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West Northamptonshire

East Midlands · E06000062 · 21 quarters held (2021 Q2 – 2026 Q2)

Decisions
1,852
2025 Q3 – 2026 Q2
Refusal rate
11.7%
higher than 50% of authorities
Majors in time
88.9%
threshold 60%
Minors in time
42.3%
threshold 70%
Householder in time
71.5%
no formal threshold
Delegated
94.1%
decisions not to committee
Appellant win rate
30.4%
105 allowed of 346 decided
Decisions overturned
0.9%
quality threshold 10%

Refusal rate trend — last 21 quarters

2021 Q2 → 2026 Q2 · peak 14.7%

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
1,949
in the window
Applications decided
1,852
in the window
Approval rate
88.3%
1,636 granted, 216 refused · national median refusal 11.6%
Refusal rate rank 36 of 63 unitary authorities (1 = fewest refusals) · peer median 10.6%
Decided within time
63.6%
rank 295 of 307 reporting authorities · national median 91.4%
Rank 61 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
Major6889.7%88.9%
Minor43584.8%42.3%
Other1,34989.4%—
of which householder88491.3%71.5%
"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
02995982024 Q3: 506 received2024 Q3: 598 decided2024 Q32024 Q4: 485 received2024 Q4: 495 decided2025 Q1: 558 received2025 Q1: 429 decided2025 Q2: 523 received2025 Q2: 478 decided2025 Q3: 445 received2025 Q3: 473 decided2025 Q4: 571 received2025 Q4: 432 decided2026 Q1: 477 received2026 Q1: 449 decided2026 Q2: 456 received2026 Q2: 498 decided2026 Q2
▬ received   ▬ decided
Housing Delivery Test
HDT 2025 measurement, homes delivered against requirement over 2022/23 to 2024/25
104%
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 (E06000062). 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)18 Oct 2026 · 68,583 rows nationallyLive tables
Planning application flow (PS1)MHCLG2021 Q2 to 2026 Q2 (21 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 498 425 73 14.7% 50.0% 28.6% 456
2026 Q1 449 406 43 9.6% 100.0% 57.1% 477
2025 Q4 432 383 49 11.3% 100.0% 41.7% 571
2025 Q3 473 422 51 10.8% 100.0% 45.8% 445
2025 Q2 478 442 36 7.5% 100.0% 65.0% 523
2025 Q1 429 383 46 10.7% 100.0% 80.0% 558
2024 Q4 495 434 61 12.3% 100.0% 75.9% 485
2024 Q3 598 522 76 12.7% — 79.1% 506
2024 Q2 693 632 61 8.8% 100.0% 75.0% 553
2024 Q1 414 379 35 8.5% 100.0% 57.1% 577
2023 Q4 438 411 27 6.2% 40.0% 42.9% 490
2023 Q3 507 463 44 8.7% 0.0% 58.3% 466
2023 Q2 585 534 51 8.7% 66.7% 71.1% 555
2023 Q1 594 535 59 9.9% 33.3% 58.6% 621
2022 Q4 628 563 65 10.4% 44.4% 48.7% 667
2022 Q3 824 735 89 10.8% 30.8% 37.5% 682
2022 Q2 666 623 43 6.5% 28.6% 38.3% 809
2022 Q1 626 579 47 7.5% 41.7% 31.2% 768
2021 Q4 686 640 46 6.7% 37.5% 44.7% 774
2021 Q3 922 865 57 6.2% 62.5% 55.4% 854
2021 Q2 786 738 48 6.1% 100.0% 66.0% 973

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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