2% 83.3% 81.0% 633
2021 Q3 623 554 69 11.1% 100.0% 81.1% 658
2021 Q2 534 460 74 13.9% 90.9% 81.6% 690

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, 2022–2026 — a different period from the decision figures above. Designation thresholds shown are indicative, not official.

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