Somerset
South West · E06000066 · 13 quarters held (2023 Q2 – 2026 Q2)
Refusal rate trend — last 13 quarters
2023 Q2 → 2026 Q2 · peak 15.9%
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 | 151 | 86.8% | 77.1% |
| Minor | 1,336 | 81.6% | 74.0% |
| Other | 2,057 | 90.5% | — |
| of which householder | 1,301 | 93.2% | 94.3% |
Not measured for this authority in the latest HDT release (county-matter, national park or recently merged authorities are not all listed).
| Dataset | Publisher | Covers this authority | Loaded | Official source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Planning application decisions (PS2) | MHCLG | 2023 Q2 to 2026 Q2 (13 quarters) | 18 Oct 2026 · 68,583 rows nationally | Live tables |
| Planning application flow (PS1) | MHCLG | 2023 Q2 to 2026 Q2 (13 quarters) | 18 Oct 2026 · 42,861 rows nationally | Live tables |
| Housing Delivery Test 2025 | MHCLG | not measured for this authority | 18 Aug 2026 | Measurement |
Quarterly history
| Quarter | Decisions | Granted | Refused | Refusal % | Majors in time | Minors in time | Received |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 Q2 | 762 | 678 | 84 | 11.0% | 75.0% | 72.7% | 875 |
| 2026 Q1 | 788 | 687 | 101 | 12.8% | 84.6% | 72.5% | 849 |
| 2025 Q4 | 900 | 757 | 143 | 15.9% | 71.4% | 76.0% | 855 |
| 2025 Q3 | 1,094 | 961 | 133 | 12.2% | 72.7% | 74.3% | 946 |
| 2025 Q2 | 958 | 897 | 61 | 6.4% | 66.7% | 84.7% | 912 |
| 2025 Q1 | 899 | 814 | 85 | 9.5% | 80.0% | 80.0% | 1,023 |
| 2024 Q4 | 941 | 873 | 68 | 7.2% | 71.4% | 79.5% | 965 |
| 2024 Q3 | 966 | 889 | 77 | 8.0% | 50.0% | 76.7% | 896 |
| 2024 Q2 | 1,055 | 931 | 124 | 11.8% | 50.0% | 74.3% | 946 |
| 2024 Q1 | 1,067 | 984 | 83 | 7.8% | 55.6% | 79.9% | 1,180 |
| 2023 Q4 | 938 | 884 | 54 | 5.8% | 66.7% | 78.8% | 1,070 |
| 2023 Q3 | 1,080 | 1,019 | 61 | 5.6% | 71.4% | 86.3% | 1,031 |
| 2023 Q2 | 1,075 | 1,008 | 67 | 6.2% | 66.7% | 73.1% | 1,158 |
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.