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Westmorland and Furness

North West · E06000064 · 13 quarters held (2023 Q2 – 2026 Q2)

Decisions
1,131
2025 Q3 – 2026 Q2
Refusal rate
7.2%
higher than 21% of authorities
Majors in time
92.3%
threshold 60%
Minors in time
92.3%
threshold 70%
Householder in time
90.4%
no formal threshold
Delegated
94.1%
decisions not to committee
Appellant win rate
29.1%
23 allowed of 79 decided
Decisions overturned
0.6%
quality threshold 10%

Refusal rate trend — last 13 quarters

2023 Q2 → 2026 Q2 · peak 8.8%

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
1,470
in the window
Applications decided
1,131
in the window
Approval rate
92.8%
1,050 granted, 81 refused · national median refusal 11.6%
Refusal rate rank 14 of 63 unitary authorities (1 = fewest refusals) · peer median 10.6%
Decided within time
90.6%
rank 170 of 307 reporting authorities · national median 91.4%
Rank 32 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
Major4395.3%92.3%
Minor29491.2%92.3%
Other79493.3%—
of which householder44295.0%90.4%
"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
02134262024 Q3: 304 received2024 Q3: 292 decided2024 Q32024 Q4: 315 received2024 Q4: 270 decided2025 Q1: 426 received2025 Q1: 274 decided2025 Q2: 358 received2025 Q2: 356 decided2025 Q3: 348 received2025 Q3: 303 decided2025 Q4: 366 received2025 Q4: 290 decided2026 Q1: 382 received2026 Q1: 255 decided2026 Q2: 374 received2026 Q2: 283 decided2026 Q2
▬ received   ▬ decided
Housing Delivery Test
HDT 2025 measurement, homes delivered against requirement over 2022/23 to 2024/25
307%
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 (E06000064). Missing values are shown as "—" and are never estimated or filled from another period.
DatasetPublisherCovers this authorityLoadedOfficial source
Planning application decisions (PS2)MHCLG2023 Q2 to 2026 Q2 (13 quarters)18 Oct 2026 · 68,583 rows nationallyLive tables
Planning application flow (PS1)MHCLG2023 Q2 to 2026 Q2 (13 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 283 266 17 6.0% 100.0% 91.7% 374
2026 Q1 255 237 18 7.1% 66.7% 87.0% 382
2025 Q4 290 267 23 7.9% 100.0% 92.5% 366
2025 Q3 303 280 23 7.6% 100.0% 96.7% 348
2025 Q2 356 329 27 7.6% 100.0% 88.6% 358
2025 Q1 274 252 22 8.0% 100.0% 80.5% 426
2024 Q4 270 247 23 8.5% 100.0% 100.0% 315
2024 Q3 292 277 15 5.1% 100.0% 91.9% 304
2024 Q2 299 276 23 7.7% 75.0% 80.5% 324
2024 Q1 328 299 29 8.8% 66.7% 72.2% 352
2023 Q4 299 278 21 7.0% 0.0% 80.0% 314
2023 Q3 314 301 13 4.1% 50.0% 80.0% 326
2023 Q2 331 312 19 5.7% 100.0% 88.1% 368

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, 2023–2026 — a different period from the decision figures above. Designation thresholds shown are indicative, not official.

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