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Yorkshire and the Humber · E06000065 · 13 quarters held (2023 Q2 – 2026 Q2)

Decisions
4,642
2025 Q3 – 2026 Q2
Refusal rate
10.6%
higher than 42% of authorities
Majors in time
64.7%
threshold 60%
Minors in time
79.2%
threshold 70%
Householder in time
88.3%
no formal threshold
Delegated
98.6%
decisions not to committee
Appellant win rate
35.9%
172 allowed of 479 decided
Decisions overturned
1.2%
quality threshold 10%

Refusal rate trend — last 13 quarters

2023 Q2 → 2026 Q2 · peak 11.2%

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
4,835
in the window
Applications decided
4,642
in the window
Approval rate
89.4%
4,151 granted, 491 refused · national median refusal 11.6%
Refusal rate rank 32 of 63 unitary authorities (1 = fewest refusals) · peer median 10.6%
Decided within time
82.1%
rank 253 of 307 reporting authorities · national median 91.4%
Rank 50 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
Major17686.4%64.7%
Minor1,53885.4%79.2%
Other2,92891.7%—
of which householder2,02094.5%88.3%
"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
06691,3382024 Q3: 1,226 received2024 Q3: 1,180 decided2024 Q32024 Q4: 1,161 received2024 Q4: 1,203 decided2025 Q1: 1,338 received2025 Q1: 1,043 decided2025 Q2: 1,182 received2025 Q2: 1,319 decided2025 Q3: 1,283 received2025 Q3: 1,220 decided2025 Q4: 1,174 received2025 Q4: 1,105 decided2026 Q1: 1,211 received2026 Q1: 1,070 decided2026 Q2: 1,167 received2026 Q2: 1,247 decided2026 Q2
▬ received   ▬ decided
Housing Delivery Test
HDT 2025 measurement, homes delivered against requirement over 2022/23 to 2024/25
218%
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 (E06000065). 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)25 Oct 2026 · 68,583 rows nationallyLive tables
Planning application flow (PS1)MHCLG2023 Q2 to 2026 Q2 (13 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 1,247 1,126 121 9.7% 75.0% 75.4% 1,167
2026 Q1 1,070 951 119 11.1% 53.8% 75.9% 1,211
2025 Q4 1,105 983 122 11.0% 70.0% 77.8% 1,174
2025 Q3 1,220 1,091 129 10.6% 71.4% 86.5% 1,283
2025 Q2 1,319 1,183 136 10.3% 53.3% 73.0% 1,182
2025 Q1 1,043 936 107 10.3% 87.5% 85.1% 1,338
2024 Q4 1,203 1,100 103 8.6% 60.0% 80.7% 1,161
2024 Q3 1,180 1,073 107 9.1% 71.4% 75.0% 1,226
2024 Q2 1,253 1,146 107 8.5% 58.3% 72.7% 1,326
2024 Q1 1,229 1,107 122 9.9% 80.0% 80.0% 1,270
2023 Q4 1,316 1,168 148 11.2% 88.9% 77.8% 1,384
2023 Q3 1,348 1,231 117 8.7% 66.7% 81.1% 1,341
2023 Q2 1,441 1,311 130 9.0% 81.0% 77.9% 1,531

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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